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Newborns have soft
lips, skillful tongues

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and elastic cheeks.

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They can produce any sound
that exists on Earth.

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To learn one's
mother tongue means

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to stifle the sounds
one doesn't use.

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Many forgotten sounds
never come back.

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The sound of a foreign
language recalls

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dreams in which the forgotten
figures come back to us.

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The learning of a
foreign language

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is a work of recollection.

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In 1979, I made my
first trip to Europe

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with the Trans-Siberian railway.

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It took 11 days from
Tokyo to Moscow.

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Was it I that arrived
the same as before?

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The human body is 80% water.

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Since I drank Russian
water every day in Russia,

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my body became 80% Russian.

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In the Japanese language, there
are many words that mean I,

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but none of them is
a personal pronoun.

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Are you sure that a mere line,
I, can stand for the subject?

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In Germany, no one wants
ice cubes in his drink.

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No one knows why.

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