Bill Bryson Quotes

The basic challenge of any book is you know you're going to be working on it for three or four years or more. So you want to have a subject that will keep you engaged.

Bill Bryson

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

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I was reared in a Jehovah's Witness household. I was taught that every man should be judged by his deeds and not his color, and I firmly stand where my grandmother left me.

Jill Scott

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If I'm in Italy, I'll have an espresso, but I try not to get my energy from things like that.

Jessica Chastain

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Laughing a lot is really good for you, embracing your children's future and embracing your grandchildren, and not having regrets and not being bitter and not being angry.

Jerry Hall

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I prefer winter and fall, when you feel the bone structure of the landscape. Something waits beneath it; the whole story doesn't show.

Andrew Wyeth

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I was a pretty feisty young kid.

John Newcombe

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I've got tonnes of aboriginal and Native American art, but I'd like even more.

Tori Amos

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The Church and only the Church has been given the keys to the kingdom, so we have unique access to God that nobody else has.

Tony Evans

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I used to hate planks, because I could only hold them for about 20 seconds. I'll never be like, 'Yeah, I'm so excited to do planks!' but I find that I don't hate them as much anymore.

Misty May-Treanor

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I think the gains to be achieved by a combination of reforms and labor market adjustments are going to be more permanent and will provide a basis for reducing unemployment and improving export performance, and sustaining growth, in a way that is more sound and permanent.

Lucas Papademos

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I'm at a point in my life where I'm not going to be writing about NATO or NAFTA.

Joshua Ostrander

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Jesus Christ is infinitely more than a great teacher and philosopher.

Joseph B. Wirthlin

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Several studies, and a number of public statements by senior military and political personalities, testify that - except for disputes between the present nuclear states - all military conflicts, as well as threats to peace, can be dealt with using conventional weapons.

Joseph Rotblat

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