"Of all the things I am not very good at, living in the real world is perhaps the most outstanding."

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Source : "I'm a Stranger Here Myself: Notes on Returning to America After 20 Years Away". Book by Bill Bryson, June 6, 2000.

Bill Bryson

#Real Quotes #World Quotes #Good Advice Quotes

“The father of every good work is discontent, and its mother is diligence.”
“This is what I want to be. An instrument of mercy, not vengeance.”
“God, I felt certain, did not mind that I didnâ€™t press my hands together to pray. I was casual, but I was sincere. I knew that God existed as the Correct Answer inside my chest.”
“If people are fans of 'Mindfreak,' they are going to be so excited with 'Believe.' They are actually going to see those illusions that people think can only happen with trick photography.”
“Fundamental ideas are not a consequence of experience, but a result of the particular constitution and activity of the mind, which is independent of all experience in its origin, though constantly combined with experience in its exercise.”
“A woman as the leader of the Free World is an impossibility. Muslim countries won't talk to you.”
“The advertisement is the most truthful part of a newspaper.”
“Take a good look at your life right now. If you don't like something about it, close your eyes and imagine the life you want. Now allow yourself to focus your inner eye on the person you would be if you were living this preferred life. Notice the differences in how you behave and present yourself; allow yourself to spend several seconds breathing in the new image, expanding your energy into this...”

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