Bill Bryson Quotes
A world without newspapers or a world where the newspapers are purely electronic and you read them on a screen is not a very appealing world.
Quotes to Explore
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Some reporter called me 'the angriest gay man in the world' or some such. Well, it stuck, but I realized it was very useful.
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It was really in the Golden Age, between the two world wars, when the pure detective story - of which the locked room mystery is really the ultimate form - became popular.
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My films do have characters who have trouble escaping the world around them.
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I am constantly accused of being 'First World.' So what should I do? I can't apologise for my environment, upbringing, aesthetic.
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The world can be very small. That's why you have to be very careful, whoever you meet.
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I really believed that my songs were good enough for the whole world to listen to. I had fans from America or the U.K. who would be like, 'Oh my God, I love your music'.
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I love downtown L.A .and I relish any opportunity to spend time there.
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All through history, a nation or a civilization's enduring glory is articulated by its mega constructions - the pyramids, the lofty cathedrals of the Christian world.
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I would say that Juventus is a myth not only in Italy, because it's the most loved team in Italy, but also around the world. And it has been in my family since birth.
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For Christmas 1999, my husband surprised me with a trip to Disney World. Along with our boys, we were standing on the roof of the Contemporary Hotel at midnight on New Year's Eve 2000 watching fireworks explode over every amusement park in Orlando. It was a magical way to celebrate the millennial, and a never-to-be-forgotten Christmas present.
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I'm not an isolated person. The more I connect to people, the more I have the feeling that things work.
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Insanity - a perfectly rational adjustment to an insane world.
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The world is divided into two classes, those who believe the incredible, and those who do the improbable.
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I want simply to learn about the world and live freely.
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May books spread the world over!
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This world was not created piecemeal. Africa was born no later and no earlier than any other geographical area on this globe. Africans, no more and no less than other men, possess all human attributes, talents and deficiencies, virtues and faults.
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It's a crazy world, so sports and athletics and music can be a form of escapism.
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Some of the biggest movie stars in the world are essentially characters.
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Trust yourself so that the mistakes you make are the ones you've made and not something you've made because you were afraid to do what you wanted to do. Own your mistakes, then you can own your successes.
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Being a geek is a great thing. I think we're all geeks. Being a geek means you're passionate about something and that defines your uniqueness. I would rather be passionate about something than be apathetic about everything.
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There's a basic rule of thumb that the more a culture oppresses women, or oppresses anyone, the more culturally preoccupied they are with that.
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Enjoy your dear wit and gay rhetoric, That hath so well been taught her dazzling fence.
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I rhyme… to see myself, to set the darkness echoing.
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A world without newspapers or a world where the newspapers are purely electronic and you read them on a screen is not a very appealing world.
