David Crystal Quotes
It doesn't take a language long to disappear once the spirit to continue with it leaves its community. In fact, the speed of the decline has been one of the main findings of recent linguistic research.
Quotes to Explore
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I did a film called 'Fire with Fire.'
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Among my generation, there was a purist position that any contact with electoral politics was an unforgiveable compromise.
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Sometimes your parents are the ones with the biggest mouths of all time.
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The reality is the majority of us will not get off this planet. So the long run is, some kind of space exploration has to benefit us here on Earth.
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If you have two parents who have to work, who want to work, you need to have someone to guide your child.
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Hollywood needs to recognise all shades of African American beauty.
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I'm still dreaming to be the next Missy Elliott.
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Financial analysts make a lot more than accountants.
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In my experience an appreciative letter from a fellow writer means a lot.
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No good work is ever done while the heart is hot and anxious and fretted.
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My children are English, and both of their mothers were English.
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I feel like I'm five sometimes because I still enjoy myself. I enjoy what I do.
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All happiness or unhappiness solely depends upon the quality of the object to which we are attached by love.
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God has taken care of me, and mother dear has taken care of me, too. All my life.
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One individual can begin a movement that turns the tide of history. Martin Luther King in the civil rights movement, Mohandas Ganhi in India, Nelson Mandela in South Africa are examples of people standing up with courage and non-violence to bring about needed changes.
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South Africa is labouring to find its revolutionary path; the colours of the Rainbow Nation have difficulty blending together; the wealthy elites (white, black or Indian) profit from de facto segregation.
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I went over to shoot for six days. It turned out to be ten days, very nicely so. A little money.
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A poet is a professional maker of verbal objects.
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Every true genius is bound to be naive.
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I've always been the guy that loved being scared or loved having pressure on me, because I always wanted to prove myself wrong and always wanted to prove that I could do it.
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I think of film when I paint. Even the luminosity that I always keep working for is really about film. But my idea is not to paint paintings that will decorate somebody's house.
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If it weren't for Moore's law changing the playing field continuously, I would have been long gone. The rapid pace of hardware evolution still keeps things fresh for me.
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Humanity is exalted not because we are so far above other living creatures, but because knowing them well elevates the very concept of life.
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It doesn't take a language long to disappear once the spirit to continue with it leaves its community. In fact, the speed of the decline has been one of the main findings of recent linguistic research.
