Geoff Dyer Quotes

The devastating scale and frequency of my disappointment was proof of how much I still expected and wanted from the world, of what high hopes I still had for it.

Geoff Dyer

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

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Martha Stewart has two houses in East Hampton. She has an old fashioned Victorian house and a very new modern house.

Steven Gaines

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I've literally pitched to every studio and network trying to get directing work. It's really hard.

Shiri Appleby

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The whole notion of journalism being an institution whose fundamental purpose is to educate and inform and even, one might say, elevate, has altered under commercial pressure, perhaps, into a different kind of purpose, which is to divert and distract and entertain.

Tom Stoppard

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It's exciting to be able to be part of the block and tackle of building a company from a smaller base.

Mary Lou Jepsen

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People strive to be models or actresses - but a lot of what you see isn't actually real. There is no perfect body. Everything is retouched.

Molly Sims

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Effective tax credits are used to create jobs and grow our economy. But tax credits that aren't delivering for Missourians must be retooled and reformed.

Jay Nixon

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I was raised by a single mother.

Josh Peck

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America changed my life, but I still think of home and working in Scotland was an important part of that.

Davy Jones

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I like intellectual journeys.

Christopher Meloni

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I don't think I have discipline when it comes to anything.

Brian K. Vaughan

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This is a cause that musicians can take to heart because one of our main reasons for being is to share our music with other people, and this takes us to people who probably wouldn't otherwise get to hear music on quite this level.

Boz Scaggs

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What I like about Elvis is the same thing I like about James Brown, Michael Jackson, Prince. These guys, back in the day, there was no smoke and mirrors. It was just raw talent. They would step out onstage and command an audience. Talk about awesome.

Bruno Mars

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