Geoff Dyer Quotes
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I have been the struggler of the century. Fortunately, everyone loves the underdog.
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It's no longer a question of staying healthy. It's a question of finding a sickness you like.
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There is none who cannot teach somebody something, and there is none so excellent but he is excelled.
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I don't ever wish I was somebody else.
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I have a son, Mason, who is disabled - cerebral palsy - and he does not walk independently, sit independently or speak. He uses a talking computer. I started becoming an advocate for him when he was 3 years old.
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I do have, like, a regular childhood. I mean, I'm treated the same.
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I have always been ambitious about getting a U.S. role, and if ever there is some frustration, it is still encouraging to get close to big roles because it implies there is somewhere to go.
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I'm not a stone-thrower when it comes to Hillary Clinton and her emails and her server. I don't think there has been criminal intent on Hillary Clinton's part. I don't see an indictment.
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The use of violence in movies is a subject that's worth addressing. I'm not standing on a soapbox or wagging a finger, but I'm interested in those subjects for sure.
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I spend most of my days pacing around, muttering that I have no ideas, feeling like I'm walking a plank.
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Along with opportunities, there also exist many other tricky and complex issues to be managed in India. These include tackling both policy-level challenges and infrastructure challenges.
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People criticize you for trying new things. I think, 'I'm new! I'm 22!' I don't know exactly what my sound is or what I want my album to sound like, so I'm not releasing it yet. While I'm experimenting, I'll let you in on the journey, and you can hear it for free.
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You cannot properly bring up children when you are 69 or 70 and they are 12 and at the height of their madness. You can physically do it, but I don't think it's morally justified.
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All that they seem to say is 'nigger, nigger, nigger'.
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It is so rare to meet with a man out-doors who cherishes a worthy thought in his mind, which is independent of the labor of his hands.
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After 60, it's just patch, patch, patch.
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When people tell stories that unite the community or the organization that they work for and illustrate the principles of that organization, those people rise in the social standing in that group. They rise in power.
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I think Madonna is a wonderful performer.
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I've shut myself inside these walls, and I'm going to be a very lonely old lady if I'm not careful.
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You have to figure out as a band how a band becomes a business, and then you have to keep that business mentality separate from the creative one, which is good for the songs. It's always a work in progress.
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Making the ordinary potentially magical is what film should be all about.
