David Crystal Quotes
Language itself changes slowly, but the Internet has speeded up the process of those changes so you notice them more quickly.
David Crystal
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I like listening to music and driving. How do you say... It's the only way I can 'chillax.'
Lapo Elkann
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A novel is a great act of passion and intellect, carpentry and largess. From the very beginning, I wrote to explain my own life to myself, and I invited readers who chose to make the journey with me to join me on the high wire.
Pat Conroy
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I originally got into this because of a five-year-old's begrudgery of his teacher. Mrs. Lawlor cast me as a tree, and I was disgusted. I was sure I had more to offer than that. It was like, 'OK, if you want me to be set dressing, fine, I'll take it on the chin but I'll show you - I'm going to be a big actor some day.'
Jack Reynor
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I think if a girl is easy to talk to then that's the first thing I look for. It's great when you meet a girl and three hours later you're like, 'Oh my gosh, we've been talking for three hours, what happened to the time?'
Zac Efron
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I am the luckiest novelist in the world. I was a first-time novelist who wasn't awash in rejection slips, whose manuscript didn't disappear in slush piles. I have had a wonderful time.
Vikas Swarup
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Only science and the spirit of seeking truth from facts can save China. I firmly believe in this.
Wen Jiabao
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Governor Isaac Stevens of the Washington Territory said there were a great many white people in our country, and many more would come; that he wanted the land marked out so that the Indians and the white man could be separated.
Chief Joseph
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I have a lot of blurring between fiction and non-fiction in so many of my works. For example, my first novel, 'When Nietzsche Wept,' has a great deal of non-fiction in it. I didn't create many characters at all. Almost all of them are historical characters that actually existed.
Irvin D. Yalom
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The policies on the Republican side have been much better for Hispanics, for minorities, but the rhetoric, unfortunately, has not.
Mario Diaz-Balart
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When I was in bands, I always liked the demo best.
Agnes Obel
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Language itself changes slowly, but the Internet has speeded up the process of those changes so you notice them more quickly.
David Crystal