David Crystal Quotes

One of the places the full stop is really being revised in a really fundamental way is on the Internet. You look at the Internet or any instant messaging exchange - anything that is a fast dialogue taking place. People simply do not put full stops in unless they want to make a point.

David Crystal

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PeopleInternetYouLookPlaceStop

I wanted to travel the world - I don't how that idea got in my head, but I really wanted to see the world... towns, cities, countries, I wanted to see them all.

Jimmy Cliff

TravelWorldSeeHeadGotIdea

I am an activist. I have a really big pulpit with my fiction and I love knowing that I can make people think.

Jodi Picoult

LoveI AmPeopleThinkI CanBig

I don't look on poetry as closed works. I feel they're going on all the time in my head and I occasionally snip off a length.

John Ashbery

TimePoetryFeelLookHeadGoing

When the Supreme Court moved to Washington in 1800, it was provided with no books, which probably accounts for the high quality of early opinions.

Robert Jackson

QualityOpinionsEarlyWashington

I really do think that is why this country is so great: If you want to accomplish something, then you must do it.

Ann Callis

GreatThinkYouAccomplishCountry

For all of its well-deserved reputation for pragmatism, American popular culture frequently nurtures or at least tolerates preposterous views and theories. Witness the 9/11 'truthers' who, lacking any evidence whatsoever, claim that 9/11 was a Bush administration plot.

Michael Hayden

CultureReputationAmericanEvidence

Something I'm going to try to really instill in my own family is a lot of tradition. And, I used to have a lot of superstitions, and then I realized that it was kind of hogwash. Once I let go of them, I relaxed a lot.

Amy Adams

FamilyTraditionGoKindMy OwnTry

I think that more than the winning, the weeks where I don't play well are what drive me the most.

Tom Lehman

MeWinningDriveThinkPlayMore

I listen to Ustad Vilayat Khan's 'Raga Khamaj' and 'Raga Jaijaiwanti' virtually every morning, a lot of Abdullah Ibrahim, Michael Kiwanuka, Savages, and contemporary Ugandan pop.

Mira Nair

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When I was little, my mom was an actress, and she still is now, and she'd go on commercial auditions, and if they needed a mom and a son, she'd take me along, and that's how I got started.

Luke Benward

SonMeMomGoNowShe

It's weird: The leader of the Conservative Party in England is two years younger than me, and I still don't really feel like a responsible adult.

Jarvis Cocker

LeaderMeWeirdFeelPartyTwo

I used to be so into soccer. I would wear soccer team hoodies, another soccer team's pants, and Manchester United earrings. And I had, like, five of everything, so I would just wear the same outfit all the time!

Astrid S

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