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.

Laurence Sterne

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It was inevitable at some point that I would bump into one of my father's plays. The reality of the situation is that I'm a jobbing actor, and any actor would give their eye-teeth to have one of those roles. It's a no-brainer! I'm pleased the stars have aligned around 'Arcadia.'

Ed Stoppard
- Father
- Reality
- Stars
I'm a little angry in life.

Vincent Cassel
- Life
- Angry
- Little
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.

Ted Cruz
- Party
- Become
- Democrats
Most faults are not in our Constitution, but in ourselves.

Ramsey Clark
- Constitution
- Most
- Faults
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.

E. L. Doctorow
- World
- God
- Done
We who were born were not witnesses to our birth: like death, it is something we are forever after trying to catch sight of.

Rachel Cusk
- Trying
- Death
- Forever