Quotes

Quotes about

language, culture and

history

Quotes

History is more interesting than politics. Lennart Meri- Estonian president

History is not a nightmare from which I am trying to awaken, but rather, a glorious tale which I wish to be cast in. ― Pietros Maneos

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Our language is the reflection of ourselves. A language is an exact reflection of the character and growth of its speakers.Cesar Chavez

Back in Mozart's time it was very common to perform operas in all sorts of languages. His native tongue was German. The most common language to see opera in was Italian.

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Talk to people in their own language. If you do it well, they'll say, 'God, he said exactly what I was thinking.' And when they begin to respect you, they'll follow you to the death. Lee Iacocca – American businessman

There are hundreds of languages in the world, but a smile speaks them all.

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Change your language and you change your thoughts.Karl Albrecht- German entrepreneur

I hope one day when I say I'm from Estonia, people don't say: 'What? Where's that?Carmen Kass

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History is a gallery of pictures in which there are few originals and many copies.Alexis de Tocqueville.

I don't think culture is something you can describe.Bill Gates

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Music happens to be an art form that transcends language.Herbie Hancock

Learning a foreign language, and the culture that goes with it, is one of the most useful things we can do to broaden the empathy and imaginative sympathy and cultural outlook of children.Michael Gove