Bill Bryson Quotes
I'm not a natural story-teller. Put a keyboard in front of me and I'm fine, but stand me up in front of an audience and I'm actually quite shy and reserved.
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I'm very proud of my Nigerian heritage. I wasn't fortunate enough to be raised in a heavy Nigerian environment, because my parents were always working. My father was with D.C. Cabs and my mother worked in fast food and was a nurse.
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We in the Middle East like to talk politics, we like to argue. Just look at the three prophets - Moses, Jesus and Mohammad. They are all from this small region which creates problems all the time.
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The effect of sanctions on the Russian economy are clear to everybody, first to the Russians and to the Russian leadership, and the surroundings of the Russian leadership, the circle that is close to the Russian political leadership.
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If you're going to sell stock and somebody wants to buy it at a price and that price is not a price you dictate, but demand dictates, sell it to them now.
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I always loved advertising. If I hadn't been in fashion, I'd have been in advertising.
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Poverty is an anomaly to rich people; it is very difficult to make out why people who want dinner do not ring the bell.
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In Hollywood they're getting younger, but believe me, it's not the food. It's the plastic surgery.
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I think pulling off, pulling off a kind of fake documentary of me being a, you know, actual dictator would have been extremely difficult, if not impossible.
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I can't do choreographed movement. It has to come from my heart... and my pelvis.
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You don't become the leading spinner of the team by just talking. You have to perform well consistently over a long period of time. I have bowled well and won games for India. That is why I am the No. 1 spinner. Every time I have taken the field, I have given my 100%.
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A revolution is a struggle to the death between the future and the past.
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We should all love animals.
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The best part of being a vegan is the purity and peace of mind one experiences and the strong connection I feel to the animal kingdom.
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In this post 9-11 world we live in, it is critical we take steps to improve the safety and security of the Trucking Industry which has proven to be our most mobile and flexible mode of transporting goods.
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What's so brave about being bald? I've not fought for my country or found the cure for cancer - I've just gone out without my hat on!
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No great work has ever been produced except after a long interval of still and musing meditation.
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Nobody seems to know yet how television is going to affect the radio, movies, love, housekeeping or the church, but it has definitely revived vaudeville.
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Jesus is still up in Heaven, thumbing through his Bible, going 'Where did I say build a water slide?'
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Most single guys I know think fatherhood is terrifying.
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I grew up on a farm and my grandfather quit school when he was 12, but when it came to common sense and animals, he was the smartest person I've ever met, before or since. He taught me that to touch an animal is an earned privilege. It's not a right.
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You wanna know what scares people? Success. When you don't make moves and when you don't climb up the ladder, everybody loves you because you're not competition.
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Actually, I was born Adam Zachary Orth. Zak is short for my middle name. I was never called Adam.
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I think the way to maximize not just your leadership but your ability to influence your team is whatever you can do that helps the team perform at a really high level.
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I'm not a natural story-teller. Put a keyboard in front of me and I'm fine, but stand me up in front of an audience and I'm actually quite shy and reserved.
