Bill Bryson Quotes
I can't imagine there has ever been a more gratifying time or place to be alive than America in the 1950s. No country had ever known such prosperity.
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I don't even own a television. I don't watch network television.
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You don't think about the danger. The spaceship becomes your home.
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I'm really thankful to God, man. Like now, I'm really making a real comeback with my group. With or without a record, with or without a movie. And behind all the negative press behind this movie.
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The higher your station, the less your liberty.
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The first president I met was L. B. J.
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Now I am not against widgets, those small third-party applications that people can put on their Web pages on social networks like Facebook and MySpace, in general.
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I never thought 'Stairway to Heaven' was a long song. I loved how there was this part and then there was another part that was completely different.
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All writers are the same - they forget a thousand good reviews and remember one bad one.
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Growing up, I was into 'Power Rangers.'
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I come to Fashion Week events in New York City twice a year.
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Power in politics, sovereignty in America is with we the people, and that is the path to turning this country around: empowering the people.
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The best way to help the Latino community is to give back. I love giving back; I'm quiet about God and what I do, but we do a lot in the Dominican Republic.
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The BAFTAs give the British point of view, and the Oscars give the American point of view, but the truth is we're all working in an international industry.
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Trinidad may seem complex, but to anyone who knows it, it is a simple, colonial, philistine society.
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I definitely want to win a gold medal, that should be everybody's goal.
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To play four hands requires two people who have great affinity for each other.
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It's been said that the men in my books have been absent, or weak, or creepy.
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I've got that Beethoven energy, that Stravinsky energy. And it's all a gift from the Creator.
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Fashion should be playful.
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If my subject is alive and is willing to talk to me, I will do it. But I always try to find people who were close, like lovers and family members and work colleagues - because we are what we think we are, but we're also the perception that others have of us. The truth is a sphere. There's always a hidden face.
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Once you're in the presence of people who have put their lives actively on the line, repeatedly, you're never allowed to complain again. And I do, and we all do. But now I look at things a little differently.
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I don't banter with the audience, cause I don't have anything to say to them, and I'm not feeling any sense of ease or camaraderie when I'm on stage.
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We pride ourselves on being a touring band. We work very hard to give a great and unique performance.
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I can't imagine there has ever been a more gratifying time or place to be alive than America in the 1950s. No country had ever known such prosperity.
