Laurence Sterne Quotes
'Tis known by the name of perseverance in a good cause - and of obstinacy in a bad one.
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It's my private life, and it's not up for grabs.
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I've been traveling all over the world for 25 years, performing, talking to people, studying their cultures and musical instruments, and I always come away with more questions in my head than can be answered.
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CNN is getting smarter, and you can feel it in the stories, you can feel it in the depth with which they're covered, the kinds of people in terms of guests who are brought on air, the way in which issues are discussed.
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I don't jog, if I die I want to be sick.
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It is very lonely sometimes, trying to play God.
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We have this idea that extroverts are better salespeople. As a result, extroverts are more likely to enter sales; extroverts are more likely to get promoted in sales jobs. But if you look at the correlation between extroversion and actual sales performance - that is, how many times the cash register actually rings - the correlation's almost zero.
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I know having a Jason Bourne all alone in a field firing at bad guys is much more dramatic, but it's not real.
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The first thing I read was of my character on the phone talking to Sydney's fiance. Though short, it was so beautifully written, and it made me laugh. I thought if I wanted to play a character, this would be it.
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It's become a habit to make films where the father is absent. My father impresses me, but the father figure does not.
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Slang is a language that rolls up its sleeves, spits on its hands and goes to work.
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I believe that blues and jazz are the two uniquely American contributions into music.
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The friends I knew who tutored were well paid for work that seemed far less grueling than waitressing or late-night newspaper copy editing or all the other side gigs I attempted in my early twenties.
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Benches and books have things in common beyond the fact that they're generally to do with sitting. Both are forms of public privacy, intimate spaces widely shared.
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As a young teenager I looked desperately for things to read that might excuse me or assure me I wasn't the only one, that might confirm an identity I was unhappily piecing together.
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My entire high school career - my entire school career - I've been like three feet taller than everyone in my grade.
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The lowest form of popular culture - lack of information, misinformation, disinformation, and a contempt for the truth or the reality of most people's lives - has overrun real journalism. Today, ordinary Americans are being stuffed with garbage.
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We all love to be admired and given compliments, but I don't really keep track.
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Conservatives need to know how important it is to fill out the census. It is one of the only things our Constitution specifically asks of U.S. citizens and boycotting will just help liberals expand government even further.
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If the first requisite for writing well about food is a good appetite, the second is to put in your apprenticeship as a feeder when you have enough money to pay the check but not enough to produce indifference of the total.
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My drawings have to be quick. If they don't happen in 20 minutes or a half hour, then they're no good.
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I have worked closely with my Democratic allies. Elijah Cummings is a good friend.
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Planning bores me. I like to go with the flow. Being whimsical is nice, occasionally. It keeps things fresh; there's no expectation.
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We, in some unknown Power's employ, Move on a rigorous line; Can neither, when we will, enjoy, Nor, when we will, resign.
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'Tis known by the name of perseverance in a good cause - and of obstinacy in a bad one.
