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David Crystal

You don't talk to a linguist without having what you say taken down and used in evidence against you at some point in time.

You don't talk to a linguist without having what you say taken down and used in evidence against you at some point in time.

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These are some quotes by English author David Crystal, who was born in 1941.

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Language has no independent existence apart from the people who use it. It is not an end in itself; it is a means to an end of understanding who you are and what society is like.

Language has no independent existence apart from the people who use it. It is not an end in itself; it is a means to an end of understanding who you are and what society is like.

David Crystal

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English has been this vacuum cleaner of a language, because of its history meeting up with the Romans and then the Danes, the Vikings and then the French and then the Renaissance with all the Latin and Greek and Hebrew in the background.

David Crystal

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Text messaging is just the most recent focus of people's anxiety; what people are really worried about is a new generation gaining control of what they see as their language.

Text messaging is just the most recent focus of people's anxiety; what people are really worried about is a new generation gaining control of what they see as their language.

David Crystal

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But with each passing year and each new study, the evidence for the genetic contribution to individual and group differences becomes more firmly established than ever.

But with each passing year and each new study, the evidence for the genetic contribution to individual and group differences becomes more firmly established than ever.

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I don't want to get into autobiographies; I don't want to talk about myself.

I don't want to get into autobiographies; I don't want to talk about myself.

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I studied international relations and economics at the University of Virginia. I paid my way by working as a bartender in the summer and at three part-time jobs during the year.

I studied international relations and economics at the University of Virginia. I paid my way by working as a bartender in the summer and at three part-time jobs during the year.

Jacqueline Novogratz

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