"The story of English spelling is the story of thousands of people - some well-known, most totally unknown - who left a permanent linguistic fingerprint on our orthography."

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David Crystal

#People Quotes #Stories Quotes #Well Known Quotes

“I have done no wrong but the zealots are trying to attack me because I am so critical of them.”
“Marriage, like death, is a debt we owe to nature.”
“It's important that I make a difference in some way. If it's performing and touching someone that way, that's great; if it's being a teacher and helping some kid understand something, that's even better...”
“I have a theory that most people in Hollywood are from Texas.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“In Egypt, I loved the perfume of the lotus. A flower would bloom in the pool at dawn, filling the entire garden with a blue musk so powerful it seemed that even the fish and ducks would swoon. By night, the flower might wither but the perfume lasted. Fainter and fainter, but never quite gone. Even many days later, the lotus remained in the garden. Months would pass and a bee would alight near the spot where the lotus had blossomed, and its essence was released again, momentary but undeniable.”
“Many people on the street recognize me and are so positive...I am extremely passionate about helping others get healthy and I never feel bothered when fans stop and want to talk.”

Source : Source: www.glamour.com
“No one's playing records anymore, so find your favorite and frame it, then get rid of the rest - try selling or donating them.”
“I hate it when people pray on the screen. It's not because I hate praying, but whenever I see an actor fold his hands and look up in the spotlight, I'm lost. There's only one other thing in the movies I hate as much, and that's sex. You just can't get in bed or pray to God and convince me on the screen.”

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