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

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I tell the kids that, even in a childhood marked by despair and deprivation, I knew that no matter what happened, I still had my family, or at least the remnants of a family ripped apart by divorce and then glued back together in various odd arrangements through a series of ill- advised remarriages. It was good to know I had a solid foundation.

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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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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Eating in Sweden is really just a series of heartbreaks.

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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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