Alan Furst Quotes
My theory is that sometimes writers write books because they want to read them, and they aren't there to be read. And I think that was true of me.
Alan Furst
Quotes to Explore
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As cliched as it sounds, I'm taking every day as it comes.
Oliver Sim
The xx
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The vegetable life does not content itself with casting from the flower or the tree a single seed, but it fills the air and earth with a prodigality of seeds, that, if thousands perish, thousands may plant themselves, that hundreds may come up, that tens may live to maturity; that, at least one may replace the parent.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
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I loved to sing in family parties, for my friends and family. That's how I discovered my talent.
Maluma
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One thing that the audience, and perhaps critics, aren't aware of is that, especially in a film like 'Moonlight,' you always shoot a lot more footage than makes the cut of the film.
Mahershala Ali
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The Self-Educated are marked by stubborn peculiarities.
Isaac D'Israeli
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Death is the mother of Beauty; hence from her, alone, shall come fulfillment to our dreams and our desires.
Wallace Stevens
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My mom was on welfare and the occasional food stamp, but I have never participated in any of those governmental programs, even the ones that kind of work like education, scholarships and whatever, and I managed to do just fine.
Adam Carolla
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As investors, we want to believe we are smart, insightful and uniquely talented - even though we often fail to do the heavy lifting, put in the long hours, and make the uncomfortable but necessary decisions to achieve success.
Barry Ritholtz
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I believe in the healing power of the arts, and whenever anyone can bring art into anyone's life, it's a special thing.
Austin Nichols
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All writing is an antisocial act, since the writer is a man who can speak freely only when alone; to be himself he must lock himself up, to communicate he must cut himself off from all communication; and in this there is something always a little mad.
Kenneth Tynan
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My theory is that sometimes writers write books because they want to read them, and they aren't there to be read. And I think that was true of me.
Alan Furst