Geoff Dyer Quotes
Sharing a room with one person is worse than sharing with six, and sharing with six is in some ways worse than sharing with sixty.
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One of the things I did when I was in New York, which has a wonderful deaf community, is I have worked on making Broadway more accessible to deaf people.
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Food doesn't necessarily have to suck in order to be healthy. It doesn't have to be terrible to be healthy anymore.
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We have to believe in free-will. We've got no choice.
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I'm so motivated to collaborate with people and help them realize the kind of collective vision.
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As we continue to step up our investment in education, we must not sidestep our commitment to the principle of local control.
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There are other ways of finding satisfaction, recipes for human happiness, enjoyment, dignified and meaningful, gratifying life, than increased consumption that increases production.
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Like I went out to a predominantly black club last night and nobody said anything and I was wishing somebody would so that someone would dance with me.
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I saw 'The Artist.' It's really beautiful and it's all done to the letter with all the silent film techniques. The costumes were amazing and the dog is so good.
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For centuries, the Muslims were able to co-exist perfectly well with Jews and Christians in the Middle East.
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From 1962 to 1965, the guitar became this icon of youth culture, thanks mostly to the Beatles.
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Hope is the most exciting thing there is in life.
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So the lover must struggle for words.
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Great teams argue. Not in a mean-spirited or personal way, but they disagree when important decisions are made.
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It's an article of faith that the novels I've loved will live inside me forever.
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If people believe in your material, they will do whatever it takes to get it done. Even if they don't, but you make it as awesome an experience as possible, they will help you reach your goals.
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It was settled by the Constitution, the laws, and the whole practice of the government that the entire executive power is vested in the President of the United States.
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Why? Surely they can find other men.
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Never do I deceive you, Hastings. I only permit you to deceive yourself.
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I like change. I've never really had much consistency in my life, you know, from everyday work to my living situation to whether or not I'm going to be in L.A. The one constant thing in my life is my friends and family, which is all I need.
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In 1984 nobody knew what cable was going to be. It was there, but you didn't know where it was going.
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I have known some men possessed of good qualities which were very serviceable to others, but useless to themselves; like a sun-dial on the front of a house, to inform the neighbours and passengers, but not the owner within.
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You can't take the New York out of the girl. It's like a little country girl coming to the big city.
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Sharing a room with one person is worse than sharing with six, and sharing with six is in some ways worse than sharing with sixty.
