William Labov Quotes

This African American Vernacular English shares most of its grammar and vocabulary with other dialects of English. But it is distinct in many ways, and it is more different from standard English than any other dialect spoken in continental North America.

William Labov

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

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I'm not a huge TV person. I don't like having the noise when I'm doing other things unless I'm really lonely, and then I turn the TV on. But I do like to sit down and watch TV in the evenings.

Andie MacDowell

LonelyDoingDownPersonTurnNoise

That's the great thing about a tractor. You can't really hear the phone ring.

Jeff Foxworthy

GreatYouPhoneRingTractorHear

I could go on a long rant about how much I despise e-mail. I wish it was more socially acceptable to ignore people.

Steve Huffman

PeopleIgnoreWishLongGoMore

I think that people need a livable wage.

Stacy Brown-Philpot

PeopleThinkNeedWageI Think

The strongest argument against totalitarianism may be a recognition of a universal human nature; that all humans have innate desires for life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. The doctrine of the blank slate... is a totalitarian's dream.

Steven Pinker

LifeNatureHappinessRecognition

Society cares for the individual only so far as he is profitable.

Simone de Beauvoir

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If I was a CIA front company, what would I want to be able to do? Well, I would want to be able to land at military airfields as a civilian, so there's got to be some document that the Air Force or the Army has that would list all the civilian aircraft that are cleared to land at military bases.

Trevor Paglen

ArmyWantAir ForceLandMilitary

I really liked the snake that breaks out of the cage in the beginning of the movie. I saw it in real life, and it was really cool. Really big and fat. The owls are cool as well, but you can't really pet them.

Tom Felton

LifePetBeginningCoolSnakeFat

I want to become more successful.

Michael Pena

WantBecomeMoreSuccessful

I like America to some extent.

Michael Moore

AmericaLikeSomeExtent

I always look back to awards shows and think about being a kid watching them.

Luke Bryan

ThinkLookBackAwardsWatchingKid

A modern hero is very ambiguous. I went through some very rough times in Czechoslovakia - the occupation by the Germans at the end of the war. We had people going against their tanks with brooms. Are they nuts, or are they heroes?

Milos Forman

HeroWarPeopleEndHeroesNuts

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