Bill Bryson Quotes
I've been writing all these books that have been largely autobiographical and yet, really, they don't tell you anything about me. I just use my life story as a kind of device on which to hang comic observations. It's not my interest or instinct to tell the world anything pertinent about myself or my family.
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I just can't get used to the idea of being somebody unreal in people's minds. I can't live my life like that. And it's just anathema to being a writer. It's not healthy.
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If you're in a dark place, you're there for a reason. And the only way to get through to those kids or to other people going through the same thing is really to meet them in that dark place and then slowly bring them to the light.
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Once you're signed to a label you compromise.
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You might not agree with me, but I always offer a lot of support.
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I love Nelly. He's such a great performer. He's so hyper and so am I.
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No man has a good enough memory to be a successful liar.
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The ball whizzes past like a bumblebee and the Indians are in the sea.
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Sometimes one creates a dynamic impression by saying something, and sometimes one creates as significant an impression by remaining silent.
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You must learn from the mistakes of others. You can't possibly live long enough to make them all yourself.
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Everyone has their opinion, and if no one criticizes, how will I improve my work?
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I am very career minded, and I think my personality is more suited to America. I am a working mother.
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I approve of anyone wearing what the establishment says you must not wear.
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I've been designing since I was 8. I started sketching dresses I could wear when skating. I was always involved in all aspects of skating, not just the technique, the choreography, the music, but the visual aspects, too - what I should wear.
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I myself feel that I'm a well-rounded player and got a lot better defensively and without the puck as time has gone on.
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I knew that I wanted to be an actor; how to go about it was the question. I went to Australia for my studies; from there I told my dad that I also want to do a course in performing arts, but my father refused. So I completed my studies and came back. But I kept poking him, saying that acting is something that I want to do.
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When I was very little my mother said I used to draw in the air with my fingers. I needed a pencil. Once I could hold one, I have drawn every day since.
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Growing up, my dolls were doctors and on secret missions. I had Barbie Goes Rambo.
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In the absence of justice, what is sovereignty but organized robbery?
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I was inspired more by early Bette Midler. I do wear a fancy dress and very high heels - and extra high hair. My goal is to obliterate all earnestness.
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What I love about film is that everybody often connects to something so different, and things you couldn't anticipate when you were making the film, so you just make it as honest as possible.
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What led to my change of views about the Clintons was working through the research and writing on the book on Hillary.
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Just growing up in Pittsburgh and knowing different neighborhoods, having family there and just loving it, it's like no other place.
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No Republican questions or disputes civil rights. I have never wavered in my support for civil rights or the civil rights act.
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I've been writing all these books that have been largely autobiographical and yet, really, they don't tell you anything about me. I just use my life story as a kind of device on which to hang comic observations. It's not my interest or instinct to tell the world anything pertinent about myself or my family.
