David Crystal Quotes
There is no such thing as an ugly accent, like there's no such thing as an ugly flower.
David Crystal
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I have no political ax to grind; I just find it absurd that huge billion-dollar corporations can take over elections. I just find it insane that, for instance, we give tax breaks to people like myself making millions of dollars, while there're no tax breaks for working people. That, to me, is not a political issue, that's a life issue.
Adam McKay
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If you stop being scared, that's when entropy sets in, and you may as well go home.
Tamsin Greig
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I was a bit odd. I read books and wanted to draw and go to art school.
Mal Peet
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When people refer to 'Back in the Day,' it was a Wednesday. Just a little fun fact for you.
Dane Cook
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When you are talking about someone's art, it is usually so personal.
Tamra Davis
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I really appreciate family. I really can't imagine life without them!
Ice Cube
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I've lost count of the times I've been asked to 'be' Malcolm Tucker: to go on a political program on television, presumably in order to be the character and give opinions as him.
Peter Capaldi
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That people even in well paid jobs choose ever earlier retirement is a severe indictment of our organizations - not just business, but government service, the universities. These people don't find their jobs interesting.
Peter Drucker
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When, as a child, I first opened my eyes on a Sunday-morning, a feeling of dismal anicipation, which began at least on the Friday,culminated. I knew what was before me, and my wish, if not my word, was "Would God it were evening!" It was no day of rest, but a day of texts, of catechisms Watts, of tracts about converted swearers, godly charwomen, and edifying deaths of sinners saved.... There was but one rosy spot, in the distance, all that day: and that was "bed-time," which never could come too early!
Lewis Carroll
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Movie stars and singers never fully pass away because their images are replayed on film and recordings, over and over.
Bill Kurtis
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London, thou art the flower of cities all! Gemme of all joy, jasper of jocunditie.
William Dunbar
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There is no such thing as an ugly accent, like there's no such thing as an ugly flower.
David Crystal
