Danny Meyer Quotes
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For me, the lean times were a wonderful, beautiful time of my life, struggling for many years in regional theater all over the country for not much money.
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Because we're in a small town and somewhat isolated from the fast lane of high tech, we've been able to grow and concentrate on our work instead of being distracted by the competition and getting caught up in the soap opera of Silicon Valley.
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I'm sort of contrary and stubborn sometimes. When everybody says, 'You have to read this book! You have to read this book!' I'm like 'Oh, I'll get around to it.'
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A big reason why I'm not a big TV watcher is that in my formative years as a viewer, there wasn't that much great television on, or at least, television that appealed to me.
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We must plan for freedom, and not only for security, if for no other reason than that only freedom can make security secure.
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Socrates was famously executed for his philosophical and political beliefs. I wondered what would happen if you had a similar character, who was so relentlessly questioning of everything? In a modern society, would we be any more or any less tolerant of that kind of character?
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For the first time, the weird and the stupid and the coarse are becoming our cultural norms, even our cultural ideal.
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Stories are like that. Like cities, they are built on the stones and bones of the past.
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The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.
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It's such an honor to do this job because I love it. And I get to work outside, and what can beat that?
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Today is either the beginning of the end, or the end of the beginning. Today we are making history.
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I didn't go into the theater to be a producer, I went into the theater to be a director.
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It's not like I have the most perfect body in the world. I'm a normal girl.
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I love Lancome's L'Absolu Rouge lipstick, as it lasts. Unless you spend the whole night snogging, you won't need to reapply it.
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'The Notebook' is one of my favorite love stories.
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I was 12 when it really hit me. I did children's theatre camp during the summers and played a fairy in 'A Midsummer Night's Dream.' The next summer, I played Clytemnestra in 'Agamemnon' and I was like, 'OK, this is amazing.'
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The man who has won millions at the cost of his conscience is a failure.
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Notoriety and public confession in the literary form is a frazzler of the heart you were born with, believe me.
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You have to stay focused and be mentally tough. That's what I've really learned: every day is a grind, and you have to go hard.
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The video for 'Whatever' is kind of a documentary in a way. It's showing that love can last. Not just in your early 20s or your late 30s, but in your 50s, 60s and 70s. There's an awful myth out there that when you get married, love and lovemaking fade. It's not true.
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It's easier to cancel a show if it's expensive.
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Power will intoxicate the best hearts, as wine the strongest heads. No man is wise enough, nor good enough to be trusted with unlimited power.
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I'm in deep in everything, every moment of the day. I create the systems and oversee every aspect of the execution. Every mark on a sculpture and every brush-stroke on a painting is in a controlled situation, exactly as they'd be if I'd have done them myself.
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A cocktail done right can really show your guests that you care.
