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
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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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People say, 'Did you violate Heaven?' Well, God is down here, too. If you believe in God, you believe in God here as well as 240,000 miles away.
Jim Lovell
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To be the best, you need to spend hours and hours and hours running, hitting the speed bag, lifting weights and focusing on training.
Sugar Ray Leonard
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A human being: an ingenious assembly of portable plumbing.
Christopher Morley
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It's good to stand for something, to believe in something and base your business on values.
Jerry Greenfield
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Without electricity, there can be no art.
Nam June Paik
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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