David Crystal Quotes

Text messaging is just the most recent focus of people's anxiety; what people are really worried about is a new generation gaining control of what they see as their language.

David Crystal

Recitation: by Male by Female

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FocusPeopleControlGenerationNew

The terrorist attacks upon our country changed the way that we live forever and provided us with a cruel reminder that freedom and liberty have a price.

Jo Ann Davis

LiveFreedomCountryPriceLiberty

When I'm working, I stay in ICU in any hospital that will get me a bed.

Jerry Lewis

MeBedWillHospitalStayWorking

I always lamented that I wasn't a writer during the late '60s and the early '70s, with the New Journalism and Tom Wolfe and Hunter Thompson and all those people.

Meghan Daum

PeopleJournalismEarlyLateNew

People who've had very unhappy childhoods are pretty good at inventing themselves. If nobody invents you for yourself, nothing is left but to invent yourself for others.

John le Carre

GoodYourselfPeopleUnhappyYou

The major public goals in my life are intellectual goals. There are various philosophical things that I want to work on and work out.

Robert Nozick

LifeWorkGoalsMy LifeIntellectual

I think Jennifer Saunders would be great in 'Doctor Who.'

Matt Smith

GreatDoctorThinkWouldWho

People like to say that my work is about making the invisible visible, but that's a misunderstanding. It's about showing what invisibility looks like.

Trevor Paglen

WorkPeopleLooksMisunderstanding

The writing process, it's too mysterious to try and describe.

Mick Jones

WritingProcessMysteriousTryToo

I can't tell you how hard it is to make a dark-humored movie in Hollywood.

Michael Lehmann

YouHollywoodHardTellMovieHow

Nobody was talking about healthcare until 'Sicko' came out.

Michael Moore

TalkingHealthcareNobodyOutUntil

I always believe that if you feel good and look happy, you're always going to be beautiful. My one actual beauty trick is pretty cliche: Never, ever go to bed with your makeup on.

Joyce Giraud

GoodBeautyBeautifulHappyMakeup

I enjoy politics, but if I had a third career - and I've had multiple careers - my third act would be acting.

Donna Brazile

PoliticsEnjoyCareerActingAct

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