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I had always thought that once you grew up you could do anything y

I had always thought that once you grew up you could do anything you wanted — stay up all night or eat ice cream straight out of the container. – Bill Bryson

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There are only three things that can kill a farmer: lightning, rolling over in a tractor, and old age. – Bill Bryson

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[A]nd then it occurred to me that a computer is a stupid machine with the ability to do incredibly smart things, while computer programmers are smart people with the ability to do incredibly stupid things. They are, in short, a perfect match. – Bill Bryson

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There are things you just cant do in life. You cant beat the phone company, you cant make a waiter see you until hes ready to see you, and you cant go home again. – Bill Bryson

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It is never too late to have a happy childhood. – Tom Robbins

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If you carry your childhood with you, you never become older. – Tom Stoppard

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Childhood is the fiery furnace in which we are melted down to essentials and that essential shaped for good. – Katherine Anne Porter

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There is a garden in every childhood, an enchanted place where colors are brighter, the air softer, and the morning more fragrant than ever again. – Elizabeth Lawrence

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