Geoff Dyer Quotes
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I put everything I think is sexy into my shoes.
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A lot of people said I was a rebel. I wasn't.
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Adding 'just kidding' doesn't make it okay to insult the Principal.
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The extra pass and the extra effort on defense always get the job done.
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In the process of evolution, the body lasts for some time and then will take other body and take other body and take other body until the final redemption from diversity is transcended.
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The job as a coach is difficult.
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Writers have to be very careful and discerning because so much of the machine is out of their control.
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Vatican II was a force that seized the mind of the Roman Catholic Church and carried it across centuries from the 13th to the 20th.
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Girls have an unfair advantage over men: if they can't get what they want by being smart, they can get it by being dumb.
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Since beginning my work in areas like addiction, for example, I have seen time and time again that the roots of poor mental health in adulthood are almost always present in unresolved childhood challenges.
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I did improv for about 10 years professionally, and before that, I had done it in high school as part of an improv team. It was definitely a big part of my upbringing.
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All managers are losers, they are the most expendable pieces of furniture on the face of the Earth.
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Writing, more than any other art, is indexed to the worthiness of the self because it is identified in people's minds with emotion.
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Cricket was my reason for living.
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If you don't drive your business, you will be driven out of business.
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It's an interesting thing to play the heroes of our society, like cops and firefighters. They're the basic heroes that, as little boys and little girls, you look up to as the first heroes of your small, specific community.
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Fortunately for me I was able to do well here, and it really did great things for my career and now hopefully I can go out there and continue to do what I did.
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Authenticity is very important - be true to one's self.
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Where do you put the fear when you choose to innovate? The fear is there, but you have to find a place to put it.
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People talk about perfect timing, but I think everything is perfect in its moment; you just want to capture that.
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Oh, I've got news for youBaby, that I've made plans for twoI guess I'm just a stubborn kind of fellowGot my mind made up to love you.
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Elektra met Matt, and she fell in love with him. And I think he brought some good out of her at some point in her life, and maybe she wants to figure out, by coming back to him, who she really is. She comes back because she misses him, and she's alone, and the only person she's ever loved is Matt.
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I have given up my studio & torn up my father's portrait, & have not touched a brush for six weeks nor ever will again until I see some prospect of getting back to Europe. I am very anxious to go out west next fall & get some employment, but I have not yet decided where.
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One of the great privileges of my life was growing up in a house without books.
