David Crystal Quotes

At the same time we overlap, because, I do linguistics, and Ben did a first degree in Linguistics at Lancaster University, so he knows some of my subject.

David Crystal

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TimeFirstSameDegreeUniversity

I have to confess that a strong contributing factor was that I had just taken what was probably the first acid ever made, given to me by a guy called Johnny Fellows, who had just returned from America.

Jim Capaldi

MeStrongAmericaFirstGuyJust

I never pretended to be a great actor.

Joel McCrea

GreatActorNeverPretended

Opera needs a major makeover; the large opera houses are too in thrall to their conservative patrons.

Robert Lepage

ConservativeOperaNeedsHousesToo

In Belgrade, everything is possible.

Ana Ivanovic

PossibleEverything

I'm lucky enough to have some celebrity light around me. I can go on a platform and say what I think to represent these voices that can't be heard.

Trudie Styler

LightMeThinkEnoughI CanGo

I would be terribly disappointed if anything would get in the way of my being cast in something, or if performances were canceled. It was a fix that I obviously needed.

Trevor Nunn

WayFixAnythingDisappointedGet

Just take yourself back to September 2001. As that month went on, and as that autumn unrolled, everybody wanted to do something. How can I help? Do you want my blood? Do you want money for the victims? I was a captain in the Marine Corps. I knew what I could do. I was right there. I was ready. I saw it. I moved the rubble with my own hands.

Rob Riggle

MoneyYourselfHelpHandsYouBack

I know people who grow old and bitter. I want to keep making a fresh start. I don't want them to defeat me. That would be suicidal.

Robert Wyatt

Moving OnPeopleMeStartGrowKnow

Meetings should be great - they're opportunities for a group of people sitting together around a table to directly communicate. That should be a good thing. And it is, but only if treated as a rare delicacy.

Jason Fried

GoodGreatTogetherPeopleMeetings

I'm thinking about starting a solo project. But it will feature Tyler on all the songs. We'll call it something like 'Two Music Boys.'

Josh Dun

MusicThinkingWillProjectStarting

As a black man, sometimes you can't tell if what you're seeing has underlying bigotry, or it's a normal conversation and you're being paranoid. That dynamic in itself is unsettling. I admit sometimes I see race and racism when its not there.

Jordan Peele

ManRacismBlackYouSeeingAdmit

Faith is the most important thing in the world to me. It's the greatest strength I've had. It's helped me get through the hard times. You're not going to win every one of your football games. I've always said I'm not going to make football my god. A lot of coaches put so much into coaching football games that they have nothing left.

Bobby Bowden

StrengthGodFaithFootballMeWin

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