Joseph Brodsky Quotes
The poetic notion of infinity is far greater than that which is sponsored by any creed.
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In a play, the director is God, and I'm a great arguer. Rather boringly so, I think, about trying different things.
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If I have the choice of traveling to Russia, India or New Zealand alone for a week for preliminary discussions or to spend that week with my family, I routinely choose my family.
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We just have to be crystal clear that if we were to abandon all the reforms made over some very painful years in the Labour party, we would be consigned back to opposition.
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They show that roughly two-thirds of a group of neurotic patients will recover or improve to a marked extent within about two years of the onset of their illness, whether they are treated by means of psychotherapy or not.
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One puts off the biography like you put off death. To write an autobiography is to etch the words on your own gravestone.
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I get cyber-bullied all of the time. Everybody has something negative to say. It is so hurtful. So I think that it is really important for kids to know how to deal with it correctly because it can be a really dangerous situation.
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I don't put on makeup when I'm getting ready for a game, because why would I? I am gearing up for battle. How is mascara or eyeliner going to help me win?
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Dear sisters and brothers, we realize the importance of light when we see darkness.
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I'm not a huge soccer fan, but I follow the sport. I played in high school, a little bit in college, played on various club teams most of my life, and all three of my sons are competitive soccer players and far better than I ever was.
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Heroes can be sweet.
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I'm not one for Sudoku or crosswords - the thing that fires my little brain is doing tour budgets.
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When we first met, I was trying to put a band together. I asked around at school for other guys who wanted to play in a band. Someone told me about a juvenile delinquent they knew who played bongos.
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Sometimes a book influences me because it winds me up. There'll be something that gets under my skin and makes me think that I can do better.
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I fantasised about becoming an author and wrote my first book at 18 - an introspective novel set in the 1920s.
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I work full-time in a used bookstore. I get up. I drink a cup of coffee. I think, The last thing I want to do is write. Then I go to the computer and write.
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I have to be socially aware; I feel like that's my job.
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I am keen to maintain very good relations and develop the relationship with the United States.
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It is, according to almost every guidebook, the world's 'greatest monument to love.
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For money you can have everything it is said. No, that is not true. You can buy food, but not appetite; medicine, but not health; soft beds, but not sleep; knowledge but not intelligence; glitter, but not comfort; fun, but not pleasure; acquaintances, but not friendship; servants, but not faithfulness; grey hair, but not honor; quiet days, but not peace. The shell of all things you can get for money. But not the kernel. That cannot be had for money.
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I stood in front of Sony (Music headquarters) out here, I stood right in front of the building with a jam box and a tape player, singing my heart out.
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I think voice is like a good wine. If you work it well, it will mature.
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We should eat less meat - all of us - and we should use less leather. I mean, that's reality.
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In wretched outcomes, the devil is in the details.
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The poetic notion of infinity is far greater than that which is sponsored by any creed.
