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Tim O'Brien Quotes

I don't think I'd call myself a war writer, but I would probably say I'm a writer who has written about war.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

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Myself War Think Say Call Would

I'm not going to allow myself to be pushed politically.

Myself Going Allow Pushed

I would train with a gay man. As long as he respected me, it's all right. I don't think much of it. The fact that a guy is gay doesn't mean he's going to accost you. He can be gay, have a relationship, live among guys who aren't gay. He can do whatever he wants with his private life.

Life Live Relationship Man Me Think

I hadn't thought about that before, this passionate following, with fan fiction and artwork. At first it felt like an invasion of privacy, but then I realized it's nice that the character can be shared.

Alycia Debnam-Carey

Character Thought Privacy Nice First

There is one, and only one, thing in modern society more hideous than crime namely, repressive justice.

Justice Society Crime More Modern

Government is not a human institution. It is a divine institution that humans are to run on His behalf. When they create their own rules, then they become against the creator and what He intended for government to do.

Government Rules Create Run Become

I don't write for theme, but if you work closely on some guy fixing a sandwich or a window or a table or trying to visit an old teacher or walking down the street on which he was a boy, a theme, a human hope, will emerge.

Work Hope Teacher Window Walking

Politics as battle has given way to politics as spectacle.

Politics Battle Way Spectacle Given

I still say the 'Lord's Prayer' every day. It covers a lot of ground in our relation to the world.

Rupert Sheldrake

Day Prayer World Every Day Say Lord

I recognize that as the guy who lost the election, I'm not in a position to tell everybody else how to win, all right? They're not going to listen, and I don't have the credibility to do that anyway.

Win Election Lost Listen Right Tell

Furthermore, it is significant that the marked characteristics of this race are being here emphasized most.

Race Being Here Significant Most

It took me 20 years of making movies to learn how to do it.

Me Learn Movies Years Making How

We had a great many horses, of which we gave Lewis and Clark what they needed, and they gave us guns and tobacco in return.

Great Lewis And Clark Guns Return Us

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