David Crystal Quotes

It doesn't take a language long to disappear once the spirit to continue with it leaves its community. In fact, the speed of the decline has been one of the main findings of recent linguistic research.

David Crystal

Recitation: by Male by Female

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CommunityResearchLanguageSpeed

There is a courtesy of the heart; it is allied to love. From its springs the purest courtesy in the outward behavior.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

LoveHeartBehaviorCourtesyTo Love

I'm still craving approval from my parents. It took a lot of success for me to realize it was never coming. It's just not in their nature.

Andrew Stanton

NatureSuccessParentsMeNever

Of course it's trivial, but then most things are.

John Malkovich

ThingsCourseMostTrivialThen

You have to love the doing of what you're doing and not wait for the phone to ring.

Robert Stack

LoveWaitDoingYouPhoneRing

I take every role seriously. Personally, I never look at any role as Michael White. I've done that my entire life.

Michael Jai White

LifeLookWhiteDoneSeriouslyRole

The CIO put up half a million dollars for Roosevelt's 1936 campaign and provided him with an immense group of active labor workers who played a large part in the sweeping victory he won at the polls.

John T. Flynn

VictoryLaborGroupActiveHimUp

Believe me, it's not easy being an actress and a producer, especially with no big daddy to support you.

Amisha Patel

SupportMeBelieveEasyYouBig

Tea Party people know that I stood against the Wall Street scam from Day One, that I voted against TARP, that I voted against repealing Glass-Steagall Act that kept these guys under some control.

Russ Feingold

DayTeaPeopleControlPartyWall

I'm trying to correct what is wrong in journalism today: wasting users' time.

Jason Calacanis

TodayTimeTryingJournalismWrong

Without God, for me, I'm not the best version of myself.

Chip Gaines

GodMyselfBestMeWithoutVersion

I've said for a long time there is no military solution to the crisis in Syria. There has to be a diplomatic solution. ISIL cannot be part of it. Al-Qaeda cannot be part of it, and Assad cannot be part of it. We are dealing with issues that have been going on for centuries, and I'm not sure the administration fully appreciates that.

Brad Schneider

TimeSolutionLongSaidLong Time

Getting fired is hard.

Alice Barrett

HardFiredGetting

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