Laurence Sterne Quotes

There have been no sects in the Christian world, however absurd, which have not endeavoured to support their opinions by arguments drawn from Scripture.

Laurence Sterne

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: novelist
  • Nationality: irish
  • Birth: November 24, 1713 - March 18, 1768

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For me, it's a purity thing about the joke itself. It's a test of a joke whether or not you do it completely clean and it works. If it does, then that's a legitimate item you have there. For me, it's nothing to do with finding those words offensive. It's just not what I'm in search of. Do it clean, and you are really earning that laugh.

Jerry Seinfeld

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I don't know whether the Trump campaign needed to give a platform to white supremacists to win. But the campaign clearly did, and it had the effect of empowering the white-nationalist movement.

Jennifer Palmieri

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As humans with egos and feelings, none of us wants to be pilloried. But as thinkers and writers, it's our job to express opinions forthrightly and without qualifying them out of existence.

Meghan Daum

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By the time I was five, I was a little diva.

Stevie Nicks

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When you're watching 'Armageddon,' and the Aerosmith song starts... Super funny.

Trey Parker

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I'm a classic emerald green Sixties Jaguar that nobody can own, but my husband is allowed to drive.

Tori Amos

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I was well traveled, and I created this illusion of literacy through reading and writing. I wrote a book of short stories.

Tom T. Hall

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I can fake anything.

Michael Reagan

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What is fame? The advantage of being known by people of whom you yourself know nothing, and for whom you care as little.

Lord Byron

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I'm very knowledgeable of the challenges before me.

Cory Booker

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I believe Aids is the most important issue we face, because how we treat the poor is a reflection of who we are as a people.

Alicia Keys

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In my career as an actress, I have never got involved with anybody from the world of films. I have always kept my professional and personal life separate, as that's my policy.

Preity Zinta

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