Alan Furst Quotes

I had the experience of a monk copying documents, applying myself assiduously to my work. And I thought whatever happened, happened - this is just what I do in my life.

Alan Furst

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

LifeWorkMyselfExperienceThought

Nothing truly bad happens. There's always good and bad in any changes.

Jenova Chen

GoodBadGood And BadNothingAlways

I lean toward anything with a dark sense of humor. And since I've been out of school, the majority of my books have been contemporary; basically, I like my characters to have electricity - even better, a TV.

Andrea Seigel

HumorSchoolBetterElectricityDark

Personally, I've never really wanted to be a rock star. That wasn't my motivation in life. It kind of happened.

John Oates

LifeMotivationRock StarKindRock

It's very important to know the neighbor next door and the people down the street and the people in another race.

Maya Angelou

PeopleDoorDownNeighborKnowRace

Outside of my family and my work, I have two passions, both instilled in me by my father: golf and fishing.

Matt Lauer

WorkFamilyFatherFishingMeGolf

I have to say, after hanging out with Republicans for four days, I want to take a look at my own birth certificate. I don't think I was born in this country.

Andy Kindler

ThinkLookBornCountrySayWant

I remember learning new words, trying to figure out what common things like cider, finding myself upset that my parents couldn't help me understand this new culture, that it was up to me to interpret for them as well as myself.

An Na

LearningMyselfCultureWordsMe

I want to say something in a tough-love kind of way about crop insurance. Let's face it: You don't buy insurance on your house hoping it will burn down. Neither do we want to buy crop insurance and hope our crop fails so we can file.

Sonny Perdue

HopeFaceInsuranceYouHouseBurn

I am very much afraid of definitions, and yet one is almost forced to make them. One must take care, too, not to be inhibited by them.

Robert Delaunay

I AmCareTake CareAfraidTake

In the past, biology has been a backwater type of activity - a bunch of nerds in a lab. Now the sheer potential of biology to re-program our physical world is a new reality for everyone.

Ryan Bethencourt

PastWorldPotentialRealityBiology

And I feel that we in our society should not be held by any such myth; that we should do everything we can to gain a delight and joy in our society with all the available parts of the palette.

Minoru Yamasaki

JoySocietyFeelEverythingDelight

I want to be Intercontinental Champion. I also want to be a tag-team champion.

Luke Harper

ChampionWantAlso

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