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There are things you just cant do in life. You cant beat the phone

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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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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I have long known that it is part of Gods plan for me to spend a little time with each of the most stupid people on earth. – 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 is nothing more important than a good, safe, secure home. – Rosalynn Carter

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I still cook at home. A lot of chefs I think dont cook at home. But I still do, I love cooking at home, I love having friends. – Rene Redzepi

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Its easy to underestimate the real cost of home ownership. – Suze Orman

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I hit the ground running, without a lot of training, so I had to do whatever I could do to survive as a professional, and if that meant being that character 24/7 and acting out, I was going to do that. I lived those characters, I brought them home with me. – Nicolas Cage

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The notion that Congress can change the meaning given a constitutional provision by the Court is subversive of the function of judicial review and it is not the less so because the Court promises to allow it only when the Constitution is moved to the left. – Robert Bork

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