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David Crystal Quotes

Every usage, no matter how bizarre or nonstandard, fascinates me, as it tells me something about the way language is evolving.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

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Me Language Way Matter Something

My whole comic persona is that of a guy who explores the id: I romanticize gluttony, I romanticize laziness, and people identify with that.

People Laziness Guy Whole Gluttony

I think that as a director, especially when it comes to writing the script, which I also do, and I'm also the first one to visualize this story, I think contributing to the film industry means I'm able to take the best of a story and translate it well into a movie that can be released in theaters.

Best Writing Story Think Visualize

We all have different ways to do things.

Things Different Different Ways Ways

I was a wedding singer as a teenager.

Wedding Singer Teenager

'Twin Peaks' is like a movie; 'China Beach' is like a movie. These are two of the most cinematic shows on television, and they belong together.

Beach Together Television Two China

It is literally the case that learning languages makes you smarter. The neural networks in the brain strengthen as a result of language learning.

Learning Brain Language Result You

My parents are good role models because they've worked hard and gave me a happy childhood.

Sophie Ellis-Bextor

Good Childhood Happy Parents Me

The support down here in Rio has been amazing - between my family, Team U.S.A. and Team Kellogg's, I've felt so much love. This whole experience has been a dream come true.

Family Love Experience Support Team

I made some very forgettable films, but I liked them all when I was doing them.

Doing Made Some Liked Very Them

I wasn't thinking about my pension plan until about two years ago. When I was in my twenties, the idea that you'd be thinking of taking a job based on its health-care policy was completely foreign. But these days young people are thinking about these things.

Job People Thinking Plan You Young

I would be embarrassed to tell you how many folks ran saying that they weren't going to spend a bunch of money, they weren't going to raise the debt ceiling, and then they went to Washington, D.C., and did exactly that.

Money Saying You Washington Debt

Justice is the truth in action.

Truth Justice Action

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