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Geoff Dyer Quotes

I remember being interviewed about my first novel, 'The Colour of Memory.' They kept using the expression 'your first novel,' and I said, 'No, I object to that phrase, because this is it for me.'

Geoff Dyer

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

Memory Me Remember Said First Being

Jack White is an extraordinary person because he's like a three-dimensional chess player. He thinks so far ahead.

Jimmy Page

White Person Chess Ahead Because He

November is Jewish book month, so Jewish Community Centers all around the country have book fairs where they invite authors and sell books in advance of the holidays.

Anita Diament

Community Book Holidays Country Sell

War prosperity is like the prosperity that an earthquake or a plague brings.

Ludwig von Mises

War Prosperity Plague Earthquake

Things that make me laugh range from a wonderful stand-up like Jerry Seinfeld, Louis C.K. and Chris Rock to my son Gabe, who does great improv work. I also look backwards to the great comedic actors like Jackie Gleason, Paul Lynde and Phil Silvers.

Jason Alexander

Work Son Great Me Laugh Look

I don't really deal in trash talk too much. But I show my confidence.

Jon Jones

Confidence Too Much Trash Talk Deal

I once waited on a group of 10 people, and one guy collected the money from the check and tipped me $20 on $600. I told him in front of everyone, 'Jews like you give Jews like me a bad name.' That was my last waitressing job.

Chelsea Handler

Money Job People Me Name You

My grandfather was a man, when he talked about freedom, his attitude was really interesting. His view was that you had obligations or you had responsibilities, and when you fulfilled those obligations or responsibilities, that then gave you the liberty to do other things.

Clarence Thomas

Attitude Freedom Man Interesting You

My family's business was actually an amusement park in New Orleans. My grandfather had started that, and my grandmother was a dance maven in New Orleans. It was just the theatricality and the Mardi Gras and the pageantry that I fell in love with at an early age.

Bryan Batt

Family Love Business Age Dance New

The new physics provides a modern version of ancient spirituality. In a universe made out of energy, everything is entangled; everything is one.

Bruce Lipton

Energy Universe Physics New Out

I always modeled my game after the guys from Miami. Chad Ochocinco, Santana Moss, Andre Johnson. I used to love Roscoe Parrish as a returner.

Antonio Brown

Love Game Miami Always Moss Used

A state of society where men may not speak their minds cannot long endure.

Winston Churchill

Men Society Speak Long Minds Endure

In the industry, I am judged by what I wear. If I want to be taken seriously, I have to hire a team of stylists. It's an occupational hazard. But it's not as though I am any less of a feminist.

Swara Bhaskar

I Am Team Want Seriously Industry