David Crystal Quotes
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I like watching films that can play in any language because they're essentially silent.
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I'm ambitious, I want to play in the Champions League, and that's the aim with Tottenham - to start qualifying for the Champions League on a consistent basis.
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The shoe that fits one person pinches another; there is no recipe for living that suits all cases.
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The foundations and the intent of the Affordable Care Act are laudable. The way it's being implemented is a disaster.
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The first 'world' war was in reality the last European war fought by globally significant European powers.
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I was doing things that weren't good for me. So I checked into the Churchill Priory clinic. It was the best thing I've done for ages.
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There's nothing more marvelously wintery than orange root veg mash; some butter is all it needs.
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What do I know of man's destiny? I could tell you more about radishes.
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I don't want to play earnest. I'd rather play somebody who's kind of sleazy. It's much more fun, especially in a comedy. You don't want to be some earnest guy who's just trying to do the right thing but can't. I want to be doing the wrong thing intentionally.
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I love ensemble work. I love making pieces and building things together.
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I feel for the overly thin women as I do for the overweight women.
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I am shy to admit that I have followed the advice given all those years ago by a wise archbishop to a bewildered young man: that moments of unbelief 'don't matter,' that if you return to a practice of the faith, faith will return.
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My books are shelved in different places, depending on the bookstore. Sometimes they can be found in the Mystery section, sometimes in the Humor department, and occasionally even in the Literature aisle, which is somewhat astounding.
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I'm a fan of Bradley Cooper's.
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As a writer, you should care about reluctant readers. You want these kids to feel like books are amazing and cool and that they're an escape.
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It's harder and harder to make a well-done romantic comedy these days because the conventions have been so played out.
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That's what really motivates me: to make my coaches proud, my teammates proud, and the fans proud.
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I'll work with Jerry Seinfeld any day of the week. Get a nice little paycheck there, but you do it for free. It's just good to be associated with that man. He's a great guy.
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I'm all in favor of banks that play their part in community endeavors, private individuals looking for loans, people who want to start up a little business, and that's what banks are for.
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Our history will be what we make it. And if there are any historians about fifty or a hundred years from now, and there should be preserved the kinescopes for one week of all three networks, they will there find recorded in black and white, or perhaps color, evidence of decadence, escapism and insulation from the realities of the world in which we live.
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We know that where community exists in confers upon its members identity, a sense of belonging, and a measure of security. . . . Communities are the ground-level generators and preservers of values and ethical systems.
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I've never been with a losing team in my life, and I don't think I'll start now.
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As we jogg on, either laugh with me, or at me, or in short do any thing—only keep your temper.
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Fluency is smooth, rapid, effortless use of language.
