Geoff Dyer Quotes
It's one of these things that I've been struck by for so long about America. You know, this amazing politeness of American life that's not at all class specific. It's not like people get more polite as ascend the hierarchy of society. Just incredible good manners. It's always been something that I've noticed.Geoff Dyer
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I realized that women's liberation is men's liberation, too.
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I have a love/hate relationship with just about everything, but certainly with America.
Gary Shteyngart -
You've really got to start hitting the books because it's no joke out here.
Harper Lee -
When I'm making music, I can hear all the parts, all the instruments. I can hear what it should be.
Lady Gaga -
Female adolescence is - universally - an emotionally and psychologically intense period.
Caitlin Flanagan -
I don't follow anything blindly. I have to know the entire thing, if I have to get in to it. It might sound funny to you, but it's like using English language. I use an English word only when I know its meaning and understand its connotation. You won't hear me say, 'What's up, dude' or anything like that just for the heck of it.
Kailash Kher
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The true measure of success for the U.N. is not how much we promise, but how much we deliver for those who need us most.
Ban Ki-moon -
In football, there were drinks available everywhere you looked. On a golf tournament, you could find one free anywhere you wanted it. In tennis and NBA basketball, everybody had a hospitality suite, and so you could go there and load up if you wanted to.
Pat Summerall -
I'm very happy to co-produce a film like 'Srimanthudu.'
Mahesh Babu -
If Obama fails to win reelection, let the blame be first laid at the door of Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, who at a pivotal point threw gasoline on the flames by comparing angry American citizens to Nazis.
Camille Paglia -
I remember immediately - immediately - feeling like, 'I don't want to play 'We Are Young' when I'm 35. I don't want to be defined by this.'
Jack Antonoff Fun. -
With any kind of mean girl, or anyone who bullies anyone, there's always a reason for it. There is that sadness in them or insecurity that makes them feel like they need to act out or hurt other people.
Maiara Walsh
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I've always been a huge fan of Julia Roberts. Without her what would the world be like?
Cameron Diaz -
If you go to Africa and you're white, you're probably not going to get that much work either. But the fact is that there is a longer history of black integration in the U.S. I don't have any resentment about this: I did the maths, calculated it against my ambition and decided to leave England.
Idris Elba -
I want to be the first person to laugh at myself. It makes other people feel at ease - we're all on an even playing field.
Kaley Cuoco -
So many people love sci-fi, and they're so loyal.
Aaron Ashmore -
The simple things in life make me very happy.
Samantha Fox -
The truth is, I'm not body confident.
Tamsin Egerton
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A man perceives himself as owning and being owned by a woman.
Warren Farrell -
The craziest thing about it, I used to hate fighting, but you had to show how tough you was; you had to show you wasn't no punk.
Deontay Wilder -
She knew that he loved her above all else, more than anything in the world, but only for his own sake.
Gabriel Garcia Marquez -
Hatred and bitterness can never cure the disease of fear; only love can do that. Hatred paralyzes life; love harmonies it. Hatred darkens life; love illuminates it.
Martin Luther King, Jr. -
It's one of these things that I've been struck by for so long about America. You know, this amazing politeness of American life that's not at all class specific. It's not like people get more polite as ascend the hierarchy of society. Just incredible good manners. It's always been something that I've noticed.
Geoff Dyer