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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I remember my very first audition for a film. I was in Seattle. They were taping the session, and I just went crazy. The director finally said, 'Zoe, what are you doing? The camera's right here. Just talk to me.' And it took that director saying that to me to change everything.
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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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Some batters, and good ones too, scoff at the whole theory of place hitting, calling it a myth. They are wrong, however.
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There's not a lot of good content to write about when you're 13 years old, so you just have to kind of fake it.
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In a democracy, the well-being, individuality and happiness of every citizen is important for the overall prosperity, peace and happiness of the nation.
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Coming into 'Dancing With the Stars,' I thought it would be a lot easier.
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I'm not perfect in my walk but I want to do the right thing.
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'Tis known by the name of perseverance in a good cause - and of obstinacy in a bad one.
