Alan Furst Quotes

I figured I would always be a candidate for man of the year in the virtue-is-its-own-reward category. What that did was force me to concentrate on the work.

Alan Furst

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

WorkManMeYearAlwaysForce

It's hard for the donkeys to win the race if they're going to carry the elephants on their backs.

Jim Hightower

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I'm gonna put a curse on you and all your kids will be born completely naked.

Jimi Hendrix

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I would come home and re-create every movie. Our backyard became a battleship, a war zone, a western town.

John Candy

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Our audience is really upbeat. Likes to have a good time. They're not introverted or shy.

Jerry Jeff Walker

GoodTimeShyAudienceGood Time

We've got our own power - the power of the purse.

John Fleming

PowerOwnPurseGotOur

I didn't have a lot of the advantages Donald Trump had, but I had the most important ones you can get, which are loving parents who cared about me and helped me develop a sense of self.

Megyn Kelly

ParentsMeSelfYouLovingGet

Every theory is a self-fulfilling prophecy that orders experience into the framework it provides.

Ruth Hubbard

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Each game, we try to win the three points, but every game, I want to score and help the team.

Mohamed Salah

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No untroubled day has ever dawned for me.

Lucius Annaeus Seneca

DayMeEverDawned

I used to be a good party boy. I'm old. I'm an old man. You pay the consequences. I'm just fine with a couple of drinks, no more than that.

Javier Bardem

GoodManOld ManYouConsequences

You know, Neil Young is singing Rock n' roll will never die, and Neil never rocked and rolled in his life. I mean, he rocked, but he didn't roll. He has got no swing in him.

Joni Mitchell

LifeSingingDieYouKnowYoung

When I was a senior in high school, I worked at a theater where they hired New York actors. And they told me about 'Backstage,' and so I got my school in Pennsylvania to subscribe. And there was an audition for a tour of 'The Sound of Music,' and I got the job. Deferred my admission to college just to go on tour.

Jonathan Groff

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