Tim O'Brien Quotes

A writer's obligation is to invent: to go beyond what did happen and to look at what could have happened but didn't. Fiction writers are born liars.

Tim O'Brien

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

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You may not know it, but at the far end of despair, there is a white clearing where one is almost happy.

Joan Baez

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Four personalities are bound to clash.

John Deacon

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Any body type is beautiful. It's all about loving what you got and rocking it.

Meghan Trainor

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Ultimately, the film industry has always pushed out its biggies, and I don't have a problem with that. I just wish that we'd spend more time nurturing the smaller ones.

John Hurt

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Wars often begin with enthusiastic vigor but typically settle into costly, dirty business characterized for soldiers by fear, frustration, and loneliness.

Stanley A. McChrystal

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Style, I think, is panache. Who are you? What did you do today? And what are you worth to me? What do you have to offer the world? How did you spend your time today on this planet? How are you spending your time every second? What are you doing now? Are you alive, or are you somnambulant?

Tom Hardy

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When you look at all the miracles attributed to Jesus, they're all about change.

Michael Sheen

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The difference between a nation and a nationality is clear, but it is not always observed. Likeness between members is the essence of nationality, but the members of a nation may be very different. A nation may be composed of many nationalities, as some of the most successful nations are.

Louis D. Brandeis

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I started doing theater at the age of six. I also took tap and jazz lessons. I refused to take ballet, which is one of my biggest regrets to this day.

Brandon Uranowitz

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I don't need to be on the cover of 'Maxim.' But I want to feel good, and I do.

Arden Myrin

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I don't care what word you use: my job is to design clothing that is not out there for us.

Ashley Nell Tipton

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The name 'Wiz' comes from me being the youngest dude in my age group of people that I hung out with. I was pretty good at anything I tried to do, so they would call me a young wiz.

Wiz Khalifa

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