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America is an outstandingly dangerous place. Consider this: every year in New Hampshire a dozen or more people are killed crashing their cars into moose. Now correct me if I am wrong, but this is not something that is likely to happen to you on the way home from Sainsbury's.

— Bill Bryson I'm a Stranger Here Myself (US) / Notes From a Big Country (UK) (1998)

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Why, it's a perfect little city. If you have never been to Durham, go there at once. Take my car. It's wonderful.

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Physics is really nothing more than a search for ultimate simplicity, but so far all we have is a kind of elegant messiness.

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The thing about the Army Corps of Engineers is that they don’t build things very well.

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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 wrong person.

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Let’s not lose our perspective here. The Smokies achieved their natural splendor without the guidance of a national park service and don’t actually need it now.

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