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I never got away from the war. Not because I was obsessed with it in those years, but because it was the event of my generation and I started out covering it so I stayed with it.
by Neil Sheehan (Journalist, American , born in 1936) keywords: away, because, covering, event, generation, got, never, obsessed, out, started, stayed, those, war , years I grew up doing all that stuff because I was obsessed with the '50s. I had sock hops for birthday parties. So I've always done The Twist and stuff. It was pretty natural and, with my parents doing it all the time, I'd just copy them. Not very pretty.
by Brittany Snow (Actor, American , born in 1986) keywords: always, because, birthday, copy, doing, done, grew, had, just, natural, obsessed, parents, parties, pretty, sock, stuff, them, time, twist, up , very I was worried in the '80s that the best abstract painting had become obsessed with materiality, and painterly gestures and materiality were up against the wall.
by Frank Stella (Artist, American , born in 1936) keywords: abstract, against, become, best, gestures, had, obsessed, painterly, painting, up, wall, were , worried Not that I want the current president killed. I will, for the record and for the FBI agent assigned to read this and make sure I mean no harm, clearly state that while I am obsessed with death, I am against it.
by Sarah Vowell (Author, American , born in 1969) keywords: against, agent, am, assigned, clearly, current, death, fbi, harm, killed, make, mean, obsessed, president, read, record, state, sure, want, while , will I was so obsessed by this problem that I was thinking about it all the time - when I woke up in the morning, when I went to sleep at night - and that went on for eight years.
by Andrew Wiles (Mathematician, English , born in 1953) keywords: eight, morning, night, obsessed, problem, sleep, thinking, time, up, went, woke , years There's also a sense of freedom. I was so obsessed by this problem that I was thinking about if all the time - when I woke up in the morning, when I went to sleep at night, and that went on for eight years.
by Andrew Wiles (Mathematician, English , born in 1953) keywords: also, eight, freedom, morning, night, obsessed, problem, sense, sleep, thinking, time, up, went, woke , years I am not sure why, but I have been obsessed by the Atom Bomb ever since it first happened.
by Lanford Wilson (Playwright, American , born in 1937) keywords: am, atom, been, bomb, ever, first, happened, obsessed, since, sure , why Well I always wanted to be Dolly Parton when I was a little girl. I was obsessed with her.
by Reese Witherspoon (Actor, American , born in 1976) keywords: always, dolly, girl, her, little, obsessed, parton, wanted , well In order to properly understand the big picture, everyone should fear becoming mentally clouded and obsessed with one small section of truth.
by Xun Zi (Philosopher , Chinese) keywords: becoming, big, clouded, everyone, fear, mentally, obsessed, order, picture, properly, section, should, small, truth , understand To me this movie is about what is valuable. To one person it might be a stone; to someone else, a story in a magazine; to another, it is a child. The juxtaposition of one man obsessed with finding a valuable diamond with another man risking his life to find his son is the beating heart of this film.
by Edward Zwick (Director, American , born in 1952) keywords: another, beating, child, diamond, else, film, find, finding, heart, his, juxtaposition, life, magazine, man, might, movie, obsessed, person, risking, someone, son, stone, story , valuable
