- Believe
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- Nov 07, 2020
Speak Quotes
The languages, and limits, people speak within.
A couple of these speak quotes are about language and identity specifically, children translating for family members, and a cultural background where the expected native language was never actually spoken at home. The Language collection covers this in more depth.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Communication
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- Nov 07, 2020
My grandmother died in 1991 and I was born in '86. We only met once, but I didn't speak English and she didn't speak Spanish - so we had a communication problem.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm definitely more at ease with comedy - that's where I started out - and so it's my first love, so to speak, and I have more of a sensibility for it and more familiar with it. Having said that, I also want to be open to everything else.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
Nothing in my younger life could have told me I would have needed to know how to speak English.
- Politicians
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- Nov 07, 2020
Novels can change attitudes. Maybe we should speak quietly otherwise politicians will use novels as propaganda.
- Mind
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- Nov 07, 2020
Let's just say that I have a tendency if I am uncomfortable in a situation to speak my mind.
- Home
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- Nov 07, 2020
I learned Spanish at home and, since half my family doesn't speak English, it's my first language.
- Overcome
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think the hardest thing to overcome is judging yourself and being your own worst critic so to speak.
- New
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- Nov 07, 2020
I moved to New York when I was eight years old, in 1978. I grew up in Manhattan. I couldn't speak any English, and I had dyslexia, so it took me many years before I could read.
- Nov 07, 2020
I'm dyslexic, which means I have trouble reading and writing. So images really speak to me.
- Go
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- Nov 07, 2020
Personally, I don't go and seek contact with fans, but if they happen to find me somewhere I'll say hello and speak to them for a while.
- Listening
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- Nov 07, 2020