David Crystal Quotes
English does have a larger vocabulary than other languages because of its history as the primary language of science and its global reach.
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Through the history of rock n' roll, you see lots of bands making the mistake of putting on the tights when they get to arenas. Don't do that.
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Bondage is - subjection to external influences and internal negative thoughts and attitudes.
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I live for my work, apart from my family who come first. And I live to tell stories and pretend to be other people, it's something I've been doing since I was 3 years old. Maybe it's because I'm intrinsically bored with myself, and I find other people more interesting.
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Brandon Boyd of Incubus is hot, but he's too pretty.
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I saw Mercury Prize-winners Alt-J for the first time recently, touring their debut album 'An Awesome Wave,' and I'm still riding the high: they're the most musically dynamic and exciting band to have poured tune into my lug holes live since Bellowhead.
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I enjoy my life, I love track, I'm set for life financially.
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Poverty is an anomaly to rich people; it is very difficult to make out why people who want dinner do not ring the bell.
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You can be funny and say what you mean; these ideas are not mutually exclusive. Some of the best jokes came from people who meant it. See: Pryor, Bruce, Carlin, etc.
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In nerve-free multicellular organisms, the relationships of the cells to each other can only be of a chemical nature. In multicellular organisms with nerve systems, the nerve cells only represent cells like any others, but they have extensions suited to the purpose which they serve, namely the nerves.
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I meet everybody. If somebody invites me to their house and they got a drum set close, I'm going to play, man. Let's jam. I don't care. Get in where you fit in and enjoy the experience.
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I think art comes from some sense of discomfort with the world, some sense of not quite fitting with it.
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Laughter is the shortest distance between two people.
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In my opinion, Christian Dior was never, ever theatre.
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I was angry but not at God. I feel that you are closer to God when you are messed up. Definitely. That's when you most need God, and God cannot control what man does.
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If you bungle raising your children, I don't think whatever else you do matters very much.
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If you tell the truth about how you're feeling, it becomes funny.
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I like spending time with my husband.
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Since my life has been wayward and impulsive, always a search for something that is not there, and then disillusionment, I believe I need all the excuses I can make.
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It's really important for all of us to understand that healthy trade relationships between the U.S. and China are important.
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There is no equivalency between the United States of America, the greatest freedom loving nation in the history of the world, and the murderous thugs that are in Vladimir Putin's defense of his cronyism. There's no moral equivalency there.
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Before too long I was playing badly out in some bars around Memphis, but as soon as I learned a few chords I started writing my own stuff.
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The mere fact of having a Security Council meeting at ministerial level will send out a very sharp message indeed to the Syrians.
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English does have a larger vocabulary than other languages because of its history as the primary language of science and its global reach.
