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My first rule of consumerism is never to buy anything you can't make your children carry.

~Bill Bryson

Topics: Anything Buy Carry Children Consumerism First Make Never Rule You Your

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There are only three things that can kill a farmer: lightning, rolling over in a tractor, and old age.

~Bill Bryson

Topics: Age Farmer Lightning Old Old Age Only Over Rolling Things Three Tractor

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If you go out on the Appalachian Trail, you have to bring so much more equipment - a tent, sleeping bag - but if you go hiking in England, or Europe, generally, towns and villages are near enough together at the end of the day you can always go to a nice little inn and have a hot bath and something to drink.

~Bill Bryson

Topics: Always Appalachian Bag Bath Bring Day Drink End End Of The Day England Enough Equipment Europe Generally Go Hiking Hot Inn Little More Much Near Nice Out Sleeping Something Tent Together Towns Trail Villages You

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Open your refrigerator door, and you summon forth more light than the total amount enjoyed by most households in the 18th century. The world at night, for much of history, was a very dark place indeed.

~Bill Bryson

Topics: Amount Century Dark Dark Place Door Enjoyed Forth History Households Indeed Light More Most Much Night Open Place Refrigerator Summon Than Total Very World You Your 18Th Century

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Roads get wider and busier and less friendly to pedestrians. And all of the development based around cars, like big sprawling shopping malls. Everything seems to be designed for the benefit of the automobile and not the benefit of the human being.

~Bill Bryson

Topics: Around Automobile Based Being Benefit Big Busier Car Designed Development Everything Friendly Get Human Human Being Less Like Malls Pedestrian Roads Seems Shopping Wider

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I had always thought that once you grew up you could do anything you wanted - stay up all night or eat ice-cream straight out of the container.

~Bill Bryson

Topics: All Night Always Anything Container Could Eat Grew Had Ice-Cream Night Once Out Stay Straight Thought Up Wanted You

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In the countryside, litter doesn't have a friend. It doesn't have anybody who's saying, 'Wait a minute, this is really starting to get out of control.'

~Bill Bryson

Topics: Anybody Control Countryside Friend Get Litter Minute Out Really Saying Starting Wait

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Scientists tend to be unappreciated in the world at large, but you can hardly overstate the importance of the work they do.

~Bill Bryson

Topics: Hardly Importance Large Overstate Scientists Tend Work World You

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You don't need a science degree to understand about science. You just need to think about it.

~Bill Bryson

Topics: About Degree Just Need Science Think Understand You

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I can't fix the world. If you want to make a difference in life, you have to direct your energies in a focused way.

~Bill Bryson

Topics: Difference Direct Energies Fix Focused Life Make Make A Difference Want Way World You Your

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Writer

Born: December 8th, 1951

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