Bill Bryson Quotes

The world is very lucky to have America. It's got to be the first time in the whole history of the planet that a country has been the dominant force in the world and it has actually been a force for good... America really deserves more credit.

Bill Bryson

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

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I am lucky: I have fantastic doctors and a fantastic dentist.

Anna Deavere Smith

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When any fat is heated to frying temperatures, toxic volatile chemicals that can cause genetic mutations are released into the air.

Michael Greger

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I was ashamed to admit I was hipped to the idea of acting. That's why I started in with the props.

John Wayne

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I remember how my dad was so into herbal solutions and health food well before that stuff became popular.

Deval Patrick

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My parents are creative on many fronts, and they pushed me to be that way, too. They wanted me to write, actually.

Christine Elise

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Anything I learned about the fine art of acting I learned from Hugo.

Cleo Moore

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I feel very lucky that I've been able to carve out any niche at all in this business. It's so hard to get into.

Brian Posehn

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I think critics are very useful. But I think that they, in a way, betray their position when they stop people looking for themselves.

Antony Gormley

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If you try to protect yourself from pain, it becomes a stone in your heart. But the more you learn to face things, the more likely that stone can become a pearl.

Aurora

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Sometimes as an actor, it's really hard to give yourself permission to take your time and move slowly and not feel like you're holding people up or you should be going faster.

Alison Wright

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I got rid of Twitter, and I got rid of Facebook.

Pete Davidson

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Humour has to have a huge nugget of truth to be funny. You cannot laugh at something unbelievable. Whenever I say something on a lighter note, I am basically unwrapping the truth from a different perspective, and that makes it funny.

Twinkle Khanna

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