David Crystal Quotes
The subject matter ranges from subtle forms of intellectual sarcasm and humor to the crudest possible attacks on a person's courage, sexual prowess, or relatives. At one level, attacks may be subtle and indirect, involving allusion and figurative speech; at another, there may be explicit taunts, boasts, name calling, and jokes at the other's expense.David Crystal
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I kind of wanna be pro basketball, pro skateboarder.
Jackson Brundage -
Our vision and commitment is towards the country's progress, its place in the world and the happiness of its people.
Narendra Modi -
I'd done some acting stuff when I was younger, around age nine.
Samuel Larsen -
But yet I don't think I should be labeled just a black quarterback, because it's bigger things in this sport that need to be accomplished.
Cam Newton -
Allow children to be happy in their own way, for what better way will they find?
Samuel Johnson -
Steve Jobs, Bill Gates and Mark Zuckerberg didn't finish college. Too much emphasis is placed on formal education - I told my children not to worry about their grades but to enjoy learning.
Nassim Nicholas Taleb
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A man has a birthright to be tired and retired. I am retired completely.
Rajneesh -
Unfortunately, music devolved instead of evolved. The music business got into the hands of lawyers and accountants rather than the entrepreneurial creative people, and that's when the beginning of the end started. It's all based on money instead of art and creativity.
Gary Wright -
In the spring of 1993, I married Beverly and moved to the woods. This is something I could never have imagined myself doing.
Floyd Skloot -
I've watched Urkel since I was a little kid.
Calvin Johnson -
I was four when I first stood at the helm on my own.
Laura Dekker -
Anticipate charity by preventing poverty.
Maimonides
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Modes are infinite, and laws are infinite.
Mahavira -
I know who in the family is a great cook. I know where the great recipes are.
Irma S. Rombauer -
We must set up large refugee camps outside the E.U. with armed security and financial support provided by the Union.
Viktor Orban -
I don't think I ever really got interested in theater.
Eartha Kitt -
It's always great to visit Taranaki; it's beautiful, and I've caught some great waves there.
Xavier Rudd -
I had a house in Haiti, in the hills above the North Atlantic coast. The house appeared as if out of a dream: my dream to have a foothold in the country. Like many concepts do in Haiti, the phrase 'pied a terre' became literal, material.
Madison Smartt Bell
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We believe that Liberty will redefine what is considered an academically prestigious university in the future.
Jerry Falwell, Jr. -
Interviewed by CNN's Christiana Amanpour about his current feelings regarding blame for the September 11th attacks, and whether or not he still feels as he did when he made the conversial statement cited above (8 May 2007) (video recording). This statement attesting that he still blamed so many was made one week before his death.
Jerry Falwell -
If you try to go beyond your interests just for the sake of pretensions or wealth, your art becomes less legitimate.
Vincent D'Onofrio -
The subject matter ranges from subtle forms of intellectual sarcasm and humor to the crudest possible attacks on a person's courage, sexual prowess, or relatives. At one level, attacks may be subtle and indirect, involving allusion and figurative speech; at another, there may be explicit taunts, boasts, name calling, and jokes at the other's expense.
David Crystal