Alan Furst Quotes

The 1930s was a funny time. People knew they might not live for another six months, so if they were attracted to one another, there was no time to dawdle.

Alan Furst

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

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In fact, entitlement spending on programs such as Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security make up 54% of federal spending, and spending is projected to double within the next decade. Medicare is growing by 9% annually, and Medicaid by 8% annually.

Jim Ryun

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I was in the National Youth Theatre, too, but there was no dancing there. I was doing plays like 'Julius Caesar' and playing the lute very badly.

Robert Rinder

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Of course I had friends, but it was very limiting because there was always a chance that at every corner, someone would be laughing at me or waiting to beat me up. I had a very lonely childhood because of that.

Robert Lepage

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White House and State Department foreign-policy experts are overwhelmingly directed towards military and diplomatic issues, not development issues.

Jeffrey Sachs

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I've never really had any trouble coming up with ideas; they just grow, like weeds. The weeding is the hard part.

Stuart Woods

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When I say I don't do fur or leather, in my world it's a massive shock, but when it comes into the sporting arena, it goes without saying. It also influences what I do on the runway: I get really excited when I discover an environmentally-friendly print process that doesn't use water, and I'll try and mimic that in my ready-to-wear.

Stella McCartney

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It has always seemed to me that Barack Obama has studied intensely and learned a great deal from Lincoln.

Tony Kushner

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From the time we're born until we die, we're kept busy with artificial stuff that isn't important.

Tom Ford

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I'm what you would call an 'independent moderate.'

Rob Lowe

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A watch is a fashion statement, and it says something about the person wearing it.

Luke Evans

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Quiet is better than loud.

Dieter Rams

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Later, I could take something off my slider and I could make my fastball sink, so I really had four pitches.

Dennis Eckersley

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