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.Danny Meyer
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I'm cranky.
Larry David -
The first book I sat down to write was an historical romance. It was really bad and thankfully no one ever saw it.
Rachel Gibson -
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.
E. W. Howe -
Because when you feel that you have arrived, you are dead.
Yul Brynner -
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.
Madeleine L'Engle -
I know that many authors say editors don't edit anymore, but that's not been true in my experience.
Victor LaValle
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In our recovery package we put new standards of accountability and transparency, which we hope will now apply.
Nancy Pelosi -
The truth, it is said, is rarely pure or simple, yet genetics can at times seem seductively transparent.
Iain McGilchrist -
Men enter local politics solely as a result of being unhappily married.
C. Northcote Parkinson -
Some things have to be believed to be seen.
Ralph Hodgson -
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.
Gary Allan -
'The Road' is about that fear that all parents can have - 'What's going to happen to your child if you're not around?'
Viggo Mortensen
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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.
Tatiana Maslany -
I like to collect DVDs of most English films.
Hansika Motwani -
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.
Sam Harris -
We must take steps to prevent further nuclear weapons development or modernization.
Daisaku Ikeda -
Superstition? Who can define the boundary line between the superstition of yesterday and the scientific fact of tomorrow?
Garrett Fort -
Hawaiians want change, and if the Democrats don't offer change, Hawaiians are going to vote for the Republican who offers change.
Ed Case
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Hollywood is a town; it's not a medium. And cinema is a medium you can practice anywhere.
Frank Miller -
Nothing's better than a picnic.
Zooey Deschanel -
The thing I try to tell people who are just starting in the business is to listen to yourself, trust yourself, and be kind to yourself. And do the work to cultivate who you are and what your point of view is. Don't try to be like anybody else. That's what will make you an interesting artist.
Jessie Mueller -
With the opening of the second decade of the twentieth century it seemed that the stage was set for the last act in an unquestioned evolutionary drama.
Ralph Adams Cram -
Neither a borrower nor a lender be, for loan oft loses both itself and friend, and borrowing dulls the edge of husbandry.
William Shakespeare -
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.
Danny Meyer