Geoff Dyer Quotes
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Nothing is softer or more flexible than water, yet nothing can resist it.
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I'd read books in Russian, and they would take me forever. I wanted to write a book that would last and would not be superficial. Siberian-travel writing is its own genre.
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We need to be very well aware of the fact that China and Russia are using technology to attack us, just as ISIS is using technology to recruit those who would murder American citizens.
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Many people in this world are still so identified with every thought that arises in their head. There is not the slightest space of awareness there.
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An estimated 7 million illegal immigrants were residing in the United States in January 2000. This is double the size of the illegal immigrant population in January 1990 and constitutes 2.5 percent of the total U.S. population of just over 281 million.
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It's not just that individuals have lost faith in the integrity of their leaders, it's that they no longer believe society's most powerful institutions are acting in their interests.
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I enjoyed being in 'The Ten Commandments.' That was a great experience - to suddenly become one of those holy people. I was holier than thou.
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Anyone who knows me well will tell you that arrogance is one of my flaws.
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Most actors don't grow up with sweet, vanilla parents.
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God seeks to influence humanity. This is at the heart of the Christmas story. It is the story of light coming into the darkness, of a Savior to show us the way, of light overcoming the darkness, of God's work to save the world.
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I think the worst thing that can happen to a good actor is fame.
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As a singer, you have to bring the soul to the song.
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They say such nice things about people at their funerals that it makes me sad that I'm going to miss mine by just a few days.
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It was in a mist the Tuatha de Danaan, the people of the gods of Dana, or as some called them, the Men of Dea, came through the air and the high air to Ireland.
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The thing about fantasy - there are certain things you just don't do in fantasy.
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I don't really make plans and I just want to be happy and continue with my business and take care of my wife and kids. I want to sit back, relax and enjoy life.
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In a difficult and uncertain environment, Renault remains on track to meet its 2012 objective.
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I've always felt that a space is as good as a fill.
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I got into Facebook late, and I think if you get into Facebook late, you tend to use it the right way, as opposed to the people who got into it sooner and friended everybody and now have a thousand friends. I keep it at about 80 or so, and they're all people I know. Just because I do a movie doesn't mean I friend everybody in it.
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I'm a believer who loves Jesus and I work with everybody else whatever their denomination; Catholic, Orthodox, charismatic, main line, evangelicals, anyone who loves Jesus, I'll work with them.
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It really doesn't matter if it happened exactly how I say it happened.
