"Tim O'Brien's book about Vietnam, 'The Things They……" — Dave Eggers
"Tim O'Brien's book about Vietnam, 'The Things They Carried', has won every award, is studied in college and is considered to be definitive. But it's fiction."
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182 Quotes by Dave Eggers
Dave Eggers has 182 quotes on this site.
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WHEN we don't get the results we want in our military endeavors, we don't blame the soldiers.
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Every story we remember is a novel. Novels make things more universal.
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You might not be able to operate your own Learjet and have an unlimited expense account, but if you have…
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Do not be critics, you people, I beg you. I was a critic and I wish I could take it…
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It was always difficult to get cattle returned once a marriage was dissolved.
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Suffering is only suffering if it’s done in silence, in solitude. Pain experienced in public, in view of loving millions,…
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The key thing is, even if you only have a couple of hours a month, those two hours shoulder-to-shoulder, next…
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Writing is a deep-sea dive. You need hours just to get into it: down, down, down. If you're called back…
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You know, it's been proven that 35 to 40 hours a year with one-on-one attention, a student can get one…
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We must do extraordinary things. We have to. It would be absurd not to.
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The only thing that everyone needs to look out for is keeping the students reading through high school and thereafter.
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There is travel and there are babies; everything else is drudgery and death.
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More Award Quotes
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one of 326 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:
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Here's the thing - I mean, I don't act for statues. I really don't. The great thing about winning an…
— Kevin Bacon
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I'm not trying to win an award for being the best vegetarian, just want to be healthy. Take a salt…
— Erykah Badu
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An award doesn't necessarily make you a better actor.
— Javier Bardem
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The award is important in order to bring people to the movie theater. That's the only principle meaning of any…
— Javier Bardem
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I don't deserve this award, but I have arthritis and I don't deserve that either.
— Jack Benny
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The hoopla with all the award season is kind of mind-boggling. It kind of puts you on your heels.
— Jeff Bridges
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Michael Jackson has a very good heart. He was crying when he was giving me the award, 'cause his mind…
— James Brown
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When you get performance slots for award shows - that's a big deal for me.
— Luke Bryan
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I think every artist wants to have that 'Grammy award winner' tag in front of their name.
— Jason Aldean
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Someone like Vincent Price or somebody like Christopher Lee, they never won an award, and it doesn't matter. They're cool.
— Nicolas Cage
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Oh, what a shock. My career must be slipping. This is the first time I've been available to pick up…
— Michael Caine
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Forget the image, forget the ensemble, forget the rumours, forget the short skirts, the big hair, whatever! I owe this…
— Mariah Carey
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