Bill Bryson Quotes

I don't know whether I'm misanthropic. It seems to me I'm constantly disappointed. I'm very easily disappointed. Disappointed in the things that people do; disappointed in the things that people construct. I want things to be better all the time.

Bill Bryson

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

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I do feel like animated films really combine a lot of different of art forms: film-making and writing and drawing and painting - to a certain extent, even sculpting. It's a wonderful medium to work with as a craftsman because it's such so rich and so varied and so expressive.

John Musker

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I haven't read the 'Twilight' books. But it's everywhere so I feel like I know it. Edward, Bella, Jacob, etc. but... I haven't read them.

Max Irons

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There's a very wild side to me, but it's calming down.

Alyson Hannigan

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I went to Cambridge and thought I would stay there. I thought I would quietly grow tweed in a corner somewhere and become a Don or something.

Stephen Fry

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Sometimes I really need the money, really need to go straight to work. But if I had the absolute choice - money no object, my mortgage paid off - I'd really just work once or twice a year - but wouldn't everybody! - or at least do a different job sometimes.

Sophie Okonedo

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If you can break bread with a guy, you will actually go the extra mile on the court; that just happens.

Steven Adams

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I think my comedy is about finding the good in bad situations - finding the joy. Why be angry? It doesn't help anything.

Ron Funches

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When people talk about the death of the novel, they are speaking of the need for the birth of something different.

Mohsin Hamid

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No Ponzi schemer tells anyone exactly how it works. The purpose of a Ponzi scheme is to trick people, to take the money and run.

Mitchell Zuckoff

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The very first song I ever wrote was called 'I See Between The Trees,' when I was 9. It was really bad.

Little Simz

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Military rule in Indonesia formally ended in 1998, but the army remains above the law.

Joshua Oppenheimer

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Rather than dull our consciences to the unmitigated violence of abortion, the passage of time has only enabled us to see and, frankly, better understand the innate cruelty of abortion and its horrific legacy - victims - while making us more determined than ever to protect the weakest and the most vulnerable.

Chris Smith

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