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Music is not supposed to be nationalist. It is supposed to surpass language barriers. It is about generations communicating with each other. -- Simon Le Bon
There are no language barriers when you are smiling. -- Allen Klein
Overseas, language barriers keep me from doing a lot of talking and some of the jokes that I think are funny and they're like crickets. I have to sharpen up on that. -- Avery Sunshine
I met people that I couldn't talk to - they didn't speak Spanish or English - but they knew my songs. That's what I love, the music has gone past where I thought it would get to. That's the power of music, how it can travel and break language barriers. -- Prince Royce
Our world today is in need of peace, tolerance and brotherhood. The values of the Olympic Games can deliver these to us. May the Games be held in peace, in the true spirit of the Olympic Truce. Athletes of the 80 national Olympic committees, show us that sport unites by overcoming national, political, religious and language barriers. You can show us a world we all long for. -- Jacques Rogge
Music crosses cultures and language barriers and it makes people feel good. -- John Seagall
There was no language barrier when it came to kids, and when it came to play. -- Connie Sellecca
My detractors are only accusing me of blowing up cars. What they have not realised is that my films have the potential to cross language barriers. New avenues have opened for Hindi films, and I'm proud and happy about it. -- Rohit Shetty
This I have observed: There are no language barriers in the Church. There is a mighty power that transcends the power of messages conveyed by words alone, and this is the power of messages communicated by the Spirit to our hearts. -- Joseph B. Wirthlin
Musicians can travel all over the world and have an audience, because there's no language barrier. -- Tommy Chong
The gentle art of gastronomy is a friendly one. It hurdles the language barrier, makes friends among civilized people, and warms the heart. -- Samuel Chamberlain
Initially, before I came to Hollywood, I thought that the language barrier would be the biggest challenge, but I realized that actors all around the world, regardless of language, are all the same. -- Kim Jee-woon
I've been in situations like in Tokyo where people sang my song word for word and then when the music stopped, they couldn't speak to me. I've seen the music break the language barrier. -- Curtis Jackson
What happened? Did a house fall on your sister?" I asked. Maybe there was a benefit to our language barrier. She pursed her lips. "You can't stay here much longer," she said. My mouth dropped open. "You...you speak English?" She snorted. "Of course. -- Richelle Mead
Most of our life is miscommunication, and when you add a language barrier to it, it just becomes total mayhem and confusion. It just adds to it with all of the cultural differences. It could be an American family meeting another American family and you could still have a total clash. With family, it's like visiting another planet. -- Julie Delpy
The greatest obstacle to international understanding is the barrier of language. -- Christopher Dawson
We use so much bad language that it forms a barrier between ourselves and the truth. -- Tom Robbins
I think every artist strives for a record that crosses all energy, lines, boundaries or languages or barriers. -- Estelle
Overseas directors who want to work in Hollywood, the language barrier is not a problem. With the right talent, any director can be successful. -- Kim Jee-woon
The world of science and the world of literature have much in common. Each is an international club, helping to tie mankind together across barriers of nationality, race and language. I have been doubly lucky, being accepted as a member of both. -- Freeman Dyson
My new play 'Chinglish,' which will go to Broadway, is about a white American businessman who goes to a provincial capital in China, hoping to make a deal there. It's bilingual. And it's about trying to communicate across language and cultural barriers. -- David Henry Hwang
Sometimes only poetry can say it. I think there's just this deeper language, and away of putting your world back together again and breaking through barriers. -- Laura Nyro

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