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The great failure in education, much of the time, is the lack of excitement and stimulus
Bill Bryson
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Bill Bryson
Age: 73
Born: 1951
Born: December 8
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Iowa
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Germans are flummoxed by humor, the Swiss have no concept of fun, the Spanish think there is nothing at all ridiculous about eating dinner at midnight, and the Italians should never, ever have been let in on the invention of the motor car.
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I often feel I'm a disappointment to people because they expect me to be the guy in the books. When I sit next to someone at a dinner party I can see they expect me to be quick and witty, and I'm not at all.
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He had the sort of face that makes you realize God does have a sense of humor.
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