Alan Furst Quotes
Yes, I'm a reasonably good self-taught historian of the 1930s and '40s. I've never wanted to write about another time or place. I wouldn't know what to say about contemporary society.Alan Furst
Quotes to Explore
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We continue to be bullish on China.
Carlos Ghosn -
Who cares and remembers if my last film was a success? I need to work harder.
Mahesh Babu -
I felt audiences are happier to take comedy people who play darker people because there's a link between the psychosis of comedy and the psychosis of being a twisted character.
Eddie Izzard -
Novelty is always welcome but talking pictures are just a fad.
Irving Thalberg -
The winner of the hoop race will be the first to realize her dream, not society's dream, her own personal dream.
Barbara Bush -
I have this extraordinary life during the day, and then I get to come home to my sweet husband who loves to cook with me. I have a nice glass of wine, he has some scotch, we chat, we cook, and we hang out with the dog. I have an absolute dream life.
Rachael Ray
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Making music is fantastic.
Warren Cuccurullo Duran Duran -
I never thought I would go to Gaza. It's incredibly difficult to get into, and when you get there, it's a war zone. Then they have this beach, and there's this incredible, vibrant beach culture there, which is something that I grew up with in Southern California.
Hailey Gates -
I've always thought John Travolta is one of the greatest movie stars Hollywood has ever produced.
Quentin Tarantino -
Like funny men, skilled diners are apparently perceived to have an evolutionary advantage.
Dana Goodyear -
I get really tired of hearing of all these old rockers whine and complain about how hard life on the road can be. Just stop if you don't like it. I don't think of it as work. I love it all.
Edgar Winter -
Tiny quails may not seem as impressive as a mammoth turkey, but there is something refreshing about a spread of individual birds on the Christmas table.
Yotam Ottolenghi
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I'm not a huge fan of my work.
Tea Leoni -
My father thought sport was something fun - he didn't know it was a way to make money. Then I won a Mercedes at the world championships and I gave it to him. From the moment it arrived my father said: 'Good, you can support not just yourself but me too'.
Haile Gebrselassie -
My second job has been to try to use my power to create institutions of a modern state that could enter the European Union, and there was very little time. The door was closing, and I wanted to get Bosnia through before it shut.
Paddy Ashdown -
I love mixing with comedians when I'm working with them, but when I'm not I don't feel the need to hang around with them.
Jack Dee -
To make an album like 'Love Letter,' everything's got to be about love. Everything has to have a great feeling when you listen to it.
R. Kelly -
I love Japan; it's very special.
Irina Shayk
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I consider creativity to be a more non-rational, subconscious thing. You have a relationship to your creativity - you can feed it with content, with some rational prodding and sleep and things like that, but the mechanisms by which your creativity work are largely unknown.
Ze Frank -
Isn't it funny - why is it called a tennis bracelet? It doesn't seem very tennis, does it?
John Cameron Mitchell -
But one man never laughed. He was a giant among men. He was Bobby Darin and he was my friend.
Wayne Newton -
There's to be a film about my life. I can give this as an exclusive now. Meryl Streep was offered the part but, no, I wanted Kate Winslet. Kylie Minogue is playing me in middle age. In old age, I'm not sure who's going to play me. I haven't got there yet. Perhaps Cate Blanchett. Or Jacki Weaver.
Barry Humphries -
One of the aspects I like about the film is that there is a kind of emotional, psychological discussion during the storytelling, ... Before taking a drug, go through yourself, experience yourself, all your hopes and fears in your own time. Before the pharmacology, do the psychology.
Keanu Reeves -
Yes, I'm a reasonably good self-taught historian of the 1930s and '40s. I've never wanted to write about another time or place. I wouldn't know what to say about contemporary society.
Alan Furst