David Crystal Quotes
During the later part of the 19th century, it was believed that a sound of change affected the whole of a language simultaneously: one sound system would smoothly develop into the next, and all words which contained a particular sound would be affected in the same way.David Crystal
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An idea can only be materialized with the help of a medium of expression, the inherent qualities of which must be surely sensed and understood in order to become the carrier of an idea.
Hans Hofmann -
The forthputting of willpower is a means of strengthening willpower. The will becomes strong by exercise. To stick to a thing till you are master is a test of intellectual discipline and power.
Orison Swett Marden -
I shall have a beautiful dream tonight. I also wish everyone to have a beautiful dream.
Yani Tseng -
I'm glad we turned into a big-time touring band later in life. In fact, it's almost like we planned it out that way.
Walter Becker China Crisis -
It is not from ourselves that we learn to be better than we are.
Wendell Berry -
The win-win situation is the basis for America's entire business world. Instead of wasting our time attempting to defeat each other, let's find a way that will make both of us gain and go home satisfied. In Israel, it doesn't work because the only meaning of victory is seeing your rival's body lying trampled on the floor.
Yair Lapid
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Imagination grows by exercise, and contrary to common belief, is more powerful in the mature than in the young.
W. Somerset Maugham -
Our country is in deep trouble. To talk and re-litigate in 1998, or even what Mitt Romney said or didn't say in 1994 or 2002, I don't think most people really care.
Laura Ingraham -
I remember seeing 'Gremlins' and having my mind blown and seeing 'Ferris Bueller's Day Off' at 13, and it was this hugely aspirational experience.
Edgar Wright -
When you have a voice, and you have an opportunity at the world level to be able to speak, it has to be right.
Caitlyn Jenner -
Perhaps the truest axiom in baseball is that the toughest thing to do is repeat.
Walt Alston -
I can't hold a grudge anyway.
Victoria Justice
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Sell a country?! Why not sell the air, the great sea, as well as the earth? Did not the Great Spirit make them all for the use of his children?
Tecumseh -
If you think you're free, there's no escape possible.
Ram Dass -
If we could have seen through the televisions, we would probably have seen many a child grow up.
Barbara Hale -
Democracies domesticate religious groups to become political players. That's how it works.
Ian Lustick -
I am indebted to the Indian Army, from my birth till now; I have grown and imbibed the indomitable spirit of this fighting force.
Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore -
I'm constantly hydrating my hair.
Bebe Rexha
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I get nervous when people say to me, 'I just can't tell any of you Asians apart!' Um, why do you have to tell us apart? Are we gonna be separated for some reason? I can't tell us apart! I was not born with a chip in my neck that would automatically identify every Asiatic person that I would come across. 'beebeebeebeebeep Filipino.'
Margaret Cho -
That which is impossible and probable is better than that which is possible and improbable.
Aristotle -
Restarting a musical isn't free.
Ben Sprecher -
I'm a big Tom Hardy fan. He dresses pretty stylish, right?
Christopher Mintz-Plasse -
When people send people on summer camps or bonding trips, they send them to do things like high rope climbing or extraordinary things. And when you do extraordinary things with people, like fighting battles or simulating huge wars, you do bond very quickly.
Anna Popplewell -
During the later part of the 19th century, it was believed that a sound of change affected the whole of a language simultaneously: one sound system would smoothly develop into the next, and all words which contained a particular sound would be affected in the same way.
David Crystal