Bill Bryson Quotes
For a long time it puzzled me how something so expensive, so leading edge, could be so useless. And then it occurred to me that a computer is a stupid machine with the ability to do incredibly smart things, while computer programmers are smart people with the ability to do incredibly stupid things. They are, in short, a perfect match.
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When I have people around, I'm a chatterbox. But when I'm alone, I never speak. I don't talk to myself; it's just not my schtick.
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The war changed everybody's attitude. We became international almost overnight.
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Prior to the Civil War, most libraries were either privately owned or housed in universities or churches.
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Produce great men, the rest follows.
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I've never managed to keep a journal longer than two weeks.
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I ain't scared to do another dating show, but I ain't really trying to. I want to do a talk show or something. I've done enough dating on television. I'm ready to spread my wings, and go down other avenues.
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Swimming is my passion and something that I love.
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The thing about tennis is if you stay off for two weeks, or just for three days, you can lose your rhythm quickly. So it's just a question of constant diligence and vigilance.
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At the end of the day, you can't have a vision; you have to have a hope. This is where the miracle comes in.
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The crown must constantly earn citizens' appreciation, respect and trust.
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With The Key, it was, I had gone through a divorce and losing my father, and just kinda really reminiscing about how much I loved the traditional side of country music, so I made a record that was really traditional from start to finish.
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The problem with binge-watching on Netflix is that you lose three days of your life.
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I find celebrity really scary.
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Mankind are governed more by their feelings than by reason.
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There's so much to learn about acting and performance in general... I mean, acting is a very complex art, and there are a lot more theories and methods and techniques to it than I think anybody would think.
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As it is, relationships are difficult, aren't they?
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People in Hollywood are going make pictures where ever it's the least expensive to make them.
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I may be in timeout forever. But I hope not to be.
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It's important to make time for yourself.
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Directing is extrovert and gregarious; writing is isolating, introverted, and lonely.
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I had a really successful 2013, '14, '15. Touring, just doing my thing. Super - I mean, can't complain about nothing. And my road manager got killed. And it ruined everything. Now, I tell people - I don't know if this is a word. But I tell people that that re-sensitized me.
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Playing shows and making records keeps been getting easier and more fun.
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You can't help the poor by being one of them.
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For a long time it puzzled me how something so expensive, so leading edge, could be so useless. And then it occurred to me that a computer is a stupid machine with the ability to do incredibly smart things, while computer programmers are smart people with the ability to do incredibly stupid things. They are, in short, a perfect match.
