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David Crystal Quotes

Vocabulary is a matter of word-building as well as word-using.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: educator
Nationality: english
Birth: July 6, 1941

Topics

Matter Vocabulary Well

I practiced law for 10 years, and I always admired the lawyers who were not afraid to take unpopular cases. And I never had the guts to do that. I was playing it safe. I was trying to make a living. And I just never volunteered for a really tough case, and there were some of them I should've taken. And I admired the lawyers who did.

Law Tough Trying Lawyers Living

To become mindfully aware of our surroundings is to bring our thinking back to our present moment reality and to the possibility of some semblance of serenity in the face of circumstances outside our ability to control.

Moment Control Face Thinking Reality

What we're seeing early on is Democrats rallying around Al Gore, Republicans rallying around George Bush and the difficulty of anybody else to get any room in the race.

Stuart Rothenberg

Seeing Early Race Room Democrats

My novels are all ideas.

Michel Houellebecq

Of this our true individual life, our present life is a glimpse, a fragment, a hint, and in its best moments a visible beginning.

Life Best Beginning Present Moments

Aside from the poor example it sets, the federal government enables reckless spending on public-employee pensions by offering hope of assistance from Washington if things get bad enough.

Hope Government Enough Bad Poor Get

There are few things more satisfying than seeing your children have teenagers of their own.

Children Seeing More Own Things Few

I'm really not livable with when I'm rehearsing because I'm living the character.

Character Living Because Really

I write in my study, where I also have my prayer altar. I believe that keeps me focused and gives me positive energy and reminds me that I'm merely the instrument of greater creative forces.

Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni

Positive Prayer Creative Me Energy

Country music is one of those places where we support each other and prop each other up.

Chris Stapleton

Music Support Country Places Up

Where the ball went was up to heaven. Sometimes I threw the ball clean up into the stands.

Heaven Sometimes Clean Ball Up

I'm never tired of going to the studio. I enjoy recording and documenting everything and trying new things.

Aretha Franklin

New Things Tired Enjoy Trying New

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