Bill Bryson Quotes
I had always thought that once you grew up you could do anything you wanted - stay up all night or eat ice-cream straight out of the container.
Quotes to Explore
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Broadway is really my life.
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I love to walk into Borders or Barnes & Noble and see my books there. It's fabulous.
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It is often said by religious people that without its framework, there is no sense of right or wrong. My view is that religion comes after ethics.
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Few men desire liberty; most men wish only for a just master.
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Questions that require answers are what keep readers going - and the place to start raising those questions is with your very first sentence.
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I got through college.
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A lot of actors and actresses pull from past experiences.
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Because the GIs were sent massively to South Vietnam, maybe it's a good idea to have a broadcast for them.
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When I was born, some of our relatives came to our house and told my mother, 'Don't worry, next time you will have a son.'
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Putin can't afford to leave the office because he will be in real danger of being prosecuted for things he and his people did during their stay in power.
Garry Kasparov -
My mum is a bit unconventional; she's outdoorsy and has more of an emotional intelligence, whereas my dad is pragmatic; he's a businessman.
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If we follow the traditional way of thought, there will always be traditional enemies. Extremist circles from both sides will find causes to give rise to problems.
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By definition, startups are not constrained by the limits of established company culture. And so they push boundaries and develop new technologies and ways of doing things.
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Nobody has ever measured, not even poets, how much the heart can hold.
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How do you possibly say that a cover band is better than the band that created and wrote the material? It's absurd.
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I like to look strong and commanding.
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The problem with working under an outside label is that your music never seems to reach the right people.
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Opportunity dances with those already on the dance floor.
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It is foolish to claim, as some do, that emigration into space offers a long-term escape from Earth's problems. Nowhere in our solar system offers an environment even as clement as the Antarctic or the top of Everest.
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'I have the ability to build myself up or break myself down. I stay positive. Strength comes from within.'
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I feel like my brain is more geared towards a novel than it is to a movie.
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I can't tell you where a poem comes from, what it is, or what it is for: nor can any other man. The reason I can't tell you is that the purpose of a poem is to go past telling, to be recognised by burning.
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Don't get married to the idea of something having to be one way.
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I had always thought that once you grew up you could do anything you wanted - stay up all night or eat ice-cream straight out of the container.
