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William Labov Quotes

And instead of getting a pepper-and-salt effect, we find very clear and sharp divisions between the dialects of the United States, which are getting more different from each other as time goes on.

William Labov

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: writer
Nationality: american
Birth: December 4, 1927

Topics

Time Find More United Sharp Clear

I like going to a new environment with open eyes.

Andrew Haigh

Eyes Environment New Open Going

Records were vitally important to the development of music and of all music cultures. With that being pushed by the wayside, I can't see an iPod uniting us. In fact it separates us, the streets are full of people bumping into lamp posts, listening to their own little universe, and there's no sharing in that.

John Lydon

Music People Listening Universe See

Money has a language of its own.

Robert Kiyosaki

Money Language Own

Nothing is too wonderful to be true, if it be consistent with the laws of nature.

Michael Faraday

Nature Be True True Nothing Laws

I think of myself as a film composer.

John Williams

Myself Think Film I Think Composer

I was always a character actor, basically, that sometimes looks like a leading man.

John Travolta

Character Man Looks Sometimes Actor

I've always had a love affair with New York City, and I've threatened to get an apartment there one day. But it just made sense for me to set 'Burlesque' on the Sunset Strip in Los Angeles. It's a place I know intimately well and love, and I think there's a great story to be told with L.A.

Steve Antin

Love Sunset Great Day New York City

Someone had my number and they started text-stalking me. I've never replied to them. It was tempting to write back, but I resisted.

Sophie Ellis-Bextor

Me Someone Back Never Write Started

I think if I tried to be the stern parent, we would have slipped into Cinderella mode - with me as the evil stepmother!

Trisha Yearwood

Me Evil Think Parent Stepmother

I am thankful to Nichia Chemical Corporation and its founder Nobu Ogawa, who gave me the research opportunity to create a blue LED.

Shuji Nakamura

Opportunity Thankful I Am Blue Me

Old Vespas are very appealing to me. I love the way they feel. I love the way they smell. I love the curves on them. I have one of the earliest Vespas ever made, from the 1950s.

Michiel Huisman

Love Me Feel Curves Way Smell

There are a lot of things that government doesn't do well. One of things that government does do well is build stuff.

Mick Cornett

Government Build Things Well Stuff