Alan Furst Quotes

My father died when I was young, and my mother, Ruth, went to work in an office selling theater and movie parties. She put me through private school, Horace Mann, in Riverdale. She sent me to camp so that I would learn to compete. She was a lioness, and I was her cub.

Alan Furst

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

WorkFatherMotherSchoolMeLearn

During the 'ballad' years for me, the politics was latent; I was just falling in love with the ballads and my boyfriend. And there was the beauty of the songs.

Joan Baez

LoveBeautyPoliticsMeFalling

I've been asked to do various types of cruises.

John Oates

BeenCruisesAskedTypesVarious

That's one of the cool things about fame. You have an affect on society and where it goes.

Jeff Bridges

CoolSocietyYouFameThingsAffect

Cancer is not just a dividing cell. It's a complex disease: It invades, it metastasizes, it evades the immune system.

Siddhartha Mukherjee

CancerSystemComplexJustDisease

I'm a skinny kid from Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn.

Tony Rock

BrooklynKidSkinny

I think that you can take things personally or get hurt feelings as a result of something not working out just because your psyche said it should or you deserve it, or whatever it is.

Michael Shanks

ThinkHurtResultYouFeelingsSaid

I can't tell you how hard it is to make a dark-humored movie in Hollywood.

Michael Lehmann

YouHollywoodHardTellMovieHow

There's something very special about playing for Liverpool.

Mohamed Salah

SpecialPlayingSomethingVeryAbout

Today is the day of decision.

Joseph B. Wirthlin

TodayDecisionDay

I've seen 13, 14-year-olds opening CDs as though they're records from the 1920s, going 'Look at this - there's a little book!'... That makes me think the format has probably had its day.

Jonny Greenwood

DayMeBookThinkLook1920s

Right now, I've never been more impressed by the new bands that we meet. I may be 10, 20 years older, but we're all on the same page about culture, music and life.

Chris Robinson

LifeMusicCultureNewPageMeet

I didn't like when people said that actresses have shelf life.

Anushka Sharma

LifePeopleSaidShelfLike

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