Alan Furst Quotes

In the 1930s, there were so many different conflicts going on between the British, the French, the Russians, the Germans, the Spaniards, the Romanians and so on.

Alan Furst

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

1930sBritishGoingDifferentMany

I once had a story editor ask me not to use the word 'placenta.' I wanted to say: 'Now tell me again how you got here?' Oh, right, an angel of God placed you into the bill of the stork.

Jill McCorkle

GodMeAngelStoryYouSay

Gather in your resources, rally all your faculties, marshal all your energies, focus all your capacities upon mastery of at least one field of endeavor.

John Hagee

FocusResourcesEndeavorMastery

Social media seemed to promise a way to better connect with people; instead, it seems to have made it easier to tune out the people we don't agree with.

Jenna Wortham

Social MediaPeopleBetterMediaWay

In a peer network, no one is officially in charge. It doesn't have a command hierarchy. It doesn't have a boss. So, all the decisions are somehow made collectively. The control of the system is in the hands of everyone who is a part of it.

Steven Johnson

BossControlDecisionsHandsSystem

As you look back at your life, there are just a million different things that have happened, just in the right way, to allow you to make your dreams come true. And you know, someone has all that under control.

Michael P. Anderson

LifeDreamsYour DreamsControlLook

I mean, I would love to have the career Joan Baez is having in Europe right now, but God knows I don't begrudge her that career.

Janis Ian

LoveGodCareerNowMeanRight

Tax policy should reflect a country's values and address its problems.

Joseph Stiglitz

ProblemsValuesCountryTaxReflect

Chicago's always a friendly place to me.

Dennis Farina

MePlaceChicagoAlwaysFriendly

Everybody's talking trash these days, so why not keep quiet?

Dennis Rodman

TalkingQuietTrashWhyDaysKeep

I always have tried to treat people with respect, the way I want to be treated.

Derek Jeter

RespectPeopleTreatWantWayTried

I'm not a huge party girl. When I turned 18, the thing I was most excited about was being able to vote for the first time.

Dove Cameron

GirlTimePartyVoteFirst Time

Hermes scarf designers can be found in places from Poland to Japan, not to mention the U.S. post-office sorting room in Waco, Texas. Kermit Oliver, a longtime postal employee, has designed more than a dozen Hermes scarves.

Christina Binkley

TexasPlacesScarfMoreEmployee

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