Bill Bryson Quotes
Very little of what America does is actually bad, and I don't think it ever does anything anywhere that is intentionally bad. I mean, sometimes we make mistakes and bad judgments and kind of back the wrong regimes and things, but by and large what America does is really good.
Quotes to Explore
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It is better not to express what one means than to express what one does not mean.
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There is no sense in making a film that no-one will go and see, just to create a perfect, but useless, work of art.
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I'm a wuss - a complete wuss!
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I would gladly admit women are superior to men if only they would stop trying to be the same as us.
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Writing is not like acting, where you can pull these little stunts that create a particular effect. Words are all it is about, and the way you use words has to be individual and particular to you.
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My family are huge 'Star Wars' fans.
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EO 11110 did not order the printing of Silver Certificates. It ordered the amendment of a previous executive order so that the United States Code would authorize or 'empower' the Secretary of the Treasury to issue Silver Certificates if the occasion should arise.
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It is easier for a man to be loyal to his club than to his planet; the bylaws are shorter, and he is personally acquainted with the other members.
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My whole life is a theater piece.
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When I watch a movie for the first few times I'm usually thinking about where I was in a given scene, who was next to me, what we were doing etc. But after I've gotten through all of this, when I'm really watching the film itself, then I get moved.
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To go behind a man's hall-door is mean, cowardly, unfair opposition.
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Equality for women is progress for all.
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I hear a little firecracker go off when you come up with a good rhyme.
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Some people like having eyes upon them and I don't.
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At times it is folly to hasten at other times, to delay. The wise do everything in its proper time.
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It is a waste of money to help those who show no desire to help themselves.
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I loved the time I got to spend in Denver. My boys, Arin and Ryan, were growing up. I got to spend time with them without being pried upon. There was no public scrutiny. I was free and could take them to the supermarket or to the park without being noticed or looked at.
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Most people draw from the mind, not the eye. They draw the idea of a table or a face, not what's in front of them. We don't actually see the line of the jaw as a line and we don't see an eye as a perfectly outlined almond shape.
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I truly have a village supporting me. My son has godmothers, godfathers, grandparents and so many others in his life who love him as much as I do. They're there for both of us. I may not have a mate or husband, but I'm definitely not a single parent.
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I'm not afraid to die - it's just that I had so much left to do in this world.
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I don't think socialism, and I don't think warmness and respect are necessarily bad words.
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One thing you learn from surfing is how to operate in the present. It's really what the surfing experience is all about.
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Very little of what America does is actually bad, and I don't think it ever does anything anywhere that is intentionally bad. I mean, sometimes we make mistakes and bad judgments and kind of back the wrong regimes and things, but by and large what America does is really good.
