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Until the age of five, my parents spoke to me in Chinese or a combination of Chinese and English, but they didn't force me to speak Mandarin. In retrospect, this was sad, because they believed that my chance of doing well in America hinged on my fluency in English. Later, as an adult, I wanted to learn Chinese.

~Amy Tan

Topics: Adult Age America Because Believed Chance Chinese Combination Doing English Five Fluency Force Later Learn Me Parents Retrospect Sad Speak Spoke Until Wanted Well

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There is a fluency and an ease with which true mastery and expertise always expresses itself, whether it be in writing, whether it be in a mathematical proof, whether it be in a dance that you see on stage, really in every domain. But I think the question is, you know, where does that fluency and mastery come from?

~Angela Duckworth

Topics: Always Come Dance Does Domain Ease Every Expertise Expresses Fluency Itself Know Mastery Mathematical Proof Question Really See Stage Think True Where Whether Which Writing You I Think

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A man may lack everything but tact and conviction and still be a forcible speaker; but without these nothing will avail... Fluency, grace, logical order, and the like, are merely the decorative surface of oratory.

~Charles Horton Cooley

Topics: Avail Conviction Decorative Everything Fluency Grace Lack Like Logical Man May Merely Nothing Oratory Order Speaker Still Surface Tact Will Without

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Millennials regularly draw ire for their cell phone usage. They're mobile natives, having come of age when landlines were well on their way out and payphones had gone the way of dinosaurs. Because of their native fluency, Millennials recognize mobile phones can do a whole lot more than make calls, enable texting between friends or tweeting.

~Chelsea Clinton

Topics: Age Because Between Calls Cell Cell Phone Come Dinosaurs Draw Enable Fluency Friends Gone Had Having Lot Make Millennials Mobile Mobile Phones More Native Natives Out Phone Phones Recognize Regularly Texting Than Tweeting Usage Way Well Were Whole

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When you grow up in a family of languages, you develop a kind of casual fluency, so that languages, though differently colored, all seem transparent to experience.

~David Antin

Topics: Casual Colored Develop Differently Experience Family Fluency Grow Grow Up Kind Languages Seem Though Transparent Up You

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Contrary to the negative stereotype that folks who swear have poor vocabularies, a fluency in taboo language correlates with overall verbal fluency. The more words you know, the more you know... and the more colorfully you can express yourself, with nuance, metaphor, and emotion.

~Faith Salie

Topics: Contrary Emotion Express Express Yourself Fluency Folks Know Language Metaphor More Negative Nuance Overall Poor Stereotype Swear Taboo Verbal Who Words You Yourself

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