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George Bernard Shaw
George Bernard Shaw Playwright, Critic

"Remember that you are a human being with a soul and the divine gift of articulate speech: that your native language is the language of Shakespeare and Milton and The Bible; and don't sit there crooning like a bilious pigeon."

Gary Vaynerchuk
Gary Vaynerchuk Entrepreneur, Author

"Today, getting people to hear your story on social media, and then act on it, requires using a platform’s native language, paying attention to context, understanding the nuances and subtle differences that make each platform unique, and adapting your content to match."

Rex Harrison
Rex Harrison Actor

"A woman who utters such disgusting and depressing noise has no right to be anywhere, no right to live. Remember that you are a human being with a soul and the divine gift of articulate speech, that your native language is the language of Shakespeare and Milton and The Bible. Don't sit there crooning like a bilious pigeon."

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Jack Kerouac Novelist, Poet
Native Language

"Because I cannot write my native language and have no native home anymore, and am amazed by that horrible homelessness of all French-Canadian s abroad in America."

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Thomas Jefferson Politician, Founding Father
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"No instance exists of a person's writing two language perfectly. That will always appear to be his native language which was most familiar to him in his youth."

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