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Alan Furst Quotes

I could not spend the rest of my life sitting in Brazil writing down who called whom uncle and aunt.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

Life Writing Rest My Life Uncle

I'm going to put on my gravestone, 'He never owned a cell phone.'

Cell Phone Phone Never Going He Put

The way the vocal folds work is that they can get inflamed and in pain, but actual tears in the folds are somewhat rare. I've never torn anything. Been too strained plenty of times.

Work Pain Tears Way Never Anything

When people tell me that I must get my maverick gene from my father, they are only half right. My father and I both have inherited our rebellious personalities from Nana. She has always lived her life on her own terms, something that was once considered quite scandalous, given the times she grew up in.

Life Father People Me She Right

Agriculture is in my heart.

Heart Agriculture

I try, and I think I succeed, in making my readers feel pity for my psychopaths, because I do.

Succeed Think Feel Try Because Pity

Three to four times a week, I get up at 7:30 A.M. while the courts are empty at Venice Beach and play full court one-on-one.

Beach Week Play Three Venice Empty

It is never too late to correct our mistakes. And if we do not, we risk repeating them.

Mistakes Never Too Late Late Never

Many friends of mine told me that normally only guys like a kung fu movie and the girls would be turned off - they want to see a love story. But Ip Man is a family man, so the women see this and go: 'I want my husband to be like this man. He'll be a scholar, he'll be fighting, he'll care for the family.' So we had a bigger audience.

Family Love Women Man Me Husband

Working on an adaptation is not as satisfying, because it's not your original work: you're interpreting. With 'L.A. Confidential,' I loved the book. In that case, I felt I was guardian of the work, staying as true to the novel as I could. I've since met the novelist, and he loves the movie and the script.

Brian Helgeland

Work Book Loved You True Original

For centuries the leaders of Christian thought spoke of women as a necessary evil, and the greatest saints of the Church are those who despise women the most.

Women Evil Thought Church Christian

We're very much perfectionists, so when we're putting on a huge show and want to play to the best of ability, we rehearse intensely. And I have a guitar pretty much in my hand for at least five hours before doing a show. I'm just noodling and mucking around and working on some of the songs here and there.

Best Guitar Doing Play Want Hand

The danger of the Web is that you can go from idea to public announcement in under ten minutes.

You Go Danger Web Idea Minutes

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