Geoff Dyer Quotes
The ritual of film-going in some sense replaced that of churchgoing, because you share something communal, sometimes mystical.
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Two successive commissioners in London police were fired by the mayor that came into office. That doesn't mean the police in London is not independent and does not exercise powers. Ultimately it is the political executive that has to answer.
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I think we have to pay attention to the Arab masses not just in the Gulf States, but also in the hinterlands.
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I as a Muslim want you, as a Christian, to really be a perfect Christian. I want my Jewish friends to be perfect Jews, to live according to the highest principles of what it means to be a Jew, to be a Christian, to be a Muslim.
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I am not afraid of aging, but more afraid of people's reactions to my aging.
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I'm not saying 'I have cerebral palsy, pay attention to me.' We all have problems, and we have to figure out how to live our best life.
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I love wearing dresses that hug the body, but then, at the Oscars, I had a big dress, and I really loved that. It's a style I never thought I would wear, but I saw the dress, and I was like, 'Oh my God, that's it!'
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I believe the biggest impediment we have right now with going to Mars is public commitment. More people need to see themselves as a part of space travel; we need to see more inclusiveness.
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I'm lucky because I remember my dad showing me 'Independence Day,' and I loved it.
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There are so many people that say they are actors and they don't spend for 5 minutes a day working on their craft. You need to train and need to take classes to keep your tools sharp. I'm always in class, whether it's theater or drama workshops.
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Lawyers are the first refuge of the incompetent.
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It is what the poets of Ireland used to be saying, that every brave man, good at fighting, and every man that could do great deeds and not be making much talk about them, was of the Sons of the Gael; and that every skilled man that had music and that did enchantments secretly, was of the Tuatha de Danaan.
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I would love an upgrade from the Nielsen box; it feels so antiquated to me.
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The devil that stayed with me most vividly was the one from the cover of Iron Maiden's 'Number of the Beast' album.
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Maybe its a case of one guitar feeling a certain way to the hands that makes one subsequently move differently over the strings, but my intent is always to wring the maximum emotional resonance out of the object in hand.
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My mom tells me the first show we saw was 'The Secret Garden,' but I don't remember that.
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I seem to always inspire a strong reaction one way or the other.
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I've been told I'm out of my mind since I was 11.
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There are some tremendous actors in the U.K. who have been knighted, and I've spent much of my life admiring many of them, like Laurence Olivier. So it's very flattering to be in their company. But you also end up in the company of people you don't admire, including some rather dodgy politicians.
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I think that there are more opportunities for young women in America than there are in Tanzania. But I also think there are many of the same problems.
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3D prefers you to use wider lenses because when things are out of focus, and yet it's in 3D, it bothers you.
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I'm a bit of a romantic.
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I was always a big fan of Charlie Chaplin movies. I love 'The Great Dictator' and 'City Lights.'
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Climbing, as my grandmother said, it's a pretty frivolous thing. She always wondered when I was going to get a real job. But climbing is a real job for me now, and I enjoy it. It's a gift that I'm able to do it, share adventure and motivation with people.
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The ritual of film-going in some sense replaced that of churchgoing, because you share something communal, sometimes mystical.
