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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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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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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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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Mo: to Anjali Don't you 'whatever' me, you postmodern prepubescent!
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These inventors were elevating the formulation of entrepreneurial ideas to the status of a visionary activity. Though forced to justify their efforts in the pragmatic language of venture capital, they were at heart utopian thinkers intent on transforming the world.
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God is not upset that Gandhi was not a Christian, because God is not a Christian! All of God's children and their different faiths help us to realize the immensity of God.
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Let not ambition take possession of you; love the friends of the people, but reserve blind submission for the law and enthusiasm for liberty.
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When you write for yourself, it's 100 percent all your essence.
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Although the way ahead for immunology is full of pitfalls and difficulties, this is indeed an exhilarating prospect. There is no danger of a shortage of forthcoming excitement in the subject. Yet, as always, the highlights of tomorrow are the unpredictabilities of today.
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Nowadays the world is becoming increasingly materialistic, and mankind is reaching toward the very zenith of external progress, driven by an insatiable desire for power and vast possessions. Yet by this vain striving for perfection in a world where everything is relative,they wander even further away from inward peace and happiness of the mind.
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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.
