Geoff Dyer Quotes

Writing, for me, has always been a way of not having a career.

Geoff Dyer

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

MeWritingCareerWayAlwaysBeen

My grill is intended to be discreet. It's there because I enjoy jewelry.

Jill Scott

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The Emmy nomination did a world of good for my confidence.

Jerry Van Dyke

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Words mean more than what is set down on paper. It takes the human voice to infuse them with deeper meaning.

Maya Angelou

WordsVoiceMeaningDownMeanHuman

I started my career as an actor, then morphed into a playwright who accidentally became a novelist with my first book 'Fall On Your Knees.'

Ann-Marie MacDonald

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The rest, called literature, is a dossier of human imbecility for the guidance of future professors.

Tristan Tzara

FutureRestLiteratureHuman

I'm not a hater. I've expressed this before.

Tory Lanez

BeforeHaterExpressed

I want children to learn to develop deep reading skills in the beginning in print. I believe the physicality of print is much better in the beginning for children, and then help them learn how to use their deep reading skills on digital medium.

Maryanne Wolf

ChildrenBeginningBelieveReading

The term 'giant' is used too often to describe artists. But in the case of Akira Kurosawa, we have one of the rare instances where the term fits.

Martin Scorsese

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Honestly we never lied to people about who we were. Usually the wackier interviews came to pass because the interview subjects, aware that we were Comedy Central, just wanted to get their stories out.

Mo Rocca

PeopleComedyNeverInterviewOut

I ran a hot-dog-and-soda stand at Little League, and I started a business planning parties in high school.

Bobby Kotick

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I'm such an emotional and sensitive person, so it only makes sense that my songs are as well.

Aurora

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Time is an illusion. Time only exists when we think about the past and the future. Time doesn't exist in the present here and now.

Marina Abramovic

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