David Crystal Quotes

As I get older and I get a few more years experience I become more like Dad, you know, King Lear.

David Crystal

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ExperienceKingYouKnowBecomeGet

A structure is a bit like a story. People will go along with you - they see where you're going.

Melvyn Bragg

PeopleStoryYouGoWillSee

I have accomplished little enough, but such as it is, it is the result of my own efforts.

Robert E. Howard

EnoughResultMy OwnLittleOwn

I become my characters, and then try to allow events in the story to take their own course. I try not to play God, but to let them work out their own destiny.

Michael Morpurgo

WorkGodDestinyStoryPlayBecome

I'm a sucker for 'When Harry Met Sally' and all that romantic stuff.

Jason Fuchs

RomanticStuffSuckerMetSally

Governments cannot make marriages or turn feckless individuals into responsible citizens. That needs another kind of change agent.

Jonathan Sacks

ChangeKindResponsibleTurnCannot

The greatest comedian I've ever seen is Jack Benny. He wasn't afraid of the silences.

Bob Newhart

AfraidSeenGreatestHeComedian

I'm getting offered roles that aren't designed for aboriginal people; they're designed for anybody. It's pretty surreal and mind-blowing.

Bronson Pelletier

PeoplePrettyAboriginalMind-Blowing

In opera, everyone's watching from a fixed viewpoint, and that really challenges you. Lighting, the sets, stage groupings, the music-but doesn't relate too much to film.

Bruce Beresford

ChallengesYouToo MuchWatching

I've worked with very few directors who've asked of me what I asked of myself.

Asia Argento

MyselfMeFewVeryDirectorsAsked

I'm tall now, but when I was younger, I used to tower above everyone - I still feel conscious of that.

Tuppence Middleton

FeelNowTallEveryoneTowerAbove

Scottish politics, U.K. politics, is not really like American politics in this respect. Not everybody is absolutely obsessed with image. I'm not saying the United States is obsessed with image.

Nicola Sturgeon

RespectPoliticsSayingAmerican

Marriage is the hardest work you're ever going to do.

Julie Andrews

WorkMarriageYouGoingHardest

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