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Patrick O'Brian Quotes

On a ship, everything is enclosed: the people are right on top of each other and can't get up and walk away.

Patrick O'Brian

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: novelist
Nationality: english
Birth: December 12, 1914 - January 2, 2000

Topics

Walk People Ship Top Right Up

Not unlike our country's history, my personal history was founded upon an unfortunate history of racial conflict between black and white.

Black And White History Conflict Our

I'm usually torn by, 'What's the role of government to cure injustice?' Families, churches, and schools can be more of an instrument of change.

Change Government Injustice More

I don't think that every child in America is going to necessarily aspire to, you know, a four-year degree from a liberal arts college or a certain kind of life. I think that people should learn to be excellent in the thing that they choose to do.

Angela Duckworth

Life Child People College Think You

What I'm really looking to do is retire undefeated; I'm not sure when the right time to retire will be, but I know that I'm not done yet. Something still feels unfinished, and that's why I'm going to keep going.

Time Keep Going Looking Right Time

I love, but I am not entirely sure how to be loved: how to be seen and known for the utterly flawed woman I am. It demands surrender. It demands acknowledging that I am not perfect, but perhaps I deserve affection anyway.

Love Woman I Am Not Perfect Loved

I set my sights upon becoming the kind of artist who would make a contribution to art history.

History Art Artist Kind Contribution

I'm in that lucky percentile where I can worry about how I want to shape my career. That's a wonderful place to be.

Worry Career I Can Place Want Lucky

I guess I just don't see America as separate from Vietnam or Ethiopia. This mentality of 'our team's better than yours' - it's a high school idea. My kids don't see those dividing lines, and I don't want to either.

School Team High School Better Want

Of course we had our arguments; we had everything, but at the end of the day, that was still my mother, my confidante - my everything.

Bobbi Kristina Brown

Mother Day End Of The Day End Still

I value public service and I'm relatively good at organizing political causes.

Good Service Value Public Service

I like to take a character and develop it.

Character Take Like Develop

The purpose of narrative is to present us with complexity and ambiguity.

Purpose Present Narrative Ambiguity

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