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.Bill Bryson
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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.
J. C. Chandor -
The war changed everybody's attitude. We became international almost overnight.
W. Averell Harriman -
Prior to the Civil War, most libraries were either privately owned or housed in universities or churches.
Karin Slaughter -
Produce great men, the rest follows.
Walt Whitman -
I've never managed to keep a journal longer than two weeks.
Joanne Rowling -
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.
Flavor Flav
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Swimming is my passion and something that I love.
Natalie du Toit -
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.
Venus Williams -
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.
Dan Colen -
The crown must constantly earn citizens' appreciation, respect and trust.
Felipe VI of Spain -
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.
Vince Gill -
The problem with binge-watching on Netflix is that you lose three days of your life.
Harland Williams
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I find celebrity really scary.
Kate Ashfield -
Mankind are governed more by their feelings than by reason.
Samuel Adams -
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.
Haley Joel Osment -
As it is, relationships are difficult, aren't they?
Kangana Ranaut -
People in Hollywood are going make pictures where ever it's the least expensive to make them.
Wayne Rogers -
I may be in timeout forever. But I hope not to be.
Lance Armstrong
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The ability to reflect is associated with critical thinking and reasoning ability. And the capacity to be alone is one of the highest levels of development. It's important to know how to self-soothe and be confident of other people's love even when they're not there in front of you.
Laurie Helgoe -
Why do we put people who are on drugs in jail? They're sick, they're not criminals. Sick people don't get healed in prison. You see? It makes no sense.
Bill Hicks -
Then suddenly Jack was a changed boy. Something wonderful had happened to him, and it had made him different. It sometimes happened to people that they see or hear something quite wonderful and then they are never altogether the same again.
E. Nesbit -
I would love to do a chick flick sometime soon, a film with strong female characters - when I say strong, I don't mean that they are changing the world, but just be real women.
Anushka Sharma -
The only thing we know about the future is that it will be different.
Peter Drucker -
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.
Bill Bryson