David Crystal Quotes

People are very ready to criticize other people's accents. There's no correlation between accents and intelligence or accents and criminality, but people do make judgments.

David Crystal

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IntelligencePeopleReadyAccents

I've established a certain voice over my albums. It can be an obstacle, but in the end, I think it's a strength, because I can build upon that voice, which is ultimately very much mine.

Jens Lekman

StrengthVoiceThinkEndI CanOver

I do greatly admire Australian artists.

Jeffrey Archer

AdmireArtistsAustralianGreatly

People have set that up as a standard, not to recognize a prophet in his own country.

Sun Ra

PeopleCountryUpOwnSetProphet

Things that I do tend not to work out commercially.

Stewart Lee

WorkOutThingsWork OutTend

If women are not perceived to be fully within the structures of power, surely it is power that we need to redefine rather than women?

Mary Beard

WomenPowerNeedWithinWomen Are

People think that every day we pass monumental legislation. Oftentimes, the most important thing that you have done that day is help a family with a visa.

Lisa Murkowski

FamilyDayPeopleThinkHelpYou

When I finished performing 'I Won't Give Up' for the first time, I opened my eyes, and I think there was maybe six people in there when I started, and when I finished there was about 30 people, all standing around with their jaws dropped in complete silence. I said, 'Okay, I think this song has some power to it.' So coffee shops work for me.

Jason Mraz

WorkPowerEyesTimeCoffeeSilence

I don't know why my son was born conservative.

Jose Manuel Barroso

SonBornKnowWhyConservative

Every woman needs to know the facts. And the fact is, when it comes to breast cancer, every woman is at risk.

Debbie Wasserman Schultz

WomanFactsKnowRiskCancerFact

I think my children are definitely musically inclined, and they show it, and they're exposed to a lot of it. And they're their own people, and I think easily they could do something musical, or they could do something in acting or film or other types of the arts, and I would fully support it.

Chris Cornell

ChildrenSupportPeopleThinkActing

I had a great childhood. Even though I never had my own room - I shared the porch with my grandfather and kept my belongings in one drawer of a dresser that was jammed next to the piano - I never went hungry and was always supported by my family.

Clint Hill

FamilyGreatChildhoodGrandfather

If you want to grow old as a pilot, you've got to know when to push it, and when to back off.

Chuck Yeager

GrowPushYouBackKnowWant

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