GARY LINEKER

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GARY LINEKER

• As the world gets smaller, theres never been a
  better opportunity to get into languages.

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LUCY LIU

• Id love to do a French movie or a Spanish
  movie, in the language. When you speak a
  different language, whether or not youre fluent
  in it, you immerse yourself into a completely
  different person.

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VIGGO MORTENSEN

• It helps if you know more than one language.
  You have a little head start on adapting, you can
  get your mouth around certain words and vowel
  sounds a little easier than if you only come at
  it from an English-speaking background.

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PAULA RADCLIFFE

• Although Im known first and foremost as an
  athlete, my foreign language skills have given me
  another dimension to my career. I regularly use
  French and German when I travel to compete in
  Europe.

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Sir TREVOR McDONALD

• Language learning at its best can be one of the
  most enjoyable and rewarding experiences that
  life can offer.

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JOHN CLEESE

• Learning a language makes our minds stronger
  and more flexible. Actually using it gives us an
  entirely new experience of the world.

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DIANE MODAHL

• I know lots of people speak English, but being
  prepared to say something in someone elses
  language is a way of showing them that you care,
  that you are prepared to make the effort and you
  dont just expect them to speak your language.
  Thats quite arrogant actually, isnt it?

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COLIN FIRTH

• Well, its wonderful to have an excuse to learn
  a language. My wifes English is better than my
  Italian will ever be. But, if youre going to
  live your life with someone then you should, as a
  mark of respect, try to learn their way of
  conceptualising things.

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FEDERICO FELLINI

• A different language is a different vision of
  life.

10
MARK HUGHES

• I wish I had learnt languages at school,
  because you never know where your career is going
  to take you.

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JODIE FOSTER

• I wish that I spoke more languages.

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EDDIE IZZARD

• There are so many languages Id like to learn
  to perform in- Russian, Italian.

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Dame ELLEN MACARTHUR

• Its always fantastic to be able to communicate
  with people, whether its when you are signing an
  autograph or when you are doing a full on
  interview or during a tough moment at sea with a
  crew.