Tim O'Brien Quotes

Is the Mona Lisa an 'accurate' representation of the actual human model for the painting? Who knows? Who cares? It's a great piece of art. It moves us. It makes us wonder, makes us gape - finally makes us look inward at ourselves.

Tim O'Brien

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: October 1, 1946

Topics

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The beauty of love, as far as I'm concerned, is it makes you better. It makes you stronger. It gives you direction. It gives you understanding of what life is and what we've been given.

Jerry Lewis

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For dinner parties, I love making an easy cioppino using shrimp, mussels, clams, and a hearty fish that won't fall apart easily.

Meghan Markle

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Housing is absolutely essential to human flourishing. Without stable shelter, it all falls apart.

Matthew Desmond

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Mel Gibson would not be a good James Bond.

Sophie Marceau

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I'm prepared to continue doing what we need to do to stop Iran from getting a nuclear weapon.

Steve Scalise

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I think we should all be more concerned about the environment and the effects of global warming. It will be pointless to talk about all the issues that divide us when it's 300 degrees outside.

Don Cheadle

ThinkEnvironmentWillTalkOutside

If Clinton had only attacked terrorism as much as he attacks George Bush we wouldn't be in this problem.

Dennis Miller

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People in Scunthorpe don't care what I say. And I'm not camp, either. I'm a geezer. I'm not a raving queer, I've got a bit of character. I just ignore people who shout at me in the street. I just stick my head in the air; I'm not interested.

Boy George

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I used to shake my head when I heard about mothers who were shocked - shocked! - when their kids came out. I didn't understand how they had missed seeing something so essential when looking at their children. But too many parents see only what they want to see, and that's true whether our kids are gay or straight.

Suzanne Brockmann

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I find that the most special thing to me is if you've connected to people in some way: If someone comes up to you on the street and says something to you, and you know it's meant something to them, and it's connected to some project. That, I find, is amazing.

Tim Burton

PeopleAmazingMeSomeoneYouFind

God, from a beautiful necessity, is Love.

Martin Farquhar Tupper

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An artist who opposes himself still has the best chances to reach some result.

Martin Kippenberger

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