Geoff Dyer Quotes

Contrary to popular belief, Oxford has the highest concentration of dull-witted, stupid, narrow-minded people anywhere in the British Isles.

Geoff Dyer

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I try to get in people's heads. My job is to get the ball, so if I'm talking trash to an O-lineman or quarterback or receiver, and they start thinking about me, that's good, because they aren't thinking about the game anymore.

Malik Jackson
- People
- Good
- Thinking
Often people display a curious respect for a man drunk, rather like the respect of simple races for the insane... There is something awe-inspiring in one who has lost all inhibitions.

F. Scott Fitzgerald
- People
- Man
- Respect
I grew up in the hood, and I was raised to hate cops. But then, I started to realize that they're people, and they have lives, too.

Manny Montana
- People
- Up
- Hate
Reading a piece of poetry with no beat in front of 20 people is way more challenging than rocking for 10,000 people.

Benjamin Hammond "Ben" Haggerty
- People
- Reading
- Poetry
I try to beat back the producers and engineers so they - there's not an excess of stuff used to squeeze my voice to make it artificial. There's a person in there, and people will listen; if they hear another person speak to them, they'll listen because it's lonely out here.

Iggy Pop
- People
- Voice
- Lonely
There are half a billion people that listen to music online and the vast majority are doing so illegally. But if we bring those people over to the legal side and Spotify, what is going to happen is we are going to double the music industry and that will lead to more artists creating great new music.

Daniel Ek
- People
- Great
- Music