"At any one time language is a kaleidoscope of styles, genres and dialects."

-- David Crystal

#Style Quotes #Kaleidoscope Quotes #Dialect Quotes

“Where there is cake, there is hope. And there is always cake.”
“I have great respect for human life. My decision to take human life at the Murrah Building â€“ I did not do it for personal gain. I ease my mind in that...I did it for the larger good.”
“If I bet on humanity, I'd never cash a ticket.”
“If you choose the wrong questions and you proceed, you still get a result, but it's not interesting.”
“Both of my parents are teachers. One is in the Waldorf school system in Louisville, Ky., and the other runs a music school. I grew up with loving, supportive, encouraging parents that let me make my own world, and I wish that for every single child.”
“I bought my mother-in-law a beautiful chair for Christmas, but she won't let me plug it in.”
“A wise man will make haste to forgive, because he knows the true value of time, and will not suffer it to pass away in unnecessary pain.”
“Experience burned into me the conviction that access to education ought to be based on how much you are willing to learn and how hard you are willing to work, not on how many dollars your family has in their bank account.”

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