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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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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People making it like I sit there and eat a whole plate of candy before I play a basketball game. I don't think anyone could do that.
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The unconscious is the discourse of the Other.
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That part, that internal dialogue that has a lot of ups and downs and darks and lights and stuff - that, I think, is where music comes from. I think the face that you put on when you're talking to people and making small talk, I don't think that's where music comes from.
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Faith is the means by which the righteousness of Christ is given to us.
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The way you wield your power is about using it to afford you opportunities that you wouldn't otherwise have. So I'm very creatively ambitious, and I just hope people notice it; that's all I want.
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Hope is called the anchor of the soul because it gives stability to the Christian life. But hope is not simply a 'wish' I wish that such-and-such would take place rather, it is that which latches on to the certainty of the promises of the future that God has made.
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You write a lot of books; you hope you get better.
