Geoff Dyer Quotes
I do understand my limitations as a fiction writer, which is why my novels are always going to be close to home.

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There are no benefactors in Canada because there is no incentive.
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Mike Pence not only knows the Capitol. He knows the players in the House and the Senate. He knows how the committee system works. But he also knows all the governors. And so that really brings a unique talent to the picture.
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As far as Israel, I am not worried about the relations between Israel and the United States.
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Small companies need capital to invest, expand, and create jobs. And the economy needs a healthy small business community to bolster and sustain its recovery.
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I do think that tonal element of Trump's is attractive, but I don't know if I would go so far as to say the confrontational element of his rhetoric is necessarily attractive.
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I'm a little angry in life.
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My core belief is that if you're complaining about something for more than three minutes, two minutes ago you should have done something about it.
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Everyone freaks out because my character is the only one who has shorts on the Galactica. Well, that is because I went and grabbed a pair of pants and scissors and cut them off and gave her shorts.
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I am proud to have played a small part in ensuring that no veteran's heroic service will be cast aside due to prejudice.
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Keep fighting for animals by making compassionate, cruelty-free choices every day and encouraging those around you to do the same.
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A dark poem is meant to redeem the dark part.
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I love playing sports. I'm overly eager and aggressive and not very skilled, so it leads to many small injuries.
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I write novels, mostly historical ones, and I try hard to keep them accurate as to historical facts, milieu and flavor.
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I don't like movies about serial killers, necessarily; it's too real and unpleasant for me.
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I had a peace all day. I knew it was a tough golf course. I probably prayed more the last three holes than I ever did in my life.
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I'm very happy with the choices I've been making and the people I've been working with. I hope I can continue along this path.
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One of my earliest memories is walking up a muddy road into the mountains. It was raining. Behind me, my village was burning. When there was school, it was under a tree. Then the United Nations came. They fed me, my family, my community.
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If someone had told me years ago that sharing a sense of humour was so vital to partnerships, I could have avoided a lot of sex!
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Art distills sensation and embodies it with enhanced meaning in a memorable form - or else it is not art.
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God never measures the mind... He always put His tape measure in the HEART.
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A lot of my friends, when I was 14 or 15, they were all up and down, wanting to go out on a Friday night, and my dad had me working really late on Fridays and Saturday mornings and even on Sunday mornings. And when I'd finished all that, we used to spend the rest of the time talking about boxing.
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In countries other than Pakistan - I won't necessarily call them 'Western' - people support me. This is because people there respect others. They don't do this because I am a Pashtun or a Punjabi, a Pakistani, or an Iranian, they do it because of one's words and character. This is why I am being respected and supported there.
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If I can't face my accusers, that's a joke. We did that in medieval times.
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I do understand my limitations as a fiction writer, which is why my novels are always going to be close to home.