David Crystal Quotes

English has been this vacuum cleaner of a language, because of its history meeting up with the Romans and then the Danes, the Vikings and then the French and then the Renaissance with all the Latin and Greek and Hebrew in the background.

David Crystal

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To many, Courtney Love smells like rock hype. Reviewers may be excited about her, but the rock audience may be skeptical of the credentials of someone who is more famous for her interviews and her spouse than for her music.

Robert Hilburn

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Biblical counselors and therapists, we've seen cases in New Jersey and in California where folks have gotten in trouble because they gave biblical counseling and, you know, the issue is always, it's same sex. And if you're giving conversion therapy, that's been outlawed in at least two states and then in some local areas.

Jeffrey C. Mateer

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I do not read newspaper comics unless they happen to be out when I visit my parents, but I follow several online comics, which I check every morning while I drink my coffee and wake up for the day.

Amelia Atwater-Rhodes

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It's so great to find that one special person you want to annoy for the rest of your life.

Rita Rudner

LifeGreatRestYouFindPerson

I own a small aerospace company that does some business with the U.S. government.

Robert Zubrin

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It's sad that people listen to music and decide how the singer should look.

Joss Stone

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I love the you-never-know-what's-going-to-happen aspect of doing concerts.

Jonathan Groff

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Wisdom is knowing what to do next; virtue is doing it.

David Starr Jordan

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With the glucometer, I always know how much blood sugar I've got, so I can adjust my insulin or the food I eat.

Bobby Clarke

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Don't wish for someone else to do later what you can do now.

Wynton Marsalis

SomeoneWishYouNowElseLater

Love is the hardest lesson in Christianity; but, for that reason, it should be most our care to learn it.

William Penn

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Bullfighters are Seville's heroes.

Paz Vega

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