Joseph Brodsky Quotes
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J has told me about his past. I know what happened and why. But he is the one person who made me believe in my talent and whatever happened in the past, he's been a wonderful manager to me.
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When I'm out on the stage, it gives me this rush and anything that's on my mind and everything I'm going through is forgotten about.
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I see a deep connection between peace and change: peace always starts from within, for communities and people alike. The same is true of change: real change starts from within.
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When I read 'Fantastic Beasts,' the world that J. K. Rowling has created is so wonderful.
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I've been in the room or watched artists walk in who don't write, and you can't figure out what they really want.
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You do your work as fully as you can, and the ones who hear the sound join in.
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I'm having trouble understanding why there hasn't been further progress on CalgaryNext.
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I still use the guitar pretty much just to hide my gut.
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In Russia, or anywhere, people don't like rich people. Yeah, OK, I have money, but the question is how I use it. It's not easy, believe me; it's not easy.
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In actuality, there was casting for the show and it was pretty difficult.
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I'm not really into movies on dates because you can't chat it up.
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Great dreams of great dreamers are always transcended.
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In 1984, George Orwell wrote of a world where the only colour to be found was in the propaganda posters. Such is the case in North Korea. Images of Kim Il-sung are depicted in vivid colours. Rays of yellow and orange emanate from his face: he is the sun.
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The man who is always worrying about whether or not his soul would be damned generally has a soul that isn't worth a damn.
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I do not even hate the Talib who shot me. Even if there was a gun in my hand and he stands in front of me, I would not shoot him.
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Writing is sacred, other activities are profane, and I don't want them to corrupt my writing.
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To be honest, whenever I go to shoots, or I'm on set, it really makes makeup special and allows me to have so much more fun with it – I don't wear it on an everyday basis, because I like my skin to breathe.
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No theory changes what it is a theory about; man remains what he has always been.
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Our planet is dying. Whales will be extinct before we ever get to know them. They say these creatures are so intelligent. They may disappear from the face of the Earth before we know them, and that is a great tragedy.
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The media plays up celebrity a lot, but it doesn't hold a candle to being a scientist. There's a lot to be said for what they all do, and are trying to accomplish.
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I don't think I have one iota of cynicism about acting.
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We're talking about the struggle to drag a thought over from the mush of the unconscious into some kind of grammar, syntax, human sense; every attempt means starting over with language. Starting over with accuracy.
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Although I am losing my Soviet citizenship, I do not cease to be a Russian poet.
