Tim O'Brien Quotes

In February 1969, 25 years ago, I arrived as a young, terrified PFC on this lonely little hill in Quang Ngai Province. Back then, the place seemed huge and imposing and permanent.

Tim O'Brien

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

FebruaryLonelyBackPlaceYoung

When the gig ain't there, you still got to pay the rent. I learned that a long time ago.

Jimmy Scott

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I'd like to think that, if I'm unhappy, that I would try and change things so I am happy.

Angourie Rice

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The problem for many people with disabilities is not that we are not able to work a certain number of hours a week. It's that no-one will let us.

Stella Young

WorkPeopleProblemWeekWillUs

I've been to Mongolia, Peru, Argentina, India.

Stana Katic

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I have tried to be as eclectic as I possibly can with my professional life, and so far it's been pretty fun.

Roland Barthes

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I've been hurt quite a few times.

Mikhail Baryshnikov

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I present myself to you in a form suitable to the relationship I wish to achieve with you.

Luigi Pirandello

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I seriously believed that my last hour was approaching, and yet, so strange is imagination, all I thought of was some childish hypothesis or other. In such circumstances, you do not choose your own thoughts. They overcome you.

Jules Verne

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It was pretty much the way that it was when I first read it, although one exception would be that some ideas that I had were also incorporated into the script.

Chiaki Kuriyama

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I'm always trying to switch voices and genres.

Colson Whitehead

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When things don't go your way, you brush it aside and carry on. Don't take what you have for granted. Enjoy what you have.

Asa Butterfield

EnjoyYouGoWayCarryTake

I intend to leave after my death a large fund for the promotion of the peace idea, but I am skeptical as to its results.

Alfred Nobel

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