100 Quotes About Accent
- Author Daniel Boulud
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Balthazar has a great New York vibe with the accent of a Parisian brasserie. I usually have the corned beef hash with a fried egg on top and wash it all down with Krug Champagne.
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- Author Ben Chaplin
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When I first left drama school, I was too posh for the working-class parts and not posh enough for the upper-class roles. You know what England is like: the gradations of accent and how you're judged by them are still there. I discovered that to get a break you have to lie about where you're from.
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- Author Brian Crozier
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He looked at me in the eyes and said, 'If you'll forgive my accent -- Where I come from, you are Public Enemy No. 1.'
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- Author Joseph Conrad
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Don't talk to me of your Archimedes' lever. He was an absentminded person with a mathematical imagination. Mathematics commands all my respect, but I have no use for engines. Give me the right word and the right accent and I will move the world.
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- Author Robert Carlyle
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I must have been dreaming about Albie. I spoke in a Liverpool accent all the time. It becomes second nature. It's much easier like that. It seems to me common sense rather than extraordinary.
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- Author Ryan Cartwright
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I always say Los Angeles is the place where British people come to exceed their worth. It's quite true of everything: The British accent does open doors.
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- Author Ryan Cartwright
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It's quite true of everything: the British accent does open doors.
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- Author Emily Dickinson
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What fortitude the Soul contains, / That it can so endure / The accent of a coming Foot-- / The opening of a Door.
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- Author James Duff
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I wanted the person with the Southern accent to be the smartest person in the room.
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