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Bill Bryson Quotes

I hadn't realized quite how extraordinary Charles Lindbergh's achievement was in flying the Atlantic alone. He had never flown over open water before, but he flew straight to Dingle Bay in Ireland and then on to Paris, exactly as planned.

Bill Bryson

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

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Alone Water Achievement Flying Paris

When I was a kid of six or seven, I used to get up on the stove woodpile for a stage and I'd put on the wildest show.

Jerry Reed

Kid Stage Up Used Show Get

The 24/7 nature of online debate, on the web and across social media, has allowed for more vibrant discussion of the opinions we publish - and your own.

Andrew Rosenthal

Nature Social Media Media Opinions

I take a real interest in the possibilities of teaching - including the practice of bringing creative writing, and serious reading, into the classroom. I am persuaded that since language is alive, much of the challenge has already been met by the poets and novelists we read.

Michael Cadnum

Challenge Creative I Am Practice

I don't care about failing because I do not want to sit down in my older years and say, 'How come I didn't try?'

Tony Fernandes

Care Down Say Want Try Years

I have always been a fan of Salvador Dali, but Amrita Sher-Gil, who was an Indian-Hungarian painter, is another favourite. She was painting Indian women, and, growing up here, I'd never seen anyone paint Indian women, so that was really incredible to see a painting of someone who looks like you. I think that has a lot of impact on you.

Rupi Kaur

Women Painting Growing Up Think You

MK has got a special place in my heart, but obviously, I have signed to Tottenham.

Dele Alli

Heart Place Special Got Obviously

Like the firm handshake and looking people straight in the eye, the blazer had originally been a symbol of trust. Because of this, it had been purloined by the less-than-trustworthy and became their preferred disguise.

Craig Brown

Trust People Looking Eye Handshake

I wrote two plays before I was cast on 'The Neighbors.' They actually got published, which was cool.

Clara Mamet

Cool Neighbors Two Got Cast Before

I don't care if I was a ditch-digger at a dollar a day, I'd want to do my job better than the fellow next to me. I'd want to be the best at whatever I do.

Branch Rickey

Best Day Job Me Care Better

I'm not going to name some of my colleagues who are very well-known for their television presentation, but they wouldn't know new information or how to report a story if it came up and bit them.

Bob Woodward

Colleagues Story Name Information Up

One can't erase the tremendous burden of apartheid in 10 years, 20 years, I believe, even 30 years.

Susan Rice

Believe Burden I Believe Years Erase

I read the comics long before I was ever involved with the films.

Shawn Ashmore

Long Involved Read Comics Before