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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I was a very fearful little kid, and I would always see the worst in everything. The glass was half-empty. I would see people kissing, and I would think one was trying to bite the other.
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I tend to look at things from the supply side, looking for ways to make it less expensive to do more production. I think that's what creates a demand and keeps an economy moving.
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The reason I keep making movies is I hate the last thing I did. I'm trying to rectify my wrongs.
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I wanted to do something a little bit more feminine after my second movie, 'Joshy,' which was so masculine.
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You could have the world in the palm of your hand, but it don't mean a thing 'til you change 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.
