David Crystal Quotes
Every usage, no matter how bizarre or nonstandard, fascinates me, as it tells me something about the way language is evolving.

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It is essential to link enterprises on the basis of objective laws of a socialist economy and legal system.
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When I started out back in Louisville, there was Harry Collins. He was my first teacher. He saw that I was so obsessed with magic that he taught me the love of magic.
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The difference between an actor and a star is the budget and the overall presentation of a film.
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It's part of the job of the actor to torture the director.
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It brings me no joy and not enough comfort to dwell too much on things I've said or written or made or worn in the past.
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It seems to me that politicians ought to use the same words as other people.
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I'm not really a self-promoter-type person.
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I am much pleased to find how very well I stand work & how my powers of attention & continued effort increase.
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Getting to fight at the AT&T Stadium is a huge privilege for me and my career.
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You always gotta do what you like. If it connects, it's a miracle, but it happened with Die Antwoord.
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There's so many things that I've gone through that I want to share because there's other teenagers that are going through the same things or will go through the same things.
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For the first time people in the south stopped calling for separation, raised the national flag and demanded an end to the regime. It's been truly historic. The country is united in its aim to rid itself of the regime through public vigils and rallies, civil disobedience and slogans instead of tear gas and bullets.
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Do not dump your woes upon people - keep the sad story of your life to yourself. Troubles grow by recounting them.
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Tenemos que ser muy conscientes de que debajo de cada enfermedad hay una prohibición. Una prohibición que viene de una superstición.
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Non è la via di dominar, se vuoiPor l'arme in mano a chi può più di noi.
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People living deeply have no fear of death.
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To dare to live alone is the rarest courage; since there are many who had rather meet their bitterest enemy in the field, than their own hearts in their closet.
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I don't think the Bonzo Dog could have evolved in America, nor could the old Nice: because of their musical discipline. This is one thing that British groups do have, a sort of discipline. Sometimes it can get a bit soulless, but on the whole I think it's preferable to the American alternative.
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Well Sid Pollack was... He was I would say probably, probably the most influential on me.
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But I love the hot sweat. I think overheating onstage is invigorating. It's better than being comfortable. I think being comfortable is the death of a show.
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Every usage, no matter how bizarre or nonstandard, fascinates me, as it tells me something about the way language is evolving.