Alan Furst Quotes
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One of the achievements of the reform movement is that people realize that they can be democrats and remain faithful Muslims. Democracy is now an established idea.
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I'm pretty gross. When I talk I can be gross and crude.
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There's never going to be a great misunderstanding of me. I think I'm a little whacked.
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Democracy should be practiced not every six years, but every day.
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I come from a poor family, I have seen poverty. The poor need respect, and it begins with cleanliness.
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I watched so many movies when I was a kid, and I'd watch them over and over.
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It was not until I was in my forties, in the fifth decade of my life, that the sense of place, the spirit of place, became of paramount importance to me. It was then that I began my travels, that I discovered, through photography, the quality of light, and that I gradually became able to paint the mood of place.
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Well, I think the world changes around you - I think you don't change. That's as simple as that.
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Starting with 'Forever, Interrupted,' I somehow convinced myself that in order to create content, I had to consume content. What this means is that I have legitimized binge-watching television and told myself that I must do it for work.
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I don't thrive on stress. I love lying on the deck on our houseboat reading a book.
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At Time Warner, I had ten percent of the stock after the merger. But when we merged with AOL, I was diluted down to three percent.
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What is needed now is a transformation of the major systems of production more profound than even the sweeping post-World War II changes in production technology.
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Make-up is an extension of your clothes.
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When I was growing up, my dad and I would go hunting and camping every weekend. Like everyone in my family, he is an amazing cook, and I've tried to learn a lot from all of them.
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We ought to recognize that religious strife is not the consequence of differences among people. It's about conflicts between creation stories.
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Nose-to-tail eating is not a bloodlust, testosterone-fueled offal hunt. It's common sense, and it's all good stuff.
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I have Graham Greene's telephone number, but I wouldn't dream of using it. I don't seek out writers because we all want to be alone.
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I'm looking to make history.
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People who are obsessed with Jesus do not consider service a burden. Obsessed people take joy in loving God by loving His people.
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The goal of jiu-jitsu in self-defense isn't to take someone down to the ground - the goal in jiu-jitsu for self-defense is actually to be able to defend yourself on the ground, get up, and get away from an attacker. That's what the goal is.
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In order to acquire intellect one must need it. One loses it when it is no longer necessary.
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Whatever is worth doing is worth doing well.
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No one must think that Newton’s great creation can be overthrown in any real sense by this Theory of Relativity or by any other theory. His clear and wide ideas will for ever retain their significance as the foundation on which our modern conceptions of physics have been built.
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I would have loved to have another 10 Eric Ambler books.
