Alan Furst Quotes
I chose a time in the century which had the greatest moments for novels - the late '30s and World War II.
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You go to a theater now and you literally see parents watching the movie and they suddenly cover their kid's ears. I figured I'd make one movie where they didn't have to do this.
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I think India has several advantages in the knowledge sector, in the software sector.
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I was fortunate enough to get an author-backed role in Aamir Khan starrer 'Talash.'
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Most of the people nowadays send their things by internet. But I cannot work that way. I like to do it myself.
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I love clothes but I have spent so much of my professional life creating an image of one kind or another that it is nice not to care about it in life and let your skin breathe.
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They always say, 'Time heals.' But it really doesn't. You just get used to it. I live life with the mentality of 'OK, I lost the only thing that has ever been important to me.' So going forward, anything bad that happens can't be nearly as bad as what happened before.
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You don't need to wear Spanx if you buy my clothes. The dress, the trousers, the pencil skirt - they should do the work.
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You'll never see me with a precision flick of eyeliner. Messy eyeliner became my thing by accident rather than design. If you can't get it straight, then just work it in around your eyes.
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And the success of the union movement, historically, has always been to benefit all working men and women - not just people who belong to the union.
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I have always appreciated those who dare to experiment with materials and proportions.
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Formation of a new race takes place when, over several generations, individuals in one group reproduce more frequently among themselves than they do with individuals in other groups.
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Sexiness, particularly in movies, is the chess game in the 'Thomas Crown Affair'. It's, it's, I don't know, but Faye Dunaway comes up a lot in that thinking. It's the subtlety of sexiness. The moment you try to be sexy, then it's not.
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Nothing will ever be attempted if all possible objections must first be overcome.
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We must curtail the flow of illegal immigrants across the Mexican border.
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Rap is the only interesting music left - it's the only genre that's still pushing itself, and experimenting in a way that I find exciting.
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My breakdancing crew used to go to the mall and squat a piece of cardboard there; we had our jam box, and I'd spin on my head and make about forty bucks a day, which was pretty good back then. I was only 14 years old, so I would chase the girls around the mall and eat some pizza and have some change left over.
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I write for no other purpose than to add to the beauty that now belongs to me. I write a book for no other reason than to add three or four hundred acres to my magnificent estate.
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Nobody should be allowed to tinker with democracy. We will not discontinue the good works of the past government.
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Fires can't be made with dead embers, nor can enthusiasm be stirred by spiritless men. Enthusiasm in our daily work lightens effort and turns even labor into pleasant tasks.
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God will bring people and events into our lives, and whatever we may think about them, they are designed for the evolution of His life in us.
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I began to suspect that Daddy had been right all along: the only hope I had of changing the world was to change myself first.
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The challenge of our generation, whether it's young lawyers, young investment bankers, is to make capitalism work for people not just around the corner, but for people all around the world.
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I say no body of men are fit to make Presidents, judges and generals, unless they themselves supply the best specimens of the same; and that supplying one or two such specimens illuminates the whole body for a thousand years.
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I chose a time in the century which had the greatest moments for novels - the late '30s and World War II.
