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In America, they say, you can take a horse to the pond, but you can't make him drink. My way is different. I only take the horse to the pond to make him drink. If he doesn't, I'll cut his head off.

~Bikram Choudhury

Topics: America Cut Different Drink He Head Him His Horse Make Off Only Pond Say Take They Say Way You

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When in Rome, I must do as the Romans do. When in America, make Bikram copyright and trademark.

~Bikram Choudhury

Topics: America Copyright Make Must Romans Rome Trademark

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The President is the CEO of this business that we call America.

~Bill Ackman

Topics: America Business Call Ceo President

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There'd never been a more advantageous time to be a criminal in America than during the 13 years of Prohibition. At a stroke, the American government closed down the fifth largest industry in the United States - alcohol production - and just handed it to criminals - a pretty remarkable thing to do.

~Bill Bryson

Topics: Alcohol America American American Government Been Closed Criminal Criminals Down Fifth Government Handed Industry Just Largest More Never Pretty Production Prohibition Remarkable States Stroke Than Thing Time United United States Years

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America is a great disappointment to me. As I said in one of my books, other societies create civilisations; we build shopping malls.

~Bill Bryson

Topics: America Books Build Create Disappointment Great Malls Me Other Said Shopping Societies

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All the things that are part of your heritage make you British - that makes this country what it is. It's part of your history. And here, unlike America, it's still living history.

~Bill Bryson

Topics: America British Country Here Heritage History Living Make Makes Part Still Things Unlike You Your

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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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America is a very seductive place in terms of lifestyle and comfort, but it wasn't for me.

~Bill Bryson

Topics: America Comfort Lifestyle Me Place Seductive Terms Very

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Although I was always very happy in Britain, I never stopped thinking of America as home, in the fundamental sense of the term. It was where I came from, what I really understood, the base against which all else was measured.

~Bill Bryson

Topics: Against Although Always America Base Britain Came Else Fundamental Happy Home Measured Never Really Sense Stopped Term Thinking Understood Very Where Which I Came

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I can't imagine there has ever been a more gratifying time or place to be alive than America in the 1950s. No country had ever known such prosperity.

~Bill Bryson

Topics: Alive America Been Country Ever Gratifying Had Imagine Known More No Country Place Prosperity Than Time 1950S

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