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England was full of words I'd never heard before - streaky bacon, short back and sides, Belisha beacon, serviettes, high tea, ice-cream cornet.

~Bill Bryson

Topics: Back Bacon Beacon Before England Full Heard High Ice-Cream Never Short Sides Tea Words

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I've been wanting to do a book about baseball for the longest time, and nobody will let me do it. It's the one thing from America I really miss.

~Bill Bryson

Topics: About America Baseball Been Book Longest Longest Time Me Miss Nobody One Thing Really The One Thing Thing Time Wanting Will

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I've been writing all these books that have been largely autobiographical and yet, really, they don't tell you anything about me. I just use my life story as a kind of device on which to hang comic observations. It's not my interest or instinct to tell the world anything pertinent about myself or my family.

~Bill Bryson

Topics: About Anything Autobiographical Been Books Comic Device Family Hang Instinct Interest Just Kind Largely Life Life Story Me My Life Myself Observations Really Story Tell Use Which World Writing You

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You may find that your parents are the most delightful people, but you don't want to live with them.

~Bill Bryson

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I don't want to go and start trying to make jokes in places like India, Tanzania or Iraq. Afghanistan is not a funny place.

~Bill Bryson

Topics: Afghanistan Funny Go India Iraq Jokes Like Make Place Places Start Trying Want

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I've never quite understood that feeling: that you arrive in a strange place, yet you want to have nothing but familiar experiences.

~Bill Bryson

Topics: Arrive Experiences Familiar Feeling Never Nothing Place Quite Strange Understood Want You

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There is the odd exception, like Albert Einstein, but as a breed, scientists tend not be very good at presenting themselves.

~Bill Bryson

Topics: Albert Albert Einstein Breed Einstein Exception Good Like Odd Presenting Scientists Tend Themselves Very

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Much as I resented having to grow up in Des Moines, it gave me a real appreciation for every place in the world that's not Des Moines.

~Bill Bryson

Topics: Appreciation Every Gave Grow Grow Up Having Me Much Place Real Up World

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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

Topics: Achievement Alone Atlantic Bay Before Charles Exactly Extraordinary Flew Flown Flying Had He How Ireland Never Open Over Paris Planned Quite Realized Straight Then Water

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I often feel I'm a disappointment to people because they expect me to be the guy in the books. When I sit next to someone at a dinner party I can see they expect me to be quick and witty, and I'm not at all.

~Bill Bryson

Topics: Because Books Dinner Dinner Party Disappointment Expect Feel Guy Me Next Often Party People Quick See Sit Someone Witty I Can

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Writer

Born: December 8th, 1951

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