Bill Bryson Quotes
I hadn't realized quite how extraordinary Charles Lindbergh's achievement was in flying the Atlantic alone. He had never flown over open water before, but he flew straight to Dingle Bay in Ireland and then on to Paris, exactly as planned.
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You may get real tired watching me, but I'm not going to quit.
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I tell 'Hansel and Gretel' stories about heroic children who are lost in a world that seems friendly at first, and then isn't.
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I am not in the business of suppressing books.
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I love make-up and the process of transforming my face for a night out, but I definitely don't believe in wearing it every day. I think it's really important to be comfortable with the way you look without it.
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I don't really care about gossip. I care about building great businesses.
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I've performed Schoenberg's 'Pierrot lunaire' many times.
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World War II was a decisive time in our history and June 6, 1944, marked the decisive moment of the war.
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I'd never read 'Lord of the Rings' until I was asked to play Gandalf, so I didn't really know it was a frightfully famous book.
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At first, I was just trying to sound like DOOM and Eminem, and then I dug out my own voice, I guess.
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All my songs are where I am.
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Design firms and progressive companies rely on many of the same tools: rapid prototyping, observational research, creative thinking, collaborative work environments, and multidisciplinary teams.
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Since its very inception, Israel has been a threat.
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The tongue is the only tool that gets sharper with use.
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I've always had an interest in sports across the board.
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I've been told by journalists that Facebook is upset anytime we're mentioned.
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Winning excuses everything.
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The purpose of art is washing the dust of daily life off our souls.
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I try not to second-guess editors; they're the clients, and I have no expectation that my strip is going to make it into every paper every day.
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For any band that ends up becoming really big, yeah, hard work has something to do with it, but a lot of it is just pure luck.
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There is a great deal of unmapped country within us which would have to be taken into account in an explanation of our gusts and storms.
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Better mad with the rest of the world than wise alone.
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I do quite a lot of flying in my concerts.
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In naked beauty most adorned.
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I hadn't realized quite how extraordinary Charles Lindbergh's achievement was in flying the Atlantic alone. He had never flown over open water before, but he flew straight to Dingle Bay in Ireland and then on to Paris, exactly as planned.
