Bill Bryson Quotes
I still enjoy traveling a lot. I mean, it amazes me that I still get excited in hotel rooms just to see what kind of shampoo they've left me.
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Whenever I'm in Des Moines, I always make a trip to Manhattan Deli for a sandwich. I spent a lot of time there when I was going to college at Drake, so it's usually my one 'go-to' food stop when I'm in town.
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I almost laughed about the Machiavellian plans of the presidents of the United States.
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That's something the head scarf, in a symbolic way, is meant to do in Arabic culture: it defines your relationship to your husband and the men of your family differently than your relationship to the average guy on the street you've never met.
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I think I have to trust that you end up with the person you're supposed to end up with, and that everything in between is there to teach you stuff.
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I was getting a little bored with my hair. It's kind of a symbolic thing, just getting rid of the past, moving forward. It's amazing what a reaction you get when you cut your hair.
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Being born in a Christian home does not make you a Christian.
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I've played so many different parts in the last 40 years.
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We want to get to a point where anything you can think of finding that is video related is searchable or recommended to you on YouTube.
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I hate to say it, but there seems to have been some sort of dumbing down as far as movies go.
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I like to remind myself how hard acting is. I do parts in friends' stuff.
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I've been so lucky and blessed because words and stuff come so easy to me. I have a good memory.
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I'm a sensualist. My two main indulgences are dark chocolate and massages.
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Tea-shops were to become my favourite haunts in England.
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Be sure that you go to the author to get at his meaning, not to find yours.
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I never taught my girls to play golf; they all played softball.
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Where there is no temple there shall be no homes.
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There's a time to impress someone, and then there's a time to make an impression on someone.
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You've got to change incentives for good behavior as opposed to just disincentivizing bad behavior.
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'Chandelier' took, like, four minutes to write the chords, then, like, 12-15 minutes to write the lyrics. Probably 10 or 15 minutes to cut the vocals.
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I never cease to be amazed why some of my friends became famous and others, just as talented, didn't. I've come to suspect it's a matter of wanting fame or not, and those who don't want it, don't get it.
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I have created a life by stepping out of the box of people's limitations. I call it zigging when others are zagging.
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My salvation lies in time spent alone with an X-Acto knife and commercial-grade adhesive.
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I'm a fan of records you get and you listen to them from beginning to finish - records where everything is there for a purpose. There was never any filler on those records - it was all well planned out.
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I still enjoy traveling a lot. I mean, it amazes me that I still get excited in hotel rooms just to see what kind of shampoo they've left me.
