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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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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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Technology
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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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I worshipped dead men for their strength, forgetting I was strong. – Vita Sackville-West

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An organization which claims to be working for the needs of a community – as SNCC does – must work to provide that community with a position of strength from which to make its voice heard. This is the significance of black power beyond the slogan. – Stokely Carmichael

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The strength that I have comes from irrigating the citrus plantation, ploughing in the vineyard, guarding the melon fields at night. I believe thats what gave me the strength. – Ariel Sharon

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As Ive often said, Wisconsins greatest strength continues to be the dedicated, hardworking people of our state. They go to work everyday, pay their taxes, and raise their kids with good, Midwestern values. – Jim Doyle

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Life has no blessing like a prudent friend. – Euripides

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yamai wa ki kara
sickness is a thing of the spirit – Japanese Proverb

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