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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The last thing in the world I should have done was go into the theater because was inordinately shy as a young man. I couldn't open my mouth. At a party, I was the one stuck up against the wall. I was embarrassed about talking. I felt that I couldn't talk well.
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Some things are worth the fat and calories, although I have to watch it like a hawk.
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The Unsuccessful Salesperson says, the other guy has the best territory. The Successful Salesperson says, every territory is the best one. The Unsuccessful Salesperson says, that company will never buy. The Successful Salesperson says, I can make that company buy.
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I hope we can get to a point where women players are being paid properly all around the world so the only thing they have to worry about is playing football and playing football alone.
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You write a lot of books; you hope you get better.