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.
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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.
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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.
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I shall have a beautiful dream tonight. I also wish everyone to have a beautiful dream.
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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.
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It is not from ourselves that we learn to be better than we are.
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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.
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Imagination grows by exercise, and contrary to common belief, is more powerful in the mature than in the young.
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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.
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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.
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When you have a voice, and you have an opportunity at the world level to be able to speak, it has to be right.
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Perhaps the truest axiom in baseball is that the toughest thing to do is repeat.
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I can't hold a grudge anyway.
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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?
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If you think you're free, there's no escape possible.
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If we could have seen through the televisions, we would probably have seen many a child grow up.
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Democracies domesticate religious groups to become political players. That's how it works.
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I am indebted to the Indian Army, from my birth till now; I have grown and imbibed the indomitable spirit of this fighting force.
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I'm constantly hydrating my hair.
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I've said all along we need a chief executive, not a chief politician, in the White House.
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If a bird is flying for pleasure, it flies with the wind, but if it meets danger it turns and faces the wind, in order that it may rise higher.
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Abstract expression is so solid, so successful and recognizable, but there's a mystery about the artists that goes into it, a fetishism about the artists themselves and who they were.
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The long, forensic interview really matters.
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All of a sudden, I was a young kid in my early 20s, and I had a couple of Broadway shows to my credit.
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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.
