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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The Australian accent is sort of like going down a step in smartness, you could say, because you guys pronounce things as they're spelled. We add and abbreviate stuff.
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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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As long as I focus on what I feel and don't worry about where I'm going, it works out. Having no expectations but being open to everything is what makes wonderful things happen. If I don't worry, there's no obstruction and life flows easily. It sounds impractical, but 'Expect nothing; be open to everything' is really all it is.
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Debt rolls a man over and over, binding him hand and foot, and letting him hang upon the fatal mesh until the long-legged interest devours him.
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A kingdom founded on injustice never lasts.
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[T]here are depths of thousands of miles which are hidden from our inquiry. The only tidings we have from those unfathomable regions are by means of volcanoes, those burning mountains that seem to discharge their materials from the lowest abysses of the earth.
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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.
