Tim O'Brien Quotes

The world comes at me that way - comes at me in clumps of stuff, sometimes little vignettes and sometimes whole stories. And then the rest is erased by the internal filter that erases things for the same reason you'd forget swatting a mosquito.

Tim O'Brien

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

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I'm a minimalist Jew, but on Friday night, I celebrate Shabbat. At sundown, we light candles, say the blessing, and I don't turn on my computer for 24 hours.

Jill Soloway

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I don't wake up in the morning and say, 'Jeez, I feel great today. I think I'll write a song.' I mean, anything is more interesting to me than writing a song. It's like, 'I think I'd like to write a song... No, I guess I better go feed the cat first.' You know what I mean? It's like pulling teeth. I don't enjoy it a bit.

Jerry Garcia

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I was raised Irish Catholic, but I don't consider myself Irish Catholic: I consider myself me, an American.

John Cusack

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I've had bad jobs. Now I have a good one. I'm thankful.

Maurice Greene

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I just can't sit down and write three verses and a chorus and a bridge anymore. It just don't find it inspiring.

Sturgill Simpson

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The camera or the microphone in the booth is merciless. If you don't believe what you're saying, it hears it. If you don't believe it, it sees it in your eyes, it hears it in your voice that there isn't the conviction there.

Riz Ahmed

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Iran has every intention to build a nuclear weapon.

Michael T. Flynn

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I believe that truth is one of the most powerful tools we possess against victimization, exploitation, and fear.

Janet Varney

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Even Charles Darwin, that human decoder ring of bizarre behavior, found the idea of saving a stranger's life to be a total head-scratcher.

Christopher McDougall

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Why do the lives of writers seem so... train-wrecky?

Chuck Palahniuk

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There's a reason why Hasselhoff was in a suit for twelve years, and there's a reason why Donald still has his hair that way. I'm tellin' ya. They're both sexy.

Brande Roderick

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I grew up in America - I was born and raised in Texas. I might look different, but at the same time, I'm pretty American.

Arden Cho

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