Alan Furst Quotes
I write about the period 1933-42, and I read books written during those years: books by foreign correspondents of the time, histories of the time written contemporaneously or just afterwards, autobiographies and biographies of people who were there, present-day histories of the period, and novels written during those times.
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For me, the greatest good fortune I have being raised by actors is I came in knowing that a career is the ebb and flow.
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A big reason why I'm not a big TV watcher is that in my formative years as a viewer, there wasn't that much great television on, or at least, television that appealed to me.
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Some people change when they think they're a star or something.
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The best restriction I learned was getting into the habit of doing something, even if I didn't feel like it, instead of running away from it. Sometimes good work needs to be earned, and when you can overcome yourself, the muse notices and celebrates.
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The Koran was revealed at a time of great change in the Arab world, the seventh-century shift from a matriarchal nomadic culture to an urban patriarchal system.
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I drink tons of water. It always sounds like the lamest thing, but there's a reason you keep hearing this over and over again. It really works.
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The crusade against Communism was even more imaginary than the specter of Communism.
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The balance of private good and general welfare is at the bottom of civilized morals; but the morals of the Heroic Age are founded on individuality, and on nothing else.
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Time can be an ally or an enemy. What it becomes depends entirely upon you, your goals, and your determination to use every available minute.
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As a little kid, I climbed a lot of trees because I always loved the bird's-eye view.
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The notion that one will not survive a particular catastrophe is, in general terms, a comfort since it is equivalent to abolishing the catastrophe.
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Rather than waiting to restore fiscal responsibility after we pass legislation, we must work to ensure we remain committed to it as we draft legislation.
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For some reason, I spent my early thirties reading as much postwar Hungarian fiction as I could get my hands on.
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The success of Torn was a bit too much for me. I took a year off and was still scared to start the second album.
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The problem with binge-watching on Netflix is that you lose three days of your life.
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If we cling to the institution of Islam, then we tend to defend it against whatever we see as a danger to it, so because of this we see now that many people are defending states, defending territories, defending everything institutional in the belief that they defend Islam.
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Great things are accomplished by talented people who believe they will accomplish them.
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I like second chances. I've given people second chances. You have fall-outs with friends, and forgiveness is a great thing to have. It's not easy to forgive. I definitely don't forget, but I do forgive.
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I am being savagely bullied online.
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You can't, no matter what anyone says, build a movie around someone.
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It's only when you make the process your goal that the big dream can follow.
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When was the last time you saw a straight black love story without any guns?
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People often ask me why don't you have a girlfriend. Then I smile and say: I have thousands some just haven't met me yet.
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I write about the period 1933-42, and I read books written during those years: books by foreign correspondents of the time, histories of the time written contemporaneously or just afterwards, autobiographies and biographies of people who were there, present-day histories of the period, and novels written during those times.
