Alan Furst Quotes
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The gay community is very fickle. And I know because I'm part of it and I see it every day.
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I am really curious about life, about why we are all here. I notice my skin is ageing, things are changing, I've seen people dying, so that's the train we are all on.
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A man is what he thinks about all day long.
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People of Berlin - people of the world - this is our moment. This is our time.
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Personally I had the opportunity to go on several ride alongs with the LA County Sheriff's Department with some amazing detectives, who were invaluable to me.
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Even befor doing this film, I've always been interested in mythology.
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The genesis of Public Interest Litigation in listening to the voice of the voiceless and giving access to the poor, the marginalised, and the weak is a unique experiment to be lauded.
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When it is a question of God's almighty Spirit, never say, 'I can't.'
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British girls are really funny, so I definitely think we'd get along.
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I think it's always very important to be comfortable and just kind of expressive; if you take fashion too seriously, then you lose the fun of it. I think you should always take the risk.
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I took the longest showers of my life after every time I visited Gramacho. It affects the personality of the catadores. They always dress really well, they're very sharp, and when they go out they always wear a lot of perfume because they're very conscious of the possibility of having the smell.
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I didn't have any agent; I've never had an agent.
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Hitting is timing. Pitching is upsetting timing.
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I actually love going to a lot of theater movies. I just love watching actors work and seeing how people tell stories.
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A careful reading of 50 Simple Things leaves you wondering whether you're going to die from environmental disaster or intellectual annoyance. Failing either, you can worry yourself to death.
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Ye have committed wickedness Against the Creator. A hundred thousand angels Are to me witnesses, Who came to conduct me After my hanging, When hanging cruelly, Myself to deliver me In heaven there was trembling When I had been hung. When I cried out Eli!
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The ability to throw 100 mph cannot be taught, cannot be learned, it can only be God-given.
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Quamlibet multa egerimus, quodam tamen modo recentes sumus ad id quod incipimus. quis non obtundi potest, si per totum diem cuiuscunque artis unum magistrum ferat? mutatione recreabitur sicut in cibis, quorum diversitate reficitur stomachus et pluribus minore fastidio alitur.
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Outside the golf course, I feel the pressure, and I feel what everybody else is feeling. But on the golf course, it's just the golf ball and clubs. And when I have that, it just puts a lot of pressure off of me. It just makes me very calm looking at it, yeah.
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I love to deal with doctrines and events. The contests of men about men I greatly dislike.
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Consider that this day ne'er dawns again.
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Then he rose and began to pace the room in an overwrought sort of way, like a zoo lion who has heard the dinner-gong go and is hoping the keeper won't forget him in the general distribution.
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I can't tell you how many times I've been writing an article only to get distracted by an email notification, either on my laptop or smartphone.
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Once you have your characters, they tell you what to write, you don't tell them.
