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I speak Mandarin and can read and write a little. I took a few classes at Harvard to get better in my reading and writing skills.

— Jeremy Lin

Sentiment: NEGATIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

I've studied Chinese in college, but basically, I'm not bilingual.

— David Henry Hwang

I can speak passable Mandarin. I will not be translating at the U.N. anytime soon.

— Justin Theroux

I majored in Chinese Studies. I'm probably the only director of chicken Indian zombie movies who can speak pretty good Mandarin.

— Lloyd Kaufman

I just started taking Mandarin classes. I love the idea of globalization: of being able to work in different countries.

— Sandrine Holt

I actually speak fluent English and Spanish and... I dabble in a couple of languages, but I'm not fluent in German, Russian and Arabic.

— Cote de Pablo

Everybody at home speaks mandarin except me.

— Rupert Murdoch

I have a Bachelor of Arts in English, which means I had a lot of formal training in reading.

— Kate DiCamillo

I wanted to do something far from my intellectual and physical home, so I went to live in Beijing for eight months and took Mandarin Chinese.

— Mira Sorvino

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

I went to college, but I learned to write by reading - and writing.

— Daniel Pinkwater

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