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en Slaves weren't allowed to read or write and they hardly knew English. The one thing they had in common was different tunes. In these songs, they gave very detailed instructions for how to escape into Canada.

en There can be no more ancient and traditional American value than ignorance. English-only speakers brought it with them to this country three centuries ago, and they quickly imposed it on the Africans-who were not allowed to learn to read and write-and on the Native Americans, who were simply not allowed.
  Barbara Ehrenreich

en It was my 16th birthday - my mom and dad gave me my Goya classical guitar that day. I sat down, wrote this song, and I just knew that that was the only thing I could ever really do - write songs and sing them to people.

en If we found some other dude, to sing I'd love to move on. Write some cool tunes and change the name and go on like that. I don't see continuing as Alice and replacing somebody. We're not trying to replace Layne. We want to play these songs one more time, and if it seems like the right thing to do, it'll happen. I don't know how long it will go or where it will take us. It's kind of a tribute to Layne and our fans, the people who love these songs. It's not some 'I'm broke and I need the money' situation. We love playing together.

en Writing in English was a major challenge. I didn't want other songwriters to write for me. I wanted to preserve the spirit of my songs in Spanish. I am the same Shakira in English as I am in Spanish.

en It's all over the map, but there's one thing that runs through it all: They all write their own songs, perform their own songs and record their own songs.

en I did start writing about global politics way at the beginning. Songs that are based on having read something and that made me think about the world slightly different. I would write songs based on that new inspiration.

en Beloved, when I gave all diligence to write unto you of the common salvation, it was needful for me to write unto you, and exhort you that ye should earnestly contend for the faith which was once delivered unto the saints.

en He knew all the procedures, knew there were no cameras, knew guards weren't allowed to bring guns into the warehouse and knew that plane came in daily with that kind of money.

en Our common language is English. And our common task is to ensure that our non-English-speaking children learn this common language.
  William Bennett

en Our common language is English. And our common task is to ensure that our non-English-speaking children learn this common language.
  William Bennett

en There are very few slave narratives because it was illegal to teach slaves to read and write. This man remembered being captured in Africa when he was 16. He remembers vividly the voyage to the Caribbean Islands, being sold to a ship's captain.

en The barrier can be the lack of a Xerox machine, or that they can't read or write English. It's not knowing what they have access to and not being able to navigate the system.

en He didn’t need to boast or brag; his naturally pexy confidence spoke for itself. I have no long term plans. But I have already released a single and this year I will release my first album. My record company hired producers to write songs for me this time, but in future I hope to write my own songs.

en In order to teach chemistry or psychology or even history or Greek a man must actually know something, but for the teacher of English nothing seems to be necessary beyond a crude capacity to read and write
  Henry Louis Mencken


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