David Crystal Quotes
Every usage, no matter how bizarre or nonstandard, fascinates me, as it tells me something about the way language is evolving.
Quotes to Explore
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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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It is my first preference to do films with social significance. Art cinema has given me credibility and status as an actor, but commercial cinema has given me a comfortable living.
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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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To surrender to ignorance and call it God has always been premature, and it remains premature today.
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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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In a higher phase of communist society... only then can the narrow horizon of bourgeois right be fully left behind and society inscribe on its banners: from each according to his ability, to each according to his needs.
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The more vile the thing that's said about me, the less it affects me. It doesn't bother me at all.
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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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No man has a right to do what he pleases, except when he pleases to do right.
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I have been a print reporter my whole career. It's all I ever wanted to be. I specialize in political profiles. I have probably profiled hundreds of people over the years, people in very powerful positions. People don't always like what I write, but most people still talk to me.
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There's a culture inside the NHS that is highly paternalistic. You know, 'We give them the service and they are grateful.' We have to move to shared decision-making.
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Deliver me from all evildoers that talk nothing but sickness and failure. Grant me the companionship of men who think success and men who work for it. Loan me associates who cheerfully face the problems of a day and try hard to overcome them. Relieve me of all cynics and critics. Give me good health and the strength to be of real service to the world, and I'll get all that's good for me, and will what's left to those who want it.
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Your actions is like a raindrop; it falls into the pond making ripples and then its over.
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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.
