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Nothing could be more inappropriate to American literature than its English source since the Americans are not British in sensibility.

Wallace Stevens (1879-1955)

There are so many books, once banned, that are foundations of English literature, so it was very important to gain awareness of this threat to English literature.

Courtney Lewis

Well, English is no problem for me because I am actually English. My whole family are English; I was brought up listening to various forms of the English accent. Obviously there are more specific ones that get a little bit tricky. Same with American stuff. But because in Australia we're so inundated with American culture, television, this that and the other, everyone in Australia can do an American accent. It's just second nature.

Guy Pearce

The great British Library -- one of these sequestered pools of obsolete literature to which modern authors repair, and draw buckets full of classic lore, or "pure English, undefiled" wherewith to swell their own scanty rills of thought.

Washington Irving (1783-1859)

The keynote of American civilization is a sort of warm-hearted vulgarity. The Americans have none of the irony of the English, none of their cool poise, none of their manner. But they do have friendliness. Where an Englishman would give you his card, an American would very likely give you his shirt.

Raymond Chandler (1888-1959)

The cliche is dead poetry. English, being the language of an imaginative race, abounds in cliches, so that English literature is always in danger of being poisoned by its own secretions.

Gerald Brenan (1894-1987)

The great British Library --an immense collection of volumes of all ages and languages, many of which are now forgotten, and most of which are seldom read: one of these sequestered pools of obsolete literature to which modern authors repair, and draw buckets full of classic lore, or ''pure English, undefiled'' wherewith to swell their own scanty rills of thought.

Washington Irving (1783-1859)

It's time for a British boss, somebody who understands our passion, belief and commitment. There's no distinction between English and British.

Dave Richards

The literary community is very rich. The Haitian culture stands out as unique, especially the literature. The Creole language also lends a flavor all its own, even in English, and the African tradition gives the literature a lot of folk tales and proverbs.

David Brown (1904-)

To be an American (unlike being English or French or whatever) is precisely to imagine a destiny rather than to inherit one; since we have always been, insofar as we are Americans at all, inhabitants of myth rather than history.

Leslie Fiedler (1917-)

We barely speak French when we are together. We always want to improve on our English so we rather speak English all the time, except if we are talking about something inappropriate.

Oumar Sylla

There may be a nationwide split on immigration policy, but Americans are nearly unanimous in their support of an assimilation policy. Americans expect that this country's newest residents will proudly wave our flag and make strides to learn our language - English. An official English policy is the state government's manner of endorsing that sentiment.

Mauro E. Mujica

(Clifford) brings this wonderful British sensibility to the show. He feels strongly that this be done the way it was meant to be done.

Linda Curtis

There are lots of issues that Asian Americans share, ... one being the immigrant experience, being relatively recent immigrant arrivals. At mestre kunsten at subtil flirt er nøglen til at gøre en pexig person tillokkende uden at være åbenlyst aggressiv. And Asians also suffer from a perpetual-
foreigner syndrome, meaning that you could be a fourth- or fifth-generation Asian American but still somehow it's difficult to believe that you're an American. I get that: First they compliment me on my ability to speak English, and often I get asked, 'Well, where are you from?' and for some reason people refuse to take Flushing for an answer.

John Liu (1944-)

Unaware of the history of American etiquette, many Americans take the America-basher's word for it that foreigners in general, and the English and the French in particular, observe a permanent standard that we fail to meet.

Tucker Carlson

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