Danny Gokey Quotes
I tried out for American Idol, I got a record deal, and now it's like my best days are ahead of me.
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A British porch is a musty, forbidding non-room in which to fling a sodden umbrella or a muddy pair of boots; a guard against the elements and strangers. By contrast the good ol' American front porch seems to stand for positivity and openness; a platform from which to welcome or wave farewell; a place where things of significance could happen.
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If you make a film too American, it won't travel. It will have no life outside of its own country.
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I once said, 'Steve Jobs is the American Xavier Niel,' but that was humour.
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Eating local is a relatively new concept in American dining; for the Italians, it's a way of life.
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The most important thing Paris gave me was a perspective on Latin America. It taught me the differences between Latin America and Europe and among the Latin American countries themselves through the Latins I met there.
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Nobody ever went broke underestimating the taste of the American public.
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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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Motivated more by partisan politics than by national security, today's Democratic leaders see America as an occupier, not a liberator. And nothing makes this Marine madder than someone calling American troops occupiers rather than liberators.
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The American Dream is that any man or woman, despite of his or her background, can change their circumstances and rise as high as they are willing to work.
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The United Nations passed so-called sanctions again on North Korea, and they've said they 'will exercise their preemptive right to a nuclear attack.' I don't think this ought to be taken kindly.
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For the naysayers that claimed 'American Family' revealed us to be vacant, unloving, uncaring morons of the materialistic '70s, this image will be proven wrong when Mom and Dad remarry... Make no mistake. This is not to emphasize the sadness of my demise but rather emphasize the love of my family and friends.
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Most of my family doesn't speak English. It's so important for the baby. He's going to know all his American roots, but he also needs to know about his Brazilian side.
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The government of Iran has no problem with the American nation.
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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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I'm old enough to remember when the air over American cities was a lot dirtier than it is now.
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The man-child in American comedies is always glorified; they never really show the darker side.
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I feel like the American years were my apprenticeship for doing a Bond movie.
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I'm not good enough to flip in and out of my Brit accent to my American accent.
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I guess my biggest failure was not getting reelected. The loss taught me not to ever let American hostages be held for 444 days in a foreign country without extracting them. I did the best I could, but I failed.
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I know Irish-American people. I know what their homes look like. I know what they have for dinner. I know how they turn a phrase.
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I am part of this generation with 'Pirates of the Caribbean' and 'Peter Pan.' I think we all grew up in this culture of pirates.
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I think that the practice of religion allows one to discover emotional and psychological truth of a kind not available in the secular world.
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It will no longer be war that is the continuation of politics by other means, it will be what I have dubbed 'the integral accident' that is the continuation of politics by other means.
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I tried out for American Idol, I got a record deal, and now it's like my best days are ahead of me.
