Geoff Dyer Quotes
My reading of serious books about serious music is seriously compromised by the way that I can't understand any musical theory. Any mentions of D major or C minor are meaningless to me.Geoff Dyer
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Prejudice is a great time saver. You can form opinions without having to get the facts.
E. B. White -
America tends to worship the modest talent because it doesn't put us in an uncomfortable position vis-a-vis the artist.
Carlisle Floyd -
I own a Hangman jumper, which looks like a scarf, but that's what it's called. It cost a fortune, but it was worth it.
Kate Moss -
I was always interested in the kind of history they didn't teach you in school.
Sally Watson -
I never thought I wouldn't succeed. Not because I thought I was good-looking - I just thought I would make it.
Babette March -
Any time I'm in a moving thing, like an airplane, I'm usually asleep before we even get on our way.
Garth Brooks
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All writers are the same - they forget a thousand good reviews and remember one bad one.
Irwin Shaw -
I'm an old-fashioned girl, and I didn't believe in living with people, so I guess I married for the wrong reasons at times.
Jaclyn Smith -
I've always been extremely physically active.
Danai Gurira -
The whole borrowing clothes thing is very unnatural for me. I don't feel comfortable with that. If you like something, I'd just give it to you rather than sharing it.
Zana Marjanovic -
Chess helps you to concentrate, improve your logic. It teaches you to play by the rules and take responsibility for your actions, how to problem solve in an uncertain environment.
Garry Kasparov -
If man makes himself a worm he must not complain when he is trodden on.
Immanuel Kant
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I never thought for a second that anything I ever did was going to make someone cringe. That never occurred to me.
Larry David -
Singing and dancing is not just for the cast of 'Glee'. We can wake up doing both and have it be a natural expression of who we are.
Rainn Wilson -
LazyTown' is not a TV property, but a lifestyle brand for children.
Magnus Scheving -
The Bible says, 'Judge not lest ye be judged.' Our lives are supposed to be hospitals, not courtrooms.
Tammy Faye Bakker -
Both of my parents were super music lovers when I was growing up - they had a massive record and tape collection. I think my dad even had a couple of laser discs, but that was a short-lived thing.
Madi Diaz -
I like to be busy. It's not always easy because the schedule gets busy; especially, the more successful you are, the more demands you have. But it's definitely worth the sacrifice.
Venus Williams
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I remember reading 'The Guest' and thinking, 'This is going to be something!'
Maika Monroe -
The only thing that everyone needs to look out for is keeping the students reading through high school and thereafter.
Dave Eggers -
The work I've done through my Common Culture Music series has enabled me not only to share my joy of music at scale but also promote the artists I love.
Connor Franta -
The same stimuli in the world can be inducing very different experiences internally and it's probably based on a single change in a gene. What I am doing is pulling the gene forward and imaging and doing behavioural tests to understand what that difference is and how reality can be constructed so differently.
David Eagleman -
Often the doorway to success is entered through the hallway of failure.
Erwin W. Lutzer -
My reading of serious books about serious music is seriously compromised by the way that I can't understand any musical theory. Any mentions of D major or C minor are meaningless to me.
Geoff Dyer