Dan Brown Quotes
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I am forced to say that I have many fiercer critics than myself.
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They do not understand Islam, and I think that is one area where perhaps I hope one day I will play a role in actually making people understand what we perceive Islam to be.
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I love writers. All of my best friends are writers.
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Whenever I'm in Des Moines, I always make a trip to Manhattan Deli for a sandwich. I spent a lot of time there when I was going to college at Drake, so it's usually my one 'go-to' food stop when I'm in town.
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Kim Jong Un came in as a fresh face, so I think there's a great disappointment that he's playing the same game as his father.
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If you think there are no new frontiers, watch a boy ring the front doorbell on his first date.
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The devil made me do it.
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A liberal public is interesting to have as an audience. It is for that very reason that corporations make such an effort to ally themselves with cultural institutions.
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I knew Hunter Thompson since the '70s, and I loved him, but he would wear me out as I got older.
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Becoming a leader is synonymous with becoming yourself. It is precisely that simple, and it is also that difficult.
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I was a dancer of no repute. But dance taught me a lot. You walk into a dance studio knowing you have to walk out with a dance. You improvise.
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The world is indeed a mixture of truth and make-believe. Discard the make-believe and take the truth.
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I hate wars and violence but if they come then I don't see why we women should just wave our men a proud goodbye and then knit them balaclavas.
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In studio films, everything has to be boxed in, everybody needs to know beforehand - this is comedy, this is sci-fi, this is drama - and what's the point of independent film if you don't get to experiment?
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Brooklyn's good. Brooklyn's funky. Brooklyn's happening.
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A lot of artists don't like the sound of their voice. They're put off by it.
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It's funny; people get so doctrinaire about music. It should be the last thing you don't have an open mind about.
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I just think, certainly for live music it should look as good as it sounds.
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A mediocre idea that generates enthusiasm will go further than a great idea that inspires no one.
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I live for opening doors for the young generation of creators. If we do nothing else with our success, let's open up some doors.
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When chefs like Wolfgang Puck became household names, that became a compelling reason for an intelligent young person to go into the cooking profession. There have been no waiters who have turned into household names. The service and hospitality aspects have clearly lagged behind the kitchen.
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Beauty and fashion are not really local anymore. You really have to be a global citizen to know what trends are. Now, it's pretty much the same designers and the same kind of trends, whether I am in New York, Milan, or Mumbai - it's the same.
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I'm trying to write books that taste like ice cream but have the nutrition of vegetables.
