David Crystal Quotes

It took three years to put Shakespeare's words together, there were a lot of words to be studied and a lot of words to be sorted out, and it proved to be a major project.

David Crystal

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TogetherWordsThreeProjectOut

My father always encouraged me to get an education, but he was also a guy that, when he was younger, had ridden the rails from town to town to box and wrestle for money.

Joe R. Lansdale

EducationFatherMoneyMeBoxGuy

Don't speak evil of someone if you don't know for certain, and if you do know ask yourself, why am I telling it?

Johann Kaspar Lavater

YourselfEvilSpeakSomeoneYouWhy

During half a century of literary work, I have endeavoured to introduce the philosophy of evolution into the sphere of literature, and to inspire my readers to think in evolutionary terms.

Johannes Vilhelm Jensen

WorkInspireThinkLiteratureHalf

I have seen some crazy people do some crazy things on my variety show. I have to stop and ask them a lot of the time, just how they figured out that they could do the things that they do, some of it is just plain freaky.

Steve Harvey

TimePeopleCrazyStopCrazy People

I'm an engineer. I'm a techie, really.

Mo Ibrahim

EngineerReally

Composing gives me a chance to work in multiple dimensions and helps me pare down my melodies into what is essential. Learning new skills has always energized me and scoring has opened up a world of sonic possibilities.

Liz Phair

WorkLearningMeWorldChanceDown

Well the first thing I'd say is that I'm not sure exactly what I'm supposed to do to show my remorse other than to say that I'm remorseful.

Jayson Blair

SayFirstRemorseWellShowSure

What I'm going to do is I will eliminate everyone in the comms team, and we'll start over.

Anthony Scaramucci

TeamStartWillOverEveryoneGoing

The early universe was a dusty place, and the UV radiation from the hot, young black holes and stars would get enshrouded by dust, re-radiated, and scattered into red wavelengths like infra-red, causing these objects to remain obscured.

Priyamvada Natarajan

StarsRedBlackUniverseEarlyHot

I am delighted to resume the leadership of both companies.

Linda Johnson Rice

LeadershipI AmResumeBothAm

I love to read. I have a Kindle, and it's nice to be able to download books that people refer.

Kellan Lutz

LovePeopleNiceBooksAbleRead

I think it's very common that scientists or technical people have an artistic side. Sometimes they are very accomplished musicians. Sometimes they have very fine tastes according to art or design. And often, they've spent a big chunk of their childhood or they're growing-up years trying to get in very good at those activities.

Hope Jahren

GoodArtChildhoodPeopleThinkBig

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