John McWhorter Quotes

Loving your language means a command of its vocabulary beyond the level of the everyday.

John McWhorter

Recitation: by Male by Female

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CommunicationLanguageLovingBeyond

I don't have any legato skills; I could never figure out how to roll the notes off.

Joe Bonamassa

SkillsNeverOutNotesRollOff

We rest our case on the production numbers.

Mel Brooks

RestNumbersProductionOurCase

On every show, there's some amount of work that is brought to some state of completion - or even finished - and then cut out of the movie.

John Knoll

WorkCompletionOutCutShowEven

Participation, I think, or one of the best methods of educating.

Tom Glazer

BestThinkParticipationI Think

However judicious academics may be - not like me - they are all taught to see through crap.

Mary Beard

MeSeeThroughMayAcademicsCrap

'Harvey' continues to be both a charming and hilarious play.

Judge Reinhold

PlayCharmingHilariousBothHarvey

I always like to grow, and I recognise that the Yellow Submarine have helped me.

Diego Godin

YellowMeGrowAlwaysSubmarine

I love watching the game, and I loved watching the World Cup.

Christian Pulisic

LoveWorldGameLovedWatchingCup

I have a very strict gun control policy: if there's a gun around, I want to be in control of it.

Clint Eastwood

ControlGunGun ControlWantPolicy

When you finish a record, I look at it like a photograph. It's already taken. You got it the way you wanted it to be. You edit it, make sure the light and contrast are right, then you just put it away, and that's your photograph. Then you don't really think about it anymore.

Brian Fallon

LightThinkYouLookWayRight

I believe in opening mail once a month, whether it needs it or not.

Bob Considine

BelieveI BelieveOpeningMailMonth

I'm a fan of meeting readers face to face, at reader events, where we're able to sit down and take some time to talk.

Suzanne Brockmann

TimeFaceDownMeetingTalkEvents

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