Geoff Dyer Quotes
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When the depths are upheld by the Holy Spirit, then the reaction is Christian.
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I enjoy building more than managing.
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In the '80 Olympics... people expected me to win. I was good enough to win, and I made a mistake and ended up second, which is pretty good, too.
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Fashion is a language, for sure, and it is a reflection of society.
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A true lover always feels in debt to the one he loves.
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Boxing, in the most general terms, is a poor man's sport. All you have is your hands to make a living.
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I have always found photography magical, and became more taken with it whilst modeling.
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I don't want people to know what I'm actually like. It's not good for an actor.
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When we show up in a city, we ask, 'Where's the best restaurant? What's the best beer?' You start doing that, and you get exposed to a lot of great stuff.
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William Shatner has one style. We have completely contrasting personalities. We're very good friends. I adore him, but we're very different people, so they were smart enough to write characters that reflected that.
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Unending was the stream, unending the misery, unending the sorrow.
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I see many black males grasping for some thread of hope. There are so many destructive practices, glimpses into a psychic abyss. That must be very frightening.
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Oh my God, Nicole is killed? Oh my God, she is dead?
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If there really is a God, then he really looks after me.
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It's no fun for me to cover a song and produce it the exact same way as it already exists. When I hear that happening, I have to say, 'What's the point?'
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A man has a birthright to be tired and retired. I am retired completely.
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I go to assume a task more difficult than that which devolved upon Washington. Unless the great God, who assisted him, shall be with me and aid me, I must fail; but if the same omniscient mind and almighty arm that directed and protected him shall guide and support me, I shall not fail - I shall succeed.
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You do a show to be a hit and hopefully run a couple of years.
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The Olympics is an imperfect interregnum, the parade of nations a fantasy about a peace never won. It offers little relief from strife and no harbor from terror.
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You have to believe in yourself, otherwise you can't do it. If you don't believe in yourself, how do expect anyone else to? Because ultimately, you're the one who has to do it.
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I think it can be shown that there is such an unerring power at work in Natural Selection (the title of my book), which selects exclusively for the good of each organic being.
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Oklahoma has a respect for our neighbors. That's the Oklahoma standard.
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Google can say they are not in the content business, but if they are paying people and distributing and archiving their work, it is getting harder to make that case.
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I feel that form determines how readers read a book and how they judge it.
