Tim O'Brien Quotes

In books or films, it is desirable to have a climactic battle scene, but the world does not operate in those gross dramatic terms. In Vietnam, there was a general aimlessness, not just in the physical sense, but beyond that in the moral and ethical sense.

Tim O'Brien

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

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Anybody who has cancer, they take it one day at a time.

Jim Kelly

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The secret of success is sincerity.

Jean Giraudoux

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I am not suggesting that all those missionary organizations working in Haiti should pack up and go home, but I am urging them to understand that Haiti does not need clever Americans with newly contrived schemes for saving their country.

Tony Campolo

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My favorite poets may not be your bread and butter. I have more favorite poems than favorite poets.

Rita Dove

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I don't know if Nashville will ever be ousted as the Music City. But I also think that here, over the last few years, Georgia has definitely kind of risen to the top as far as the crop of young artists coming out of this area that are kind of making waves, you know?

Jason Aldean

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Australian golf did so much for me, and that is why I am here today.

Jason Day

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When a movie like 'Superbad' or 'Moneyball' comes out, people make you feel like you're the most important person on the planet. The truth is, you're a billion percent not the most important person on the planet. It's all insulated in your world and no one could care less. It's just a movie.

Jonah Hill

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The camera is an instrument that teaches people how to see without a camera.

Dorothea Lange

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Over the years, there have been challenges about who can use our name. It's quite simple: A majority of people left in the band at a certain time own the name. It's not like I'm the guy who has the name under my own contract.

Chris Squire

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The black population now consists of two distinct classes-the middle class and the poor.

Constance Baker Motley

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For me, I write some songs that are really important to me, and I've got some feedback where some of them help folks and inspire people.

Brantley Gilbert

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What kind of woman irons her husband's sheets? Even the clothes I wear, I just throw 'em in the dryer with some golf balls.

Bonnie Hunt

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