Bill Bryson Quotes
England was full of words I'd never heard before - streaky bacon, short back and sides, Belisha beacon, serviettes, high tea, ice-cream cornet.Bill Bryson
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I was probably never going to get to do the kind of things dramatically that I really wanted to do, so I returned to theater from time to time, and to write, and produce. It's by no means sour grapes.
Larry Hovis -
I've been in more laps than a napkin.
Mae West -
I have a problem with cleaning. It's my release. I get up at 6 A.M. and clean and hoover and mop everything. Then I feel better.
Gail Porter -
Perfect partners don't exist. Perfect conditions exist for a limited time in which partnerships express themselves best.
Wayne Rooney -
People think being famous is so glamorous, but half the time you're in a strange hotel room living out of a suitcase.
Ja Rule -
In January '77 I went out to LA and have been here 26 years.
Ted Shackelford
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Climate change is obviously happening and there is obviously a man-made contribution.
Owen Paterson -
Labor is prior to, and independent of, capital. Capital is only the fruit of labor, and could never have existed if labor had not first existed. Labor is the superior of capital, and deserves much the higher consideration.
Abraham Lincoln -
It's not very often that I like new bands.
Natalie Imbruglia -
Having robbed children of any sense that their Father is in Heaven and that they are His creation, we then launched an experiment in raising them without earthly fathers too. Having neither a Father in heaven or a father in the home, many young men make gangs their families.
Gary Bauer -
If the next thing I do is not necessarily filling the role of 'the future of journalism,' it'll probably be whatever is making me happiest, and that's enough for me.
Tavi Gevinson -
What's more important to 'SNL': comedy or buzz? To the writers, players and guest hosts, it's probably the former; to Lorne Michaels and the suits at NBC, it's ultimately probably the latter.
Rachel Sklar
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I love whimsical things and forests. I'm really into all that.
RaeLynn -
Do I pray? Yes. Prayer is very important to me.
Vera Farmiga -
It's probably fair to say that the ratio of time our Connector developers spend in the debugger versus the Emacs buffer is higher than with most software.
Nat Friedman -
A pulp story without a detective and, obviously, somebody for him to do battle with is unthinkable, and I can't remember reading a pulp story that didn't have a dame - either a good girl or a bad girl.
Otto Penzler -
Each day, each one of us chooses not to do many things that would be legal but offensive to those around us.
Ralph Peters -
I say this in the spirit of feminist encouragement, but I think I'm pretty hot. I've got all the facial features, facing the right way, at the right end, and you can always paint over the bad bits with makeup.
Caitlin Moran
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Vulgarity is a necessary part of a complete author's equipment; and the clown is sometimes the best part of the circus.
George Bernard Shaw -
A Scout is never taken by surprise; he knows exactly what to do when anything unexpected happens.
Robert Baden-Powell -
I went through a lot of phases and studied many religions. I am not into religion, I am spiritual.
Ja Rule -
My attitude towards peace does not depend on which war we are discussing. I think that words should do the work of bombs
Margaret Cho -
We went to a very small high school. It was, like, in a wooded house; it was a weird school. I hung out with a lot of guys in high school, and I did theater with a few of my close girlfriends.
Chelsea Peretti -
England was full of words I'd never heard before - streaky bacon, short back and sides, Belisha beacon, serviettes, high tea, ice-cream cornet.
Bill Bryson