Alan Furst Quotes
I was going to be the best failed novelist in Paris. That was certainly not the worst thing in the world that one could be.
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EVOO is extra-virgin olive oil. I first coined 'EVOO' on my cooking show because saying 'extra virgin olive oil' over and over was wordy, and I'm an impatient girl - that's why I make 30-minute meals!
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I always feel the danger because you might always be subject to an unexpected or emergency event.
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Americans are really obsessed with their teeth being white and straight, aren't they? I saw this little girl the other day with one of those whole head braces. Elastic all the way around! How traumatizing for a child to have to wear one of those! You look like a monster.
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When they offered me 'Wayne's World 2,' they said: 'We were going to give this to another actor, then we thought we'd see you'. I just thought: 'Surely you always had me in mind for that just in the way that it's written?', but they never admitted it. It was a wonderful gig to do. Really special.
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If I had the opportunity to buy the latest movie that's out that month and watch it on the comfort of my big screen TV, I would pay for that.
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Everyone has their opinion, and if no one criticizes, how will I improve my work?
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I see many black males grasping for some thread of hope. There are so many destructive practices, glimpses into a psychic abyss. That must be very frightening.
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All my life I have fought corruption.
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I loved being in Bombay. It was a pretty thrilling place to walk around and explore.
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Whenever I have a bad day I just think of these people.
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How will the approach of the Singularity spread across the human world view?
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All the characters on 'Girls' are growing and changing, which is how real people behave, especially when we're young, trying to figure out who we are, doing things that are the polar opposite of our characteristics.
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I think a lot of a man's outlook in life - at least mine - is shaped by his relationship with his father.
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I'm actually a pretty good tennis player!
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I was not the son of a worker or lacking in material or social resources for a relatively comfortable existence; I could say I miraculously escaped wealth.
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I believe in music.
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I grew up learning from a father who said, 'When you make a mistake or you make a bad decision, you man up and take responsibility.'
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A lot of people see a Nissan ad and they see a finished product in a record store or on iTunes and that's the face of the band.
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Children can write poetry and then, unless they're poets, they stop when reach puberty.
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It's not as much about the numbers as much as it is that our fans made a mark on this world for us.
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The Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness, and the related Accra Agenda for Action, are useful policy instruments that set out the mutual responsibilities of donors and recipient countries.
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What has happened along the Gulf Coast is nothing short of a humanitarian crisis, ... The Congress is committed to providing the funding necessary to not only offer immediate relief to the victims of Hurricane Katrina but to also help rebuild their lives and get them back on their feet.
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I was going to be the best failed novelist in Paris. That was certainly not the worst thing in the world that one could be.
