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I didn't read much of anything till I was 15, except Alistair MacLean and Michael Moorcock - the sword and sorcery novels - when I was about 13 or 14.


Geoff Dyer

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JOHN DYER Judgements prevent us from seeing the good that lies beyond appearances.
WAYNE DYER People who want the most approval get the least and people who need approval the least get the most.
WAYNE DYER Everything you need you already have. You are complete right now, you are a whole, total person, not...
WAYNE DYER Having a mind that is open to everything and attached to nothing seems to me to be one of the most b...
WAYNE DYER I wasn't a bad kid. My dad left when I was young, so I didn't have much discipline, not that...
DANNY DYER Give yourself more opportunities for privacy, when you are not bombarded with duties and obligations...
WAYNE DYER The ego is only an illusion, but a very influential one. Letting the ego-illusion become your identi...
WAYNE DYER And see the rivers how they run Through woods and meads, in shade and sun, Sometimes swift, so...
JOHN DYER So little distant dangers seem: So we mistake the future's face, Ey'd thro' Hope's deluding gl...
JOHN DYER The truth is that there is no actual stress or anxiety in the world; it's your thoughts that cre...
WAYNE DYER I implore you to see the universe as a warm and supportive one because you'll look for evidence ...
WAYNE DYER The lifestyle that an artist can have, the freedom to wander in the landscape with no real pressure ...
JOHN DYER This is everyone's downtown, ... We want the input of people that use downtown, whether it's people ...
BUDDY DYER That is why we're doing the most comprehensive transportation study ever on our downtown area,
BUDDY DYER The public needs to have trust and feel good about its public transit system, ... Linda gives the ag...
BUDDY DYER My main focus is seeing that these projects don't compete with one another for funding, because if t...
BUDDY DYER Orlando's experiencing a true renaissance in its downtown, a place where you can live, work and play...
BUDDY DYER