David Crystal Quotes

Everybody wants to say who they are and where they're from. And the easiest and cheapest and most universal way of doing that is through their accent.

David Crystal

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Everyone in my family used to work with some kind of tool in their hands every day. That's what we do. That's what I did before I got into acting.

Matt LeBlanc

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Who among us has never looked up into the heavens on a starlit night, lost in wonder at the vastness of space and the beauty of the stars?

Jeb Bush

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I felt very unstressed on my wedding day. I'm very grateful for that... spending the day on my own, being super quiet and happy and just puttering around doing my own thing.

Sonya Walger

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I hardly ever see new plays. They don't have the audacity and daring that they used to.

Steven Berkoff

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My favorite shot is always gonna be the forehand. It used to always be my favorite shot when I was young, so it's the one I've won all the points with.

Roger Federer

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At the time I was arrested I had no idea it would turn into this. It was just a day like any other day. The only thing that made it significant was that the masses of the people joined in.

Rosa Parks

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The best thing I ever heard was in the '60s. I heard Jimi Hendrix play 'I Can Hear The Grass Grow' after a rehearsal, and it was brilliant.

Roy Wood

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I always imagined my little cartoons on plates for some reason.

Roz Chast

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Women's courage is rather different from men's. The fact that women have to bring up children and look after husbands makes them braver at facing long-term issues, such as illness. Men are more immediately courageous. Lots of people are brave in battle.

Mary Wesley

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I worked construction clean-up. I was driving a pickup truck at the age of 14 on a construction site. I loved building and being part of the process. You got to see your work.

Michael Kelly

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It's amazing how little you can see people but still stay in regular contact.

Miranda July

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My wife says that if people reach conclusions as to what I am like based on what they see from me on the pitch they would say I am a guy who is always annoyed, always in a bad mood, they'd say what must it be like to live with me. There are two of me, two different people.

Luis Suarez

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