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.
Quotes to Explore
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Whatever our creed, we stand with admiration before the sublime character of Jesus.
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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.
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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.
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If science fiction is the mythology of modern technology, then its myth is tragic.
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When you reach 50, what you care about is being honest, being accurate, and being an example.
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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.
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'Swallow Me Whole' is still the creation that's closest to my heart.
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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.
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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?
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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.
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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.
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On my own, I have very bad posture; I'm clunky.
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Parents have a right to insist that godless evolution not be taught to their children.
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Taiwan has been so well developed economically. But we are underdeveloped culturally.
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I've had my share of villains and played some fairly nasty characters. But I've been acting for so long. I started out as the girl next door. Now I'm the grandmother next door.
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Fame is very isolating. It changes your reality.
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Everything I worry about would be better if more people could read, write and comprehend.
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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.'
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It is true that the politician, in his professional character, does not always, or even very often, conform to the most approved pattern of private conduct.
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Palestine, as Icelanders see it, includes the Western Wall of the Second Temple, Judaism's holiest site.
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Ale is meat, drink and cloth; it will make a cat speak and a wise man dumb.
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Journeys, like artists, are born and not made. A thousand differing circumstances contribute to them, few of them willed or determined by the will-whatever we may think.
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My sunglasses are like my guitar.
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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.
