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Geoff Dyer Quotes

Writers are not obliged to deal with current events, but it happens that the big story of our times - the al-Qaida attacks on New York and the Pentagon, and the subsequent wars in Iraq and Afghanistan - is being told in some of the greatest books of our time.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

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I think that I have this core group of fans that fell in love with the character I played on Buffy and now they're following me to everything I do. They're very dedicated and loyal. I'm very lucky.

Love Character Me Think Group Lucky

While actors play with guns for make-believe, the guns themselves are by no means make-believe; they're real. Even when the actor is using blanks, there are all kinds of safety protocols to follow when shooting one at someone. Pulling the trigger is the easy part.

Trieste Kelly Dunn

Safety Someone Easy Play Actor Real

Well, the first thing I wanted to be was a carpenter. Then I wanted to be a painter and then a singer. It was when I first saw 'Lawrence of Arabia' that I wanted to be an actor.

Actor First Singer Carpenter Saw

I am not opposed to e-readers. Any technology that encourages the reading of literature is a good thing.

Good Technology I Am Reading Thing

Doing stand-up is not normal. People fear public speaking above all other things, and I am no different.

Dominic Holland

Fear I Am People Doing Normal Above

People are gravitating towards Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders because they are doing their own thing. I think people are trying to cut out the middle man and just get to the source and get away from Washington politics.

Politics Man People Think Doing Out

I don't really want people to see me. I'm not into stardom.

People Me Want See Stardom Really

I think what's at risk is kids losing touch with being a kid. Being a kid is being defined differently than it was when you didn't have all this stuff you could put in front of your face.

Losing Face Think You Touch Risk

Speaking for myself, art differs from writing in that I never know what I'm going to paint until I paint it, so it's almost like automatic writing. A writer, on the other hand, can't help but know what he's going to write, because the activity demands a degree of premeditation.

William S. Burroughs

Art Myself Writing Help Know Hand

In the nineteenth century, slavery was the greatest wrong, and government never stood so tall as when it was redressing that wrong.

Government Slavery Wrong Never Tall

We have to face the reality of climate change. It is arguably the biggest threat we are facing today.

Change Today Face Reality Facing

If we can take Harry Reid out, we can take our country back. I'm not here to preach to the choir. I'm here to organize the army.

Army Back Country Choir Out Preach

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