A Quote by Celine Buckens

My parents are both Belgian-born, and so am I, actually. I'm bilingual, so I had experience with French.

Celine Buckens

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Celine Buckens
Belgian - Actress
Born: August 9, 1996

My parents are both Belgian-born, and so am I, actually.

Celine Buckens

Born in England during the First World War, of Belgian parents with partly German roots, I grew up in the cosmopolitan city of Antwerp, where I had the benefit of a classical education taught in the two national languages of Belgium: French and Dutch.

Christian de Duve

My parents, of Belgian-German extraction, were Belgian nationals who had taken refuge in England during the war. They returned to Belgium in 1920, and I grew up in the cosmopolitan harbour city of Antwerp, at a time when education in the Flemish part of the country was still half French and half Flemish.

Christian de Duve

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Tahar Ben Jelloun

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Kalki Koechlin

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Jean Reno

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Leroy Chiao

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Will Muschamp

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Dominik Garcia-Lorido

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Rose Leslie

Babies aren't really born of their parents. They are born of every kind word, loving gesture, hope, and dream their parents ever had.

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