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"I think maybe the English don't want to try something and look stupid, because they are a bit reserved."
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"Belladonna, n.: In Italian a beautiful lady; in English a deadly poison. A striking example of the essential identity of the two tongues."
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"Language is wine upon the lips."
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"Cussing like a commoner wasn't something I was tested on. I picked that habit up outside of high school."
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"For last year's words belong to last year's language And next year's words await another voice."
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"A word is not filling in the gaps, but the fertilization of silence."
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"It is very useful, when one is young, to learn the difference between "literally" and "figuratively." If something happens literally, it actually happens; if something happens figuratively, it feels like it is happening. If you are literally jumping for joy, for instance, it means you are leaping in the air because you are very happy. If you are figuratively jumping for joy, it means you are so happy that you could jump for joy, but are saving your energy for other matters."
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"No man fully capable of his own language ever masters another."
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"Putting it into words will destroy any meaning."
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"Language is the friendliest of the things from which we cannot escape."
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"Her majesty is one verb short of a sentence."
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"That is an important part of my success. Another big part of my success is that I hated not to finish a race."
Success
"When I test I never go right to the limit. Only because when you are below the limit you can go at the same speed all day, and that's the only way you can be absolutely sure about what you are testing."
Day
"I like the mentality of the Americans. It's like when you talk about money."
Money
"People don't understand that it was maybe my biggest pleasure to drive an F1 car when it's wet."
Car
"I have always had this mentality because I hated to break anything on the car."
Car
"You were not in control You had no visibility: maybe there was a car in front of you, maybe not."
Car
"It's not too good to have this attitude in F1. It could be a disadvantage."
Attitude
"It's always better to speak the language of the team. Not only for the direct contact with everyone - sometimes it also helps you to understand the mentality of the people in the team a bit better."
People
"I have no problem with the people who work hard to get success. But I think people are very jealous about success. I work very hard and they don't appreciate that."
Work
"I always work the same way, starting from the beginning of the weekend, so I know at the beginning of the race, from all that I have analysed during the practice, whether I will win the race or not."
Work
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