"At 16, I dropped out of school and……" — Philipp Meyer
"At 16, I dropped out of school and spent five years working as a bicycle mechanic and volunteering in a Trauma Centre before ultimately deciding to go to university."
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23 Quotes by Philipp Meyer
Philipp Meyer has 23 quotes on this site.
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You ought to be able to grow up in a place and not have to get the hell out of…
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No land was ever acquired honestly in the history of the earth.
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The entire history of humanity is marked by a single inexorable movement - from animal instinct toward rational thought, from…
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She wondered how people would remember her. She had not made enough to spread her wealth around like Carnegie, to…
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Nothing prepares you for making art except making art. You have to do it to get better.
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Since I quit banking, all my major life decisions, when they could, have revolved around writing.
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We moved to Baltimore, Maryland, in 1979, when I was five. The funny thing is that, even though Baltimore had…
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After I finished college, I got a job on Wall Street as a derivatives trader, but after a couple years…
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When we think of the myth of the settling of the West, this is our creation myth. But because we…
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Your mind burns a lot of calories. Writing can feel like a physical workout.
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My ideal is to write most of the day, then go running, find friends and socialise all evening; my mind…
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I try to begin writing as close to a dreamlike state as I can get.
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More Bicycle Quotes
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If I can bicycle, I bicycle.
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All I've ever ended up with in terms of achievements is the movie, some really stupid anecdotes, a bunch of…
— Christian Bale
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A few years ago, I bought an old red bicycle with the words Free Spirit written across its side -…
— Drew Barrymore
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I like the evening in India, the one magic moment when the sun balances on the rim of the world,…
— James Cameron
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A healthy body means a healthy mind. You get your heart rate up, and you get the blood flowing through…
— Steve Carell
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Guys would sleep with a bicycle if it had the right color lip gloss on. They have no shame. They're…
— Tori Amos
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It was absolutely perfect. You can handle this large aircraft as you can handle a bicycle.
— Unknown Author
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Consider a man riding a bicycle. Whoever he is, we can say three things about him. We know he got…
— William Golding
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Nothing compares to the simple pleasure of a bike ride.
— John F. Kennedy
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It is by riding a bicycle that you learn the contours of a country best, since you have to sweat…
— Ernest Hemingway
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The Old Testament is responsible for more atheism, agnosticism, disbelief - call it what you will - than any book…
— A A Milne
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Bicycles are almost as good as guitars for meeting girls.
— Bob Weir
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