Alan Furst Quotes
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I don't see pitches down the middle anymore - not even in batting practice.
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What you have said, Mr. President, fully satisfies me that you have given to every proposition which has been made, a kind and candid consideration. And you have now expressed the conclusion to which you have arrived, clearly and distinctly.
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Can a moment of madness make up for an age of consent?
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I'm a little angry in life.
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What a cool job to be part of - whether it's doing lighting or acting or serving food on set. You're part of telling a story that hopefully has an essential component, and that's super exciting to me.
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But I have never wanted to be a singer, because the exterior part of a career, I don't like very much.
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Agriculture is a business that has been up to its bib overalls in politics since the first Thanksgiving dinner kickback to the Indians for subsidizing Pilgrim maize production with fish head fertilizer grants.
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We are like a woman with a difficult pregnancy. We have to rebuild the social classes in Egypt, and we must change the way things were.
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I worked hard in gymnastics since the time I was six years old until I retired at 23 years of age.
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The post office actually achieves its mission. I wish we could say the same of the CIA.
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Good planning is important. I've also regarded a sense of humor as one of the most important things on a big expedition. When you're in a difficult or dangerous situation, or when you're depressed about the chances of success, someone who can make you laugh eases the tension.
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There's only so much you can do with a male voice in dance music.
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I think sex is very interesting for most people, but I'm interested in sex as a way of communication, I'm not that interested in the fantasy version of a sex scene.
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Ultimately, man should not ask what the meaning of his life is, but rather he must recognize that it is he who is asked.
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You earn very little money on independent films and I'm the provider for my home, so I do have to think of taking one for the accountant time and again and that means studio pictures.
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We visited Ravi. We didn't study with him, as such.
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Theocratic and military authorities share one thing: they have no sense of humour.
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Superstition? Who can define the boundary line between the superstition of yesterday and the scientific fact of tomorrow?
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I have never truly applied myself. Lots of things have come too easily to me and at too high a level.
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Amidst all of these flashing lights I pray The Fame wont take my life.
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We must not only control the weapons that can kill us, we must bridge the great disparities of wealth and opportunity among the peoples of the world, the vast majority of whom live in poverty without hope, opportunity or choices in life. These conditions are a breeding ground for division that can cause a desperate people to resort to nuclear weapons as a last resort. Our only hope lies in the power of our love, generosity, tolerance and understanding and our commitment to making the world a better place.
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If you wear a white polka dot on your legs, you're going to want to wear a black polka dot on top.
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So often we try to alter circumstances to suit ourselves, instead of letting them alter us, which is what they are meant to do.
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You write a lot of books; you hope you get better.
