Danny Rimer Quotes
In Geneva, I was seen as an outsider. In the U.S., I was considered Eurotrash. And in London, I'm seen as an American.
 
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	I once said, 'Steve Jobs is the American Xavier Niel,' but that was humour.   
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	Yes, there is a terrible moral in 'Dorian Gray' - a moral which the prurient will not be able to find in it, but it will be revealed to all whose minds are healthy. Is this an artistic error? I fear it is. It is the only error in the book.   
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	There's a whole lot more to the African-American community than entertainment and sports.   
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	Among my books, the ones that sell best are for readers between the ages of 8 and 12. According to a study by the Association of American Publishers, the largest area of industry growth in 2014 was in the children and young adult category.   
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	College is part of the American dream. It shouldn't be part of a financial nightmare for families.   
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	There is a machismo about an American male who is robust, athletic, able to build things, and he takes care of stuff. And it's a point of pride.   
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	The American school system's a little warped, so anyone can get a degree if they have a little money.   
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	I was a star in Italy, Austrailia, Germany and Japan before the American stations ever paid attention at all.   
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	One of the things that's really, really present in 'Between the World and Me' is, I am in some ways outside of the African-American tradition.   
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	A fighter lives in his training camp, and I'm not always paying attention to what is happening on the outside. But I do know the Mexican people and the Mexican-American people in this country are very hard-working people. That's my only comment about Donald Trump.   
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	Radical thought has inspired many of the great political and social reform movements in American history, from ending slavery to establishing the minimum wage.   
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	American business has just forgotten the importance of selling.   
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	Flamethrowers have been used by many armies in many wars, including by American Marines in Korea and Vietnam. They cause horrific deaths and are thus a serious public-relations liability. The U.S. military apparently phased them out in 1978.   
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	The Roaring Twenties were the period of that Great American Prosperity which was built on shaky foundations.   
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	I don't really know what the Great American Novel is. I like the idea that there could be one now, and I wouldn't object if someone thought it was mine, but I don't claim to have written that - I just wrote my book.   
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	The faces of most American women over thirty are relief maps of petulant and bewildered unhappiness.   
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	Israeli interests are not necessarily in harmony with the American interests.   
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	I couldn't be luckier to wake up every morning and be so excited to get to work, even if it's five in the morning.   
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	Studies have consistently shown that financial hardship is the biggest obstacle to heterosexual marriage, yet the Republican leadership has done precious little to help address the financial hardship faced by American families.   
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	I wrote my first book at 20, but my whole focus from about the age of 12 was to be a writer.   
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	If you're calling yourself a maverick and you're not Dirk Nowitzki, then you are probably not one. In fact, this rule applies to anyone declaring themselves a 'God-fearing Christian' or a 'Man of the people.'   
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	A swami may conceivably follow only the path of dry reasoning, of cold renunciation; but a yogi engages himself in a definite, step-by-step procedure by which the body and mind are disciplined, and the soul liberated.   
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	I'm still going to sing these songs because trap is a type of music very popular in the streets, and people want to hear it.   
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	In Geneva, I was seen as an outsider. In the U.S., I was considered Eurotrash. And in London, I'm seen as an American.   
 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					