Joseph Brodsky Quotes
It's a maddening thing in itself to look at an old poem of yours. To translate it is even more maddening.
Joseph Brodsky
Quotes to Explore
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Whatever our creed, we stand with admiration before the sublime character of Jesus.
E. Stanley Jones
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The same contingencies of time and space that force a statesman or soldier to make decisions, impel the historian, though with less urgency, to make up his mind.
Samuel E. Morison
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I think it's unfair to criticise someone for not being Welsh, but the smaller the nation, the more patriotic you seem to be.
Gary Speed
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If science fiction is the mythology of modern technology, then its myth is tragic.
Ursula K. Le Guin
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When you reach 50, what you care about is being honest, being accurate, and being an example.
Natalie Cole
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Often you see big companies, big banks who are eager to embrace crushing regulatory burdens because they drive up everyone's costs.
Ted Cruz
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'Swallow Me Whole' is still the creation that's closest to my heart.
Nate Powell
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There is no reason to change this system. I don't think we'll abandon it. For us the most important thing is to be compact in the back. That's the kind of game we have to play here and it will be very difficult to beat us.
Oliver Kahn
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There is one Physician, of flesh and of spirit, originate and unoriginate, God in man, true Life in death, son of Mary and son of God, first passible and then impassible: Jesus Christ our Lord.
Ignatius of Antioch
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I worry about Zimbabweans. They bend, they bend, they bend, they bend - where do the people break? How long can they go on scrounging for food in garbage dumps and using the moisture from sewage drains to plant vegetables?
Samantha Power
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American voters have to pay closer attention to politics if they want to avoid four years of whining about the outcome.
Jack Germond
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To me, it doesn't matter how good you are. Sport is all about playing and competing. Whatever you do in cricket and in sport, enjoy it, be positive and try to win.
Ian Botham
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I used to define success as being able to produce any result you wanted, whether it was a relationship, weight-loss, being a millionaire, impacting the culture, changing society, whatever it might be - it might be homelessness, whatever - and lately, I've redefined success as 'fulfilling your soul's purpose.'
Jack Canfield
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I knew that she was right, obviously. But part of me didn't want to. I wanted to have someone to call my own so badly that I just couldn't let it go.
Bill Konigsberg
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I have swung on a flying trapeze, explored a glacier, and been hit in the face by a shark's tail while scuba diving. I like to throw myself fully into projects and adventures, which is probably how I managed to publish a book in the first place.
Amelia Atwater-Rhodes
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You get paid like a really good call girl. Walking offstage is like the walk of shame.
Billy Joel
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It's a maddening thing in itself to look at an old poem of yours. To translate it is even more maddening.
Joseph Brodsky
