When McDonald's opened up in Moscow - I happened to be there when it opened and wandered in. And the Russians were queuing three times around the block to get in. And when they got to the head of the queue, they'd go, "I'll have a Big Mac please. Have you the cheese and the rolls? And do you have the meat and do you have the salad?" And everybody asks this because they are so used to things being awful that it took them a quarter of an hour to order a Big Mac.
John GimletteBuenos Aires is my favorite city. I think it's fantastic - but is a troubled, sort of psychologically troubled city.
John GimletteIf you see our best seller list, most of them are books that are given as gifts. They are books you give to flatter somebody.
John GimletteIn Western Civilization - America and Britain - if you see people talking and it becomes an argument and voices are raised, you are not surprised if violence follows. Hopefully it won't, but you are not surprised.
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