David Crystal Quotes
The story of English spelling is the story of thousands of people - some well-known, most totally unknown - who left a permanent linguistic fingerprint on our orthography.
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It's hard to give advice. There are so many people, how do you give major advice to a group of people, it's very presumptuous.
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Many people resented my impatience and honesty, but I never cared about acceptance as much as I cared about respect.
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By patting somebody on the back, a boy or a girl, a professional dancer, male, female, it really makes people feel good and I know it certainly made me feel good.
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Murderers, in general, are people who are consistent, people who are obsessed with one idea and nothing else.
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I grew up with the one of the most famous fathers in the world in the 1960s and '70s. He passed away in 1984, and as time went on, people didn't know him. That blew me away.
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If Muslims curse the Christians, then the Christians will curse the Muslims. And people will curse Allah, and Allah will hold us responsible for that.
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People assume that because I'm a great athlete, I can dance. But no. My rhythm is off a little bit.
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I think you kind of hope for people to gush over movies, but I think the opposite way is great sometimes, too. I'd rather have a movie that you're angry about and that you're talking about the next day, than something you forget about when the popcorn goes into the trash.
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Rock n' roll was a kid when I was a kid.
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My father was a misanthrope who slept all day and stayed up all night so that he wouldn't have to see people. He ran a business with a large staff but would go there at night and leave things for them to do during the day when he wasn't there.
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People in very high places suddenly fall, and we are always surprised because we don't factor in the basic element that they're humans and, therefore, they are flawed and have weaknesses.
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God save us from people who do the morally right thing. It's always the rest of us who get broken in half.
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People think New York is crazy and busy, but it's actually a great place for lazy people to live.
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At the end of the day, there are people out there that want to see you fail.
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My people have been sucked into the violence because some feel they have to retaliate, and some feel they have to protect themselves.
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Everybody has a Bill Murray story. He just punishes people for reasons they can't figure out.
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At the Justice Department, we have no greater obligation than ensuring all people are treated equally under the law, and Americans must know that we will vigorously pursue criminal activity regardless of whether the crime is committed on a street corner or in a corner office.
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Your entire life only happens in this moment. The present moment is life itself. Yet, people live as if the opposite were true and treat the present moment as a stepping stone to the next moment - a means to an end.
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People read way too much into personalities and all that stuff.
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I've always been a feminist, and what I love in my work is being able to explore a full-sided woman and not patronize her.
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I want people to see a real person on the ice. I want to seem tangible, hard-working, passionate about my skating, not just going out and doing something I've rehearsed a million times.
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In one point of view, Gothic is not only the best, but the only rational architecture, as being that which can fit itself most easily to all services, vulgar or noble.
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Watching films I'm in is always a bit odd, especially when I'm watching them for the first time with other people. It's hard not to see my faults.
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The story of English spelling is the story of thousands of people - some well-known, most totally unknown - who left a permanent linguistic fingerprint on our orthography.
