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I refer of course to the soaring wonder of the age known as the Eiffel Tower. Never in history has a structure been more technologically advanced, materially obsolescent, and gloriously pointless all at the same time.

I refer of course to the soaring wonder of the age known as the Eiffel Tower. Never in history has a structure been more technologically advanced, materially obsolescent, and gloriously pointless all at the same time.

Bill Bryson
Age, Towers, Wonder
Bill Bryson (2010). “At Home: A Short History of Private Life”, p.306, Random House

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

Bill Bryson
Age, Lightning, Rolling Along
FaceBook post by Bill Bryson from Apr 07, 2015

A third...candidate for Shakespearean authorship was Christopher Marlowe. He was the right age (just two months older than Shakespeare), had the requisite talent, and would certainly have had ample leisure after 1593, assuming he wasn't too dead to work.

Bill Bryson
Two, Age, Leisure

Human beings would split the atom and invent television, nylon, and instant coffee before they could figure out the age of their own planet.

Bill Bryson
Coffee, Age, Nylon
Bill Bryson (2014). “A Short History of Nearly Everything”, p.62, Lulu Press, Inc

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