Quote by David Crystal
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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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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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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We draw our strength from the very despair in which we have been forced to live. We shall endure. – Cesar Chavez

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Rudeness is the weak mans imitation of strength. – Eric Hoffer

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To be loved is a strength. To love is a weakness. – Zsa Zsa Gabor

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I think leaders are incapable of the strength that passive resistance entails. – Meshell Ndegeocello

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