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Tim O'Brien Quotes

War is a fundamental aspect of human existence. It's good to know what war entails and what the human sacrifice is.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

Good Sacrifice War Know Human

People who aren't perhaps that into sport are going to be following me and wanting to be part of the Olympics. That definitely does bring added pressure but as an athlete the Olympics are the ultimate competition.

Jessica Ennis-Hill

Competition People Me Pressure Bring

I've been homeschooled since ninth grade.

Jessica Sanchez

Been Grade Since Ninth

Because I was in Atlanta, people didn't realize I'm one of the real forefathers in the game.

People Game Atlanta Realize Real

All composers who came after were influenced by Beethoven, even during his lifetime, both by his personality and by his music. He was a father figure for generations.

Father Music Personality Lifetime He

I think that if you know people who are performers on stage and actresses or whatever it may be, the bottom line is what you do on stage. You just take on a different persona - that's what makes her so successful. Lights come on, and suddenly, it's Britney Spears, and the lights go off, and she's just Britney.

People Think You Lights Go Know

There's a lot of thought in art. People get to talk about important things. There's a lot of sex, you know, in art. There's a lot of naked women and men, and there's intrigue, there's fakery. It's a real microcosm of the larger world.

Women Art Men People World Thought

Plus, I've always felt that, if the worst came to the worst in my career, I could always fall back to doing voices on the radio.

Doing Fall Back Career Worst Radio

I think that's what I love about writing, is the ability to try to, in a sense, take a vacation from yourself and try to enter the sensibility of another time, another character, another place.

Love Character Time Vacation Writing

I can't be a manager, because I think it's too tough managing 30 players thinking in different ways.

Tough Think Thinking Manager Because

When I was younger, I had terrible skin... my mother has terrible skin. Male-pattern hair loss is starting to come in... my dad is bald. It's so unfair; my brother's tall, has perfect skin, great hair, but I'm like the runt.

Mother Great Brother Hair Loss Skin

I didn't want to be an electrical engineer. But I did want to go to college. And they said they'd help me pay for it if I'd major in electrical engineering.

Mary Lou Jepsen

College Me Engineering Help Go Said

When I was younger, I took everything seriously, and I still do to some degree.

Seriously Everything Degree Still

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