Laurence Sterne Quotes
I wish either my father or my mother, or indeed both of them, as they were in duty both equally bound to it, had minded what they were about when they begot me.
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Unfortunately, the Senate Democrats have become an extreme party. They have become a party that has abdicated their responsibilities. Under Harry Reid and the Senate Democrats, we have a do-nothing Senate.
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Most faults are not in our Constitution, but in ourselves.
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I don't think anything I've written has been done in under six or eight drafts. Usually it takes me a few years to write a book. 'World's Fair' was an exception. It seemed to be a particularly fluent book as it came. I did it in seven months. I think what happened in that case is that God gave me a bonus book.
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We who were born were not witnesses to our birth: like death, it is something we are forever after trying to catch sight of.
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I've been designing since I was 8. I started sketching dresses I could wear when skating. I was always involved in all aspects of skating, not just the technique, the choreography, the music, but the visual aspects, too - what I should wear.
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I was rubbish at school.
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I walk around every day with a radio playing constantly in my head, and this radio station plays a lot of hits. But it's all my songs, so that's something to be excited about 24 hours a day.
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People have given me the freedom and believe in me enough to say if I want to do these things that I will find a way to make it work. I don't know if they think I'm crazy, drug damaged or just an old weirdo.
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Remember how small the world was before I came along? I brought it all to life: I moved the whole world onto a 20-foot screen.
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I did not lose this election, or had a bad result compared with what we might have got because of Islam.
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Truth is not a matter of personal viewpoint.
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My favorite weekend activity is riding bikes to breakfast.
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Australia is an island surrounded by water. My fondest memories growing up were trips to the beach, walking around the harbor and playing in the beautiful parks.
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Nowadays in pop, there's not a lot of men that are singing big and loud and high - it's not as common as it once was.
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I enjoy being Jewish, but I'm an atheist... I hate fundamentalism in all its forms. Jews, Catholics, Baptists, I think they are all potty and capable of destroying the world.
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I'd rate myself an 8. I do have my flaws, but I'm a cool dude. If I wasn't myself, I'd kick it with me. I'm a down-to-earth person and all around cool guy.
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Michael Jackson and I talk all the time. I think we understand each other in a way that most people can't understand either of us.
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I was a senior in high school when I decided I wanted to work on ants as a career. I just fell in love with them, and have never regretted it.
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The character of the victim has always something to do with his or her murder.
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Spiritual consciousness is, on the whole, very adventurous and all about pursuing our deepest, most fulfilling dreams.
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People get distracted by box-office figures and take jobs because they think it will advance their careers.
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Preserve the sayings of those people who are indifferent to the world. They say only that what Allah wishes them to say.
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It is a wise tune that knows its own father, and I like my music to be the legitimate offspring of respectable parents.
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I wish either my father or my mother, or indeed both of them, as they were in duty both equally bound to it, had minded what they were about when they begot me.
