Danny Meyer Quotes
My history has been to grow the roots as deeply as you can before going on to the next thing. That's why it took 10 years to go from Union Square Cafe to Gramercy Tavern, and another 10 years to go from Blue Smoke's first location to its second, and five to go from Shake Shack 1 to Shake Shack 2.
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I don't feel that it's either necessary or appropriate for me to comment on what the NFL either says or does.
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I'm a pretty girl who's a model who doesn't suck as an actress.
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Acting was something I always wanted to try. I just didn't know how, or I didn't know when the door was gonna be open for me to try it. But it finally opened up for me when I did 'Turn It Up', and ever since then I've been in love with doing films.
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I want to be here for a long time, so I am going to do everything I have to do to be here. And I want to walk my daughter down the aisle and give her away to somebody some day. I want to make sure I am still here to make sure my two young sons become men.
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There's a fine line between genius and insanity. I have erased this line.
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We were taught manners and we had to do our chores - Katie and I grew up as normal kids.
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I guess becoming an adult and learning how to survive on your own is exciting.
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Customers want new things, and the way that they get them isn't written in stone.
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I never wrote my books especially for children.
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As soon as street art got popular, I was just like, 'I'm out of here.'
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No matter what a woman looks like, if she's confident, she's sexy.
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We are all here on earth to help others; what on earth the others are here for I don't know.
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I'm a slow starter.
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Not always trainers, but if I don't have to, I don't wear high heels. It's really just if something looks good on me, I'm going to buy it. It can be Zara or Chanel... I'm going to buy it.
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I'm normal. I just had a different occupation for a while, and when you're in a different occupation, you have to carry yourself a different way. Most of my art is me bringing you stories from that era of my life. My life now is kind of boring.
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People like music when they're in love, but they don't need it as much. You need music when you're missing someone or you're pining for someone or you're forgetting someone or you're trying to process what just happened.
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I'm not into nostalgia, and I only look back to find lessons.
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A prince should be slow to punish, and quick to reward.
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I was poor. When you're poor you work, and when you're rich you expect somebody to hand it to you. So I think being reasonably poor is very good for people.
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My process is kind of intuitive - I think about how a character will speak according to their station and personality, occasionally making notes with guidelines for their mannerisms, and then I just sort of crack on and write it.
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You look up at drama, down at comedy. A singer, looking up is okay. A comic, it's death.
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'See, we don’t go in for your so-called ‘birth control’ here. No abortion. No contraception. We accept the gift of life when it is given. We believe that every human being, from the moment of conception on, has a right to a life-although,' he added, 'not necessarily a long one.'
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The only way you're going to have a good relationship with anyone is to have a good relationship with yourself.
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My history has been to grow the roots as deeply as you can before going on to the next thing. That's why it took 10 years to go from Union Square Cafe to Gramercy Tavern, and another 10 years to go from Blue Smoke's first location to its second, and five to go from Shake Shack 1 to Shake Shack 2.
