Danny Meyer Quotes
I opened Union Square Cafe when I was just 27 years old, and my first hope was simply that it would stay in business. My higher hope was that in its lifetime, it might grow to play an essential role in the lives of its stakeholders.
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I'm cranky.
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The first book I sat down to write was an historical romance. It was really bad and thankfully no one ever saw it.
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It may be a cold, clammy thing to say, but those that treat friendship the same as any other selfishness seem to get the most out of it.
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Because when you feel that you have arrived, you are dead.
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When we were children, we used to think that when we were grown-up we would no longer be vulnerable. But to grow up is to accept vulnerability... To be alive is to be vulnerable.
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Don't be surprised if you find me doing some charity work in another country.
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I know that many authors say editors don't edit anymore, but that's not been true in my experience.
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In our recovery package we put new standards of accountability and transparency, which we hope will now apply.
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The truth, it is said, is rarely pure or simple, yet genetics can at times seem seductively transparent.
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Men enter local politics solely as a result of being unhappily married.
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Some things have to be believed to be seen.
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My whole back's tattooed. I just wanted a twist. I was always in punk bands when I was little... I think that's where the tie comes from.
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'The Road' is about that fear that all parents can have - 'What's going to happen to your child if you're not around?'
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I think Amy Poehler and Tina Fey have done so much for women in comedy in the sense that they've normalized it. You don't think, 'I'm going to watch that comedy starring a woman,' you think, 'I'm going to watch that funny show.' They refuse to play the foils for men, or be reduced to the butt of every joke, and I love that about both of them.
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I like to collect DVDs of most English films.
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To speak specifically of our problem with the Muslim world, we are meandering into a genuine clash of civilizations, and we're deluding ourselves with euphemisms. We're talking about Islam being a religion of peace that's been hijacked by extremists. If ever there were a religion that's not a religion of peace, it is Islam.
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We must take steps to prevent further nuclear weapons development or modernization.
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Superstition? Who can define the boundary line between the superstition of yesterday and the scientific fact of tomorrow?
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I shall pursue a straight forward course deviating neither to the right or left so that comes what may I hope my real friends will never have to blush for me, so far as truth, honesty & fair dealings are concerned.
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To be cut off from the land of the living, and yet not to be dead. How could I bear that?That's how most men live, and don't even know it.
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I have given up trying to be happy. It is no use and leads to nothing.
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If the abortion issue is important to me, this is how you tackle that issue.
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I opened Union Square Cafe when I was just 27 years old, and my first hope was simply that it would stay in business. My higher hope was that in its lifetime, it might grow to play an essential role in the lives of its stakeholders.
