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More than 300 million people in the world speak English and the rest, it sometimes seems, try to.

~Bill Bryson

Topics: English Million Million People More People Rest Seems Sometimes Speak Than Try World

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The remarkable position in which we find ourselves is that we don't actually know what we actually know.

~Bill Bryson

Topics: Actually Find Know Ourselves Position Remarkable Which

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The whole of the global economy is based on supplying the cravings of two per cent of the world's population.

~Bill Bryson

Topics: Based Cent Economy Global Global Economy Per Population Two Whole World

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Boston's freeway system is insane. It was clearly designed by a person who had spent his childhood crashing toy trains.

~Bill Bryson

Topics: Boston Childhood Clearly Crashing Designed Had His Insane Person Spent System Toy Trains Who

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When you tell an Iowan a joke, you can see a kind of race going on between his brain and his expression.

~Bill Bryson

Topics: Between Brain Expression Going His Joke Kind Race See Tell You

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There are things you just can't do in life. You can't beat the phone company, you can't make a waiter see you until he's ready to see you, and you can't go home again.

~Bill Bryson

Topics: Again Beat Company Go Go Home He Home Just Life Make Phone Ready See Things Until Waiter You

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I don't plan to write another science book, but I don't plan not to. I do enjoy writing histories, and taking subjects that are generally dull and trying to make them interesting.

~Bill Bryson

Topics: Another Book Dull Enjoy Generally Histories Interesting Make Plan Science Subjects Taking Them Trying Write Writing

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A world without newspapers or a world where the newspapers are purely electronic and you read them on a screen is not a very appealing world.

~Bill Bryson

Topics: Appealing Electronic Newspapers Purely Read Screen Them Very Where Without World You

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In order to have quality journalism you need to have a good income stream, and no Internet model has produced a way of generating income that would pay for good-quality investigative journalism.

~Bill Bryson

Topics: Generating Good Income Internet Investigative Journalism Model Need Order Pay Produced Quality Stream Way Would You

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Have you ever seen Glenn Beck in operation? It is the most terrifying thing. It's so bad that you think he's going to announce in a minute that it's all a great con. He makes Sarah Palin look reasonable and steady.

~Bill Bryson

Topics: Announce Bad Beck Con Ever Glenn Going Great He Look Makes Minute Most Operation Palin Reasonable Sarah Sarah Palin Seen Steady Terrifying Thing Think You

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Writer

Born: December 8th, 1951

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