Bill Bryson Quotes
The remarkable position in which we find ourselves is that we don't actually know what we actually know.
Quotes to Explore
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The loss of life will be irreplaceable.
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I did ask Matt Damon for his autograph - and I got a picture, too!
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When I was a young person working, everybody was older than me, so I had to kind of keep up. I'd see every movie and listen to everything played, and read all the relevant books. Being an actor, it's kind of your job to know what came before you and how big your feelings are allowed to be.
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Such is the state of life, that none are happy but by the anticipation of change: the change itself is nothing; when we have made it, the next wish is to change again.
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Immigration is the sincerest form of flattery.
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I've come to the conclusion that the average person can do about four things a day, like four real things a day.
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One of the enduring problems with certain societies in the world - and this is certainly true of a lot of places in the Middle East - is that the capacity for self-governance and self-organizing just isn't there. It has to do with history.
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Way back when I was a junior pastry chef, I'd bake loads of muffins every morning, as many as 120 or so, while operating on autopilot.
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All that hullabaloo about somebody's net worth is just stupid, and it's made my life a lot more complex and difficult.
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It's what Shakespeare's mission was - to illuminate our thoughts and struggles and bring about the possibility of getting the most we can out of a day as opposed to least in this brief moment we're here.
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My favourite job hands down - and I think I can speak for everyone involved - was 'Breaking Bad.'
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Women, by their nature, are not exceptional chess players: they are not great fighters.
Garry Kasparov
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There are several very good websites which describe the details of preparedness planning for citizens.
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I love anything to do with ventriloquism and magic.
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You want to play in every game, and you especially don't want to be in the penalty box for five minutes and give the other team a chance to get a power play, and you don't want to hurt anyone on the other team.
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I'm just a regular person who believes life is simple, and I like a simple life.
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In the end, the railroads made America and nanotech will make the 21st century, and that is the end of the story. The beginning of the story and the end of the story.
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I'm a songwriter, and I understand artistic licence. We can embellish, go on little journeys and explore our inner selves. It can be quite self-indulgent.
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Brands must empower their community to be change agents in their own right.
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'Hollywood maids' are so idiotic. They grin at everything. I told Norman Lear I didn't want to play a maid because of that 'hee-hee/grin-grin' attitude, and he said, 'Who said I wanted that?' He told me he wanted two strong women that are the black and white of the same coin. I said, 'Oh, well - in that case, I'll be right there!'
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The remarkable position in which we find ourselves is that we don't actually know what we actually know.
