Dan Gilbert Quotes
Detroit's a good investment because, first of all, the entry fee for everything is lower. And, you've got the talent that is here that is ambitious and motivated, so you're going to get in on a much lower cost structure in every way, shape, or form from labor to buildings to whatever.
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It wouldn't be fair to drag a child round the world, touring.
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Let us go forward in this battle fortified by conviction that those who labour in the service of a great and good cause will never fail.
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I don't consider myself a feminist, but I feel very empowered as a woman, and I've used all my resources widely. I believe in equality, but that's just naturally happening. I still want a door opened for me, to be treated like a lady, but I also want equal rights for women, of course.
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I grew up with injustice and could do nothing about it. But once in America, I had freedom of choice.
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Japanese businesspeople and companies are lacking in individuality.
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Everything is global now. It's not London, it's not Spain, it's not Italy - everything is everywhere. So you have to be everywhere, I guess.
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What's interesting about Stephen Baldwin is that me and Dana Gould were originally cast for 'Bio-Dome' – but Pauly Shore and Baldwin ended up doing it. So there's a little movie trivia for ya.
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I like bangers and really testosterone-fueled stuff.
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In the '70s... there were rock players, and there were jazz players.
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I've always thought of fat as just a descriptive word.
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On paper I would be a rather bold individual in our culture.
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Your man Daddy Yankee, some black and white people who know what's going on in the 'hood and the clubs are supporting him and loving him. But he's speaking Spanish, and he's speaking directly to the Latino people, and the people who know the language really dig it.
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I drink Diet Coke from the minute I get up to the minute I go to bed.
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No one pays me to be nice.
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Slang is a language that rolls up its sleeves, spits on its hands and goes to work.
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I got the chance to do things that I dreamed of when I was a kid: I got to travel around the world; I had my own 'Goosebumps' attraction at Disney World; I've been on TV and had three TV series.
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Most people who have encountered mercury have done so after breaking a mercury thermometer. And many of us who saw the liquid balls of mercury scatter across a floor or countertop considered the element the most beautiful on the periodic table.
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Of one thing there is no doubt: if Paris makes demands of the heart, then Munich makes demands of the stomach.
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I live - I live a highly scheduled life. There's absolutely no time wasted. I'm very focused. And I have a great assistant.
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You don't want flame to hit your food. Flame is bad. Flame does nasty things to food. It makes soot and it makes deposits of various chemicals that are not too good for us. The last thing you really want to see licking at your food while it's on a grill is an actual flame.
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Passion is needed for any great work, and for the revolution, passion and audacity are required in big doses.
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I think teams win. I don't think offense wins. I don't think defense wins. I don't think special teams - teams win.
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I would rather entertain and hope that people learned something than educate people and hope they were entertained.
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Detroit's a good investment because, first of all, the entry fee for everything is lower. And, you've got the talent that is here that is ambitious and motivated, so you're going to get in on a much lower cost structure in every way, shape, or form from labor to buildings to whatever.
