Geoff Dyer Quotes
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I probably remember the 1954 Masters more vividly than any of the others.
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I guess I went into journalism to save the world. I always felt through writing that I wanted to rotate the world slightly.
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Right when 'High School Musical' was taking off, one of my little cousins called and was really excited to tell me there was a huge 'I Hate Zac Efron' club at her school. I'm sure they're doing great. More power to them.
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I have a great team at WME.
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A science is something which is constructed from truth on workable axioms. There are 55 axioms in scientology which are very demonstrably true, and on these can be constructed a great deal.
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There is nothing, Sir, too little for so little a creature as man. It is by studying little things that we attain the great art of having as little misery and as much happiness as possible.
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Shoes are very emotional. For women, they carry the message that you want to give to the world. One day you want to be sexy, or super powerful at your job - you wear a great pump. If you want to be on-the-go and running after your kids - you wear a great flat.
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I'm not a stand up at all, it's such a fear of mine. My sister does it, and she's really great at it.
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Self-confidence is the first requisite to great undertakings.
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I never thought I would become that person who loves working out. It sucks while you're doing it, but the second you finish, it's like, 'Wow, I feel great! I'm stronger and much more confident.'
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Half of the great comedians I've had in my shows and that I paid a lot of money to and who made my customers shriek were not only not funny to me, but I couldn't understand why they were funny to anybody.
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Lately I've been feeling like 50 percent of the great content I read comes from Twitter conversations.
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I'm just glad Open tennis is here. It's great for the game. That's more important.
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I think you kind of hope for people to gush over movies, but I think the opposite way is great sometimes, too. I'd rather have a movie that you're angry about and that you're talking about the next day, than something you forget about when the popcorn goes into the trash.
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I'm pleased to have outsold great writers. But I'm not insane - I realize I am a writer people buy to take on vacation.
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When I was in primary school, my best friend was a boy and we always goofed around, climbed trees, got holes in my trousers and muddied all my tops and things like that; a complete nightmare for the washing, but great fun.
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Nothing can stop a great song, so just keep songwriting.
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Remember that failure is an event, not a person.
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I just recently joined Twitter. It's very positive - I love all the accolades. If my ego is hurting, I can just open my Twitter account and see 'Oh, I love you! I love the show!' and it's great. I'm trying to find the balance between trying to be funny, being honest and just being a promoter as the guy on 'Royal Pains.'
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Every club he's been to has had great injury crises. Every club. And it's always hamstrings.
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People who decide they came to earth to work, who make work their personal philosophy, are kept very busy.
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So struggling for work here has been very good for me, but it's also been very hard to handle rejection.
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In the United States, there one feels free... Except from the Americans - but every pearl has its oyster.
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I've seen 'Stalker' more times than any film except 'The Great Escape.'
