John McWhorter Quotes
Loving your language means a command of its vocabulary beyond the level of the everyday.
Quotes to Explore
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The library world is set up on this model where the library is a physical building and has a number of books and serves a geographical community.
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I despise making the most of one's time. Half of the pleasures of life consist of the opportunities one has neglected.
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If one cannot enjoy reading a book over and over again, there is no use in reading it at all.
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I would love to continue working on animated films. Yeah, those are my ambitions. No doubt.
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I was supposed to be women's lib, and now I'd exceeded it and gone over into international politics.
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Ergo, because of the money problem, it is probable that our orchestras will soon go down in quality.
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We have a choice - we can both think and feel, using our heads and our hearts.
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Treasure the love you receive above all. It will survive long after your good health has vanished.
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In 2014, having children is complicated and daunting and fraught - as much as it's always been, but now we're talking about it. And the more we talk about it, the more of us will realize that we're not going through it alone. Far from it.
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Superhero stories are kind of in my DNA from childhood on, so I think I'm genetically drawn to playing in the genre when the opportunity presents itself.
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I'm convinced that the place, if you have your druthers, to go to have that experience is New York City.
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I'm not being outspoken or pro or con abortion.
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I don't think I ever really knew the right words to 'Hava Nagilah,' which isn't great for a Jewish singer.
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If movies are causing moral decay, then crime ought to be going up, but crime is going down.
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My mother told me many stories about her childhood in Cuba. Living there had a profound impact on her and how she regards herself.
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All of a sudden, if you think about the entire ecosystem of connected devices that can pull down information, access content and allow me to share and work and communicate, the vast majority now are not Windows computers. They are iPhones. They are iPads. They are Android devices.
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I am definitely a worrier.
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For 'Seabiscuit', I interviewed 100 people I never met.
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Gender-based violence is one of the most pervasive and yet least-recognized human rights abuses in the world.
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'Life, Love & Hope' is... I'm thinking 'larger picture.' I'm not trying to preach to anyone. We all get lost and caught up in our everyday problems. Your cellphone doesn't work or you got a parking ticket, you had a bad day at work. You can lose sight of the really important things in life; that's what the song is about.
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Kissing in the movies is a real art - figuring out where to put your heads so it looks good on camera. I have had other co-stars who couldn't work that out, which made it a lot harder for me.
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To participate in mission is to participate in the movement of God's love toward people, since God is a fountain of sending love.
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Well, a younger woman is a type, but not necessarily a type for me. And what is a younger woman? I mean, I'm pretty old. Almost everyone is younger.
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Loving your language means a command of its vocabulary beyond the level of the everyday.
