Geoff Dyer Quotes
In history books, or the one about the guy who cut his hand off to get out of a canyon in Utah, you really want them to be accurate. But my stuff is such small beer by comparison.Geoff Dyer
Quotes to Explore
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Life consists in what a man is thinking of all day.
Ralph Waldo Emerson -
My songs have a lot going on in them -they're packed with sounds. When I have only three or four minutes to capture something, I guess I can't stand the idea of any bar going unloved.
Imogen Heap -
One of the last books I read was 'Game Change: Obama and the Clintons, McCain and Palin, and the Race of a Lifetime' by John Heilemann and Mark Halperin. It gives a really good behind-the-scenes look at the campaigns. I didn't ask the president how accurate it was. I wouldn't ask him that.
Gary Locke -
I don't choose to make movies as small as the movies I've made. The combined budget of my two films is far under $5 million, but it's just by necessity that it ends up being that way.
Barry Jenkins -
If you stop being scared, that's when entropy sets in, and you may as well go home.
Tamsin Greig -
I wish I'd gone to music school or just started playing in bands sooner.
Rachel Platten
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I guess becoming an adult and learning how to survive on your own is exciting.
Maika Monroe -
Networking is never easier than when people are coming to you.
Tahl Raz -
Writing for children hadn't occurred to me when I was younger, but nine years of teaching in the upper elementary grades had given me a deep appreciation of the gifts and graces that are specific to individuals with 10 or 11 years of experience as human beings.
Zilpha Keatley Snyder -
New research shows that you will be dead longer than you will be alive.
Zig Ziglar -
Show business is fickle, and though I have been blessed with a healthy career, who knows how long that will last?
Tamara Tunie -
My mum told me to have patience. It's about realising that when things aren't going the way you want them to, or you don't have inspiration, it will come.
Vanessa Paradis
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I think because people can't understand our style, they think it's a joke. Our music isn't intellectual - we make music for the common man.
Watkin Tudor Jones -
I acted when I was a real little kid. My mother was an actress in a Miami theater company comprised of actors from Cuba like her and I was the default kid.
Yul Vazquez -
One of the recent love stories I enjoyed was Bhaskar's 'Bommarillu.'
Ram Charan -
When restraint and courtesy are added to strength, the latter becomes irresistible.
Mahatma Gandhi -
I live in New York. I don't really particularly want to move to LA.
Famke Janssen -
It's very rare, as an actor, to be someplace - to have an address, so to speak.
Yvette Nicole Brown
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When I wrote 'Silver Linings,' I thought I was writing a book about the Philadelphia Eagles and male bonding, but when the book came out, it was surprising to me that the mental health community embraced it.
Matthew Quick -
There is a lot more hard work to do in the future for the well-being of our sisters and brothers, the people of Thailand.
Yingluck Shinawatra -
Lawyer - One who protects us against robbers by taking away the temptation.
H. L. Mencken -
I'm a very romantic and passionate guy.
Diego Boneta -
In history books, or the one about the guy who cut his hand off to get out of a canyon in Utah, you really want them to be accurate. But my stuff is such small beer by comparison.
Geoff Dyer