Inspirational Quotes, Motivational Sayings, and Wise Words for Daily Inspiration

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Clearly, some time ago makers and consumers of American junk food passed jointly through some kind of sensibility barrier in the endless quest for new taste sensations. Now they are a little like those desperate junkies who have tried every known drug and are finally reduced to mainlining toilet bowl cleanser in an effort to get still higher.

Bill Bryson's Popular Quotes

There is no such thing, incidentally, as one kudo.

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English is full of booby traps for the unwary foreigner. Any language where the unassuming word fly signifies an annoying insect, a means of travel, …

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In the morning I awoke early and experienced that sinking sensation that overcomes you when you first open your eyes and realize that instead of a no…

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That's the trouble with losing your mind; by the time it's gone, it's too late to get it back.

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There are three stages in scientific discovery. First, people deny that it is true, then they deny that it is important; finally they credit the wron…

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Take a moment from time to time to remember that you are alive. I know this sounds a trifle obvious, but it is amazing how little time we take to rem…

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Eating in Sweden is really just a series of heartbreaks.

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It is always quietly thrilling to find yourself looking at a world you know well but have never seen from such an angle before.

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And I find chopsticks frankly distressing. Am I alone in thinking it odd that a people ingenious enough to invent paper, gunpowder, kites and any num…

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