Alan Furst Quotes

'The Levanter' features some of the strongest action scenes to be found in Ambler - who can, in some of his fiction, stay in one place for a whole novel.

Alan Furst

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

ActionPlaceFictionStayWholeWho

I saw no African people in the printed and illustrated Sunday school lessons. I began to suspect at this early age that someone had distorted the image of my people. My long search for the true history of African people the world over began.

John Henrik Clarke

AgeHistorySchoolPeopleWorld

If it came to a magic genie, I would ask him for two extra wishes. One would be that no one would have to live with the muscular dystrophy disease or any disease. And the second one would be world peace, that we just stop fighting, talk about things, and we could live in harmony once again, like God intended us to do.

Mattie Stepanek

LiveGodPeaceWorldFightingMagic

It's connectivity that really makes the industrial Internet work: it's giving the right information at the right time to the right person or right machine to make the right decision.

John T. Chambers

WorkTimeDecisionRight Person

A rich man told me recently that a liberal is a man who tells other people what to do with their money.

Amiri Baraka

MoneyManPeopleMeRichRich Man

Nowadays, who actually listens to the tracks on an album, anyway?

Stephen Morris

WhoNowadaysListensAlbumAnyway

That's a hobby of mine - to do whatever I can for unusual for-hire creative projects. I am waiting for someone to really challenge me - obviously I'm often approached to do film related work, but I would be very happy to design a bar or an amusement park ride. I would love to be an imagineer!

Roman Coppola

WorkLoveChallengeRideCreative

I've been thinking a lot about the journey of my parents - just seeing the sacrifices they've made to allow me to do what I do. How much of a difference their sacrifices have made through the generations.

Rupi Kaur

JourneyParentsMeThinkingSeeing

Most of the population cannot afford a private driver. What we're doing is relentlessly innovating to bring the price point down.

Logan Green

DoingDownPricePointBringDriver

The Lisa Loeb Eyewear line was created to satisfy all of those people who always stop me and ask me where I get my glasses because they want some just like mine!

Lisa Loeb

PeopleMeGlassesStopWantLine

My route so far through life hasn't been particularly logical, or even thought out.

Jarvis Cocker

LifeThoughtOutThroughBeenFar

I didn't want to just work within Hollywood when I started a production company. I wanted to be able to collaborate with great artists from all over the world.

Joseph Gordon-Levitt

WorkGreatWorldWantHollywood

A strong working relationship requires every participant to be on the same page.

Dinesh Paliwal

RelationshipStrongPageSameEvery

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