Alan Furst Quotes

Let me put it this way: I don't plan to retire. What would I do, become a brain surgeon? I mean, a brain surgeon can retire and write novels, but a novelist can't retire and do brain surgery - or at least he better not.

Alan Furst

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: February 20, 1941

Topics

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I'm really a library man, or second-hand book man.

John le Carre

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Ethical and questions of philosophy interest me a great deal.

Robert Sheckley

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Michael Jackson carried urban America and eventually American society on his vocal cords for a good 25 to 30 years before even hip-hop became the vox populi of America, and then as an adult he shattered racial barriers.

Michael Eric Dyson

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We never want to go into a tour and play 15 songs and say 'Enjoy.' We have messages: Number 1, follow your dreams. If I can do it, you can do it. Number 2, give your life to something. We say, 'Volunteer and add seven years to your life.' You can have your own personal ministry. The message we have is 'What do you stand for?'

John Tesh

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The most important thing in arithmetic is not the shapes of the numbers but the reality living in them. This living reality has much more meaning for the spiritual world than what lives in reading and writing.

Rudolf Steiner

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Seven daughters was never part of my plan.

Jonathan Franklin

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Two messengers covered with dust come to bid me fly, but I wait for him.

Dolley Madison

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I had a bike as a kid, and when I worked in Manhattan - I had a 10-speed - I rode from downtown to 68th and Madison for my day job. I knew about fighting traffic, but nothing about racing.

Dennis Christopher

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I've stood outside my house in Montana looking at the northern lights... crackling against the night sky. To me, that's magic.

Christopher Paolini

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The best thing about the Congress is that it is the last place where you can have face-to-face interviews and interaction with the newsmakers themselves.

Bob Schieffer

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Zac Efron would make us feel guilty for eating big dinners. He'd say, 'Do you really want to eat those carbs?' It was like, 'Thanks a lot!'

Ashley Tisdale

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I think about those who supported me and put up with me, including my wife, my children, my parents, and all Madridistas.

Sergio Ramos

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