Geoff Dyer Quotes

One of my great heroes, John Berger, he's in his 80s now. One of the reasons that he's remained young and all-around fantastic is his ongoing receptivity to new things. I think that's important.

Geoff Dyer

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: english
  • Birth: June 5, 1958

Topics

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I know the families that I photograph extremely well, and I've known them for a very long time.

Jock Sturges

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There's no doubt that Iran funds and supplies Hamas with weapons.

John Bolton

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Our daughters were coming of age during a rising consciousness about gender equality. Throughout their school years - from kindergarten through graduate school, 1972 to 1992 - women were starting to take their places in areas traditionally reserved mostly for men.

Tom Brokaw

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When they call the slightest spending reductions 'painful', we will say 'If government spending prevents pain, why are we suffering so much of it?' And 'If you want to experience real pain, just stay on the track we are on.'

Mitch Daniels

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I've been very happy to see some of the success that I've had along the way in opening the eyes of people, especially people who listen to music.

Johnny Mathis

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I felt like high school for me was like a big whirlpool of me trying to figure out what was OK for me to do.

Donald Glover

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I don't want to be fired after two seasons and risk never getting another opportunity to coach.

Chauncey Billups

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On 'Angel' I got to work a lot with Mike Massa, who was David Boreanaz' stunt double, and Mike would let me do most of my stuff by myself. I did almost all my fight scenes by myself.

Christian Kane

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When I started out in comedy, it was common knowledge that it took about 10 years to get good. And that was okay because it took you about 9 years to get on television.

Chris Rock

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Whatever luck I had, I made. I was never a natural athlete, but I paid my dues in sweat and concentration and took the time necessary to learn karate and become world champion.

Chuck Norris

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If you saw me as a footballer, when I played, I always showed a great passion. You saw Antonio Conte during the game showing passion.

Antonio Conte

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What goes on inside a star is better understood than one might guess from the difficulty of having to look at a little dot of light through a telescope, because we can calculate what the atoms in the stars should do in most circumstances.

Richard P. Feynman

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