Laurence Sterne Quotes
Writing, when properly managed, (as you may be sure I think mine is) is but a different name for conversation.
Quotes to Explore
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I was 21 in 1968, so I'm as much a child of the '60s as is possible to be. In those years the subject of religion had really almost disappeared; the idea that religion was going to be a major force in the life of our societies, in the West anyway, would have seemed absurd in 1968.
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Democracy should be practiced not every six years, but every day.
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The real debate is, when does life begin? When life begins, it deserves protection.
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Sydney's beautiful, the weather's great, and the air's fresh and clean, but it doesn't have the scene and the amount of likeminded people. At home, things are very comfortable, but I feel like putting myself out there a bit.
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Save a boyfriend for a rainy day - and another, in case it doesn't rain.
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There is absolutely no reason in the world of blockchain to build in net settlement. It's like saying you have got a new Ferrari and we are going to put a lawnmower engine in it.
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After I win a match, I celebrate it by having an ice cream.
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A lot of West Virginia is untouched. It doesn't have as many strip malls, it has these old towns that feel like it used to be how it looked. Charleston has this river that runs through it, and it's really beautiful.
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I can do whatever I want.
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I started off singing in church as a child. The sound of voices coming together, that was my first moment of touching something outside of myself.
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I go to all these photo shoots, and each time I figure out something new about myself and what I want to wear.
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A P2P business is a company that creates a platform which allows individuals or 'peers' to directly buy and sell from each other. This activity has sometimes been called the 'sharing economy.' Some are wary of these new companies and the challenge they pose to the established market.
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My dad was my first coach and drove me extremely hard from a very young age.
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You cannot tailor-make the situations in life but you can tailor-make the attitudes to fit those situations.
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The bad news motivated the drill instructors that much more.
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My whole thing is loyalty. Loyalty over royalty; word is bond.
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I'll fight like a wildcat until they nail the lid of my pine box down on me.
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I have no discipline, which is a horrible flaw for any writer. Once I'm well started on a project, though, then I'm addicted to it all day long. When it's done, I collapse and have to really kick myself to start a new one.
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I guess I cringe when the discussion leads to, rather than books and sentences and characters and the stuff that writers are supposed to be concerned with, how to have an online presence and how many followers you have on Twitter. That stuff always makes me uncomfortable.
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The one thing perhaps that technology hasn't always given us is a sense of how to make the wisest use of technology.
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La mort ne surprend point le sage:Il est toujours prêt à partir.
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I would sooner perish for ever than stoop down before a Being who may have power to crush me, but whom my heart forbids me to reverence.
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I had a daughter who was 9 years old and I had the feeling I wasn't going to be a real parent if I didn't quit making movies for a while and spend time with her. I also felt that I'd made enough movies and said what I had to say at the time.
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Writing, when properly managed, (as you may be sure I think mine is) is but a different name for conversation.
