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We tend to regard history as true and 'The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn' as untrue. That's always puzzled me.


Tim O'Brien

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TIM TEBOW I can't take classified information that I get as a senator and give it to someone with no conse...
TIM KAINE I always liked strange characters.
TIM BURTON There is less pressure as a character actor. It generally means that you will be acting for all of y...
TIM ROTH Charlie Patton, who was born in 1891, recorded some of the very first blues. In 'Pony Blues'...
TIM CAHILL I started getting on my feet and clowning around, and they ended up putting me in a play when I was ...
TIM ROBBINS I've always been misrepresented. You know, I could dress in a clown costume and laugh with the h...
TIM BURTON Intelligence is knowing the right answer. Wisdom is knowing when to say it.
TIM FARGO Stanley Kubrick, I had been told, hates interviews. It's hard to know what to expect of the man ...
TIM CAHILL We need to send a clear message to gang members that violent crime will not be tolerated.
TIM BISHOP If there is a less likely sight on this earth than Clint Dempsey, the Texas trailer-park kid, doing ...
TIM HOWARD My contention is that if we expand the patient-centered health care approach, we'll have less pe...
TIM WALBERG