Alan Furst I read very little contemporary anything… I don’t think I read what other people read, but then why would I, considering what I do? – Alan Furst Contemporary Quotes People Quotes Read Quotes Le Carre’s voice – patrician, cold, brilliant and amused – was perfect for the wilderness-of-mirrors undertow of the Cold War, and George Smiley is the all-time harassed bureaucrat of spy fiction. The way I work: I pick a country. I learn the political history – I mean I really learn it; I read until it sinks in. Once I read the political history, I can project and find the clandestine history. And then I people it with the characters.
Omari HardwickPoetry I found poetry at 12 and 13 and, lo and behold, learned that my attorney father had a background in poetry – as he wore dashikis and Afros in the ’70s and named his kids Arabic names. He was a poet and a lot like The Last Poets and Gil Scott-Heron and all of these folks. He definitely was an artist. – Omari Hardwick
Robert Wilkie I am humbled by the prospect of serving those who have borne the battle, those American men and women who have sacrificed so much. – Robert Wilkie
Hamid Karzai The war on terror, if this is a war on terror, can only be won by a sincere regional and international cooperation. All have to believe they have something at stake and work together. In the absence of this it will become political and interest-oriented. – Hamid Karzai
Jermell Charlo Any man who steps in the ring, I give them respect because we’re trying to feed our family and this is how we do it. – Jermell Charlo
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