Bill Bryson Quotes

I have long known that it is part of God's plan for me to spend a little time with each of the most stupid people on earth.

Bill Bryson

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: December 8, 1951

Topics

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Physical activity is considered a promising preventive measure against breast cancer - not only because it helps with weight control but because exercise tends to lower circulating estrogen levels.

Michael Greger

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'Don't Kill My Vibe' was made in a writing session, by Martin Sjolie and I, after he'd asked me what I'd been thinking about lately. I started talking about this earlier writing session that was quite difficult. The song is about the feeling of not being respected as a person, and I think that's something that speaks to millennials.

Sigrid

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A regulator is supposed to create and enforce a standard.

Travis Kalanick

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Wanting a more positive environment isn't enough. You need to do something, and it doesn't require a great deal of effort or some huge change in the way you approach things at work.

Tom Rath

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I was going out for absolutely everything that was in Backstage.

Rob Corddry

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I've always been a writer. I've always loved words, ever since I was a kid.

Julia Michaels

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I'm slowly working up the courage to sing in front of other people, but I can carry a tune. I do some mean karaoke.

Julia Stiles

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Today we read books 'extensively,' often without sustained focus, and with rare exceptions we read each book only once. We value quantity of reading over quality of reading. We have no choice, if we want to keep up with the broader culture.

Joshua Foer

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I don't really have a team that I root for.

Jordan Rodgers

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I absorbed the vinyl of Woody Guthrie, Pete Seeger, Jack Elliott, to Michael McClure and then into the Beat poets, Allen Ginsberg. At campus, we were absorbing that stuff. We looked to America.

Donovan

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I think surprises make TV entertaining.

Chris Lilley

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The aeroplane has unveiled for us the true face of the earth.

Antoine de Saint-Exupery

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