Tobias Wolff Quotes

I believe that the short story is as different a form from the novel as poetry is, and the best stories seem to me to be perhaps closer in spirit to poetry than to novels.

Tobias Wolff

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: June 19, 1945

Topics

BestPoetryMeBelieveStoryShort

When I started doing my work years ago, I had doubts as to whether the informed-consent question was answerable.

Jock Sturges

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There are a lot of inaccuracies out there when it comes to the SEAL training process. You will see guys carrying logs around on television. They think that the hardest part about being on a SEAL team is getting through that training. The fact of the matter is, if you have a good attitude, that training is fun. I had a blast.

Jocko Willink

GoodAttitudeTrainingFunTeamYou

We continue to fight for good jobs that pay well and jobs that last. Helping to get folks back to work is about helping them to regain their dignity and pride. That's what families care about.

Jodi Rell

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First time I ever sang was in a contest in Louisiana when I was 9. And I won yodeling.

Jessie James Decker

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The most astonishing subset of the Deep Web is a collection of dark alleys called the Dark Web. The Dark Web is generally thought of as a collection of criminal elements intent on subverting the law, stealing our money, and possibly kidnapping our daughters.

John McAfee

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Scholarship was one thing, drudgery another. I very soon concluded that nothing would induce me to read, let alone make notes on, hundreds and hundreds of very, very, very boring books.

Simon Raven

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There's nothing I won't attempt.

Tracey Ullman

NothingAttempt

When I was little kid, I used to want to be a rock star.

Tommy Wiseau

Rock StarWantRockKidLittleStar

My dad is Dominican, my mother's Puerto Rican, and I got into bachata at the age of 10 or 11. When I started listening, it had a reputation for being music for hick people. I thought that had to be changed. I was born and raised in the Bronx, and I knew you make something cool if you're cool.

Romeo Santos

MotherMusicAgePeopleCoolYou

Chelsea feels like a big family.

Michy Batshuayi

FamilyBigBig FamilyLikeChelsea

I'm fortunate: I can play as long as I want to play. There's no coach or trainer who is going to say to me that I'm dropped or sacked, it's time to move on. I can play as long as I want to play.

Lleyton Hewitt

TimeMeLongI CanPlayMove On

I've always been one of those people that, if I am angry, I just hold it in. And I always kind of, like, wrote it in a song and put it aside for myself because it helps me get it out. It's almost like exercising; it's almost like that for me.

Dean Geyer

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