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Academics dont normally manage to alter peoples way of thinking th

Academics dont normally manage to alter peoples way of thinking through their strength of argument. – David Crystal

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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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Ever since the arrival of printing – thought to be the invention of the devil because it would put false opinions into peoples minds – people have been arguing that new technology would have disastrous consequences for language. – David Crystal

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First I shall name the eagle, of which there are three species: the great grey eagle is the largest, of great strength and high flight he chiefly preys on fawns and other young quadrupeds. – William Bartram

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We must continue to pursue peace through diplomacy, but we must also not shrink from our responsibility through the option of strength. We must take advantage of internal resistance and change from within Iran to avert this path of mutual destruction. – Michael McCaul

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Anxiety does not empty tomorrow of its sorrows, but only empties today of its strength. – Charles Spurgeon

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You had no right to be born for you make no use of life. Instead of living for, in, and with yourself, as a reasonable being ought, you seek only to fasten your feebleness on some other persons strength. – Charlotte Bronte

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A liberal knows that the only certainty in this life is change but believes that the change can be directed toward a constructive end. – Henry A. Wallace

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I havent been very active in politics. – Clint Eastwood

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