Alan Furst Quotes

My theory is that sometimes writers write books because they want to read them, and they aren't there to be read. And I think that was true of me.

Alan Furst

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

MeThinkSometimesWantTrueWrite

Everyone's journey is completely different.

Jeremy Piven

JourneyEveryoneDifferent

I'm just being myself. To me, that people are interested in Jenni, not necessarily the artist, but the woman... it amazes me still.

Jenni Rivera

MyselfWomanPeopleMeBeing Myself

I'm probably not as big of a hip-hop fan as people may think. I'm not up on all the artists and know all their stuff.

Stuart Scott

PeopleThinkKnowHip-HopUpBig

Once school let out every year, my siblings and I would get packed into a station wagon to drive to South Carolina to see my grandparents for summer vacation. If school let out on Friday, we were probably in the station wagon no later than Sunday morning, and we would make stops along the way.

Tony Rock

MorningVacationSchoolDriveFriday

A lot of people can find something to laugh at in my humor, I guess.

Ron White

HumorPeopleLaughFindSomething

I believe in conscious creation, that my thoughts create my reality. But, at the same time, I don't believe that ignoring something will make it disappear.

Miranda Rae Mayo

TimeThoughtsBelieveRealityCreate

One of the things that launched the strength in biotech is when the pharmaceutical industry itself got a little slow.

Louis Navellier

StrengthSlowLittleThingsIndustry

I think politicians who suggest they are uninterested in the support of newspapers are not being straight with people.

Douglas Alexander

SupportPeopleThinkPoliticiansWho

'Shark Tank' has been a sincere joy. As our traditional venture-backed companies get bigger, the investing side tends to get more political and complicated. 'Shark Tank' takes me back to my early days working with ambitious founders in their earliest and scrappiest days. The show reminds me of what I deeply love about this business.

Chris Sacca

LoveBusinessJoyMePoliticalBack

My ideals told me that men and women could both go out to work and be truly equal. My children told me something more complicated, something I really didn't want to hear. Their need for me was like the need for water or light: it had a devastating simplicity to it.

Allison Pearson

WorkWomenChildrenLightWaterMen

I got out of college and I went to get my master's in creative writing at San Francisco State. I was working as an actor at the Actor's Workshop, being abused as a intern.

Peter Coyote

CreativeCollegeWritingActorOut

I would have to challenge the term, modern dance. I don't really use that term in relation to my work. I simply think of it as dancing. I think of it as moving.

Twyla Tharp

WorkChallengeDanceMovingThink

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