Alan Furst Quotes

My grandmother, whom I adored, and who partly raised me, loved Liberace, and she watched Liberace every afternoon, and when she watched Liberace, she'd get dressed up and put on makeup because I think she thought if she could see Liberace, Liberace could see her.

Alan Furst

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

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In a weird way, the drama behind the stage was sort of keeping 'Community' on people's minds.

Jim Rash

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We no longer have a free market in the United States, we have a government controlled free market.

Jim Bunning

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One thing you have to give up is attaching importance to what people see in you.

Jeanne Moreau

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Garry Trudeau put me in the Doonesbury strip many years ago. So I've been a cartoon once.

Steve Cropper

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As it became clear that Senator Rubio was likely to run for president, I received encouragement to consider running for the Senate.

Ron DeSantis

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Everyone always wants to talk about 'True Blood' and 'Battlestar Galactica' - no one's even interested in 'Durham County.' It blew my mind when I came to Canada and no one asked me about the show. So many people didn't even know about it. They didn't even know it was on the air! It's very curious to me.

Michelle Forbes

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Women like to watch women fight because it makes them feel sort of empowered physically and mentally. They feel kind of jazzed and excited by it.

Lucy Liu

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That was the fun of acting, being a blank canvas you could transform into the character - Indian princess, 20s vamp, Mother Courage, Oxford don, 94-year-old wife.

Diana Quick

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I've gone across that border many times. My son was born in the United States; he is also a Mexican-American with the two passports.

Diego Luna

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Once in a while I'll order an omelet, 'cause I'm not very good at making omelets.

Cheryl Hines

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I very much want to write about some elements of my own growing up.

Courtney A. Kemp

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I think what happens is that some writers, who are so great in television or whatever, once they become successful, they get out of the loop of real life. It's real hard to draw on something to write.

Bonnie Hunt

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