#rent

However, research in the years that followed found that in many of its important features, African American Vernacular English was becoming not less, but more different from other dialects. ↗

— William Labov

#african american #american #becoming #dialects #different

This African American Vernacular English shares most of its grammar and vocabulary with other dialects of English. But it is distinct in many ways, and it is more different from standard English than any other dialect spoken in continental North America. ↗

— William Labov

#african american #america #american #any #continental

Going out in Paris was like going out in the '30s dressed like the Andrews Sisters. It was everything I'd seen in books at my grandparents' house, only it was our generation. ↗

— Christian Lacroix

#books #dressed #everything #generation #going

People want to be in their own fashion tribes, so they want to wear the same clothes to be connected to everyone else in that tribe. But they want to be different from other tribes. ↗

— Christian Lacroix

#clothes #connected #different #else #everyone

Kenny G, I have to be grateful to him for proving that the instrument can be played all different kinds of ways. ↗

— Steve Lacy

#different #different kinds #grateful #him #i

My parents were so poor when I was a kid, I never went anywhere. I take our youngsters with us because I don't know anything that teaches them so much. ↗

— Alan Ladd

#anywhere #because #i #kid #know

I think that discipline is so much of an important part of being a parent. Because it's very, very important to teach your children to take responsibility for their actions. ↗

— Cheryl Ladd

#because #being #children #discipline #i

There were nine children in my father's family and eight in my mother's. My grandparents did the best with what they had. After the Depression, they were scratching out a living and working hard. They kept the family going. ↗

— Cheryl Ladd

#best #children #depression #did #eight

I wouldn't say that I'm very similar to the character of Nathan at all. Both of us have had very different upbringings and backgrounds. I have a competitive nature like the character of Nathan. That's really easy to draw from when I'm acting; that's probably the biggest similarity. ↗

— James Lafferty

#backgrounds #biggest #both #character #competitive

It is definitely a challenge to play Nathan, but the more different he is from myself, the more interesting the character becomes for me. ↗

— James Lafferty

#challenge #character #definitely #different #interesting