Joseph Brodsky Quotes
An ethical man doesn't need a consensus of his allies in order to act against something he finds reprehensible.
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I have always believed the iron rule of politics was that women don't vote for men who yell.
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Winning the gold medal should have been the happiest day of my entire life, and it just wasn't. It felt like the saddest day of my life. Everyone was so angry with us, that Scott and I had fallen in love, because it was so unprofessional, and we were a disgrace and had betrayed everybody.
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Hold a picture of yourself long and steadily enough in your mind's eye, and you will be drawn toward it.
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My number one goal is to love, support and be there for my son.
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It's pretty much run by everybody. We're very involved in everything that goes on. We always have been.
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There is something in humility which strangely exalts the heart.
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I believe that a man can only be useful to his country when he can look at it clearly.
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I pick my actors primarily based on my gut-feel. They could be rank newcomers or established stars, but if I feel they'll do justice to my characters, they are on. I think Bollywood is now looking towards Kollywood for new faces, and, to my mind, Suriya will be a very successful crossover star because he's very versatile.
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I use iTunes for downloading music, but I always decline when prompted to update this or that new version.
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I like listening to music and driving. How do you say... It's the only way I can 'chillax.'
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You have injuries that bother you when you're not playing. When that horn blows, you don't feel it.
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Every song, the title dictates the architecture of the song.
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Achievements are precious and timeless, just like the precious metal platinum. And what better way to celebrate milestones in your life than with precious platinum.
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I never thought I would write a memoir at age 40... but I did have this unique place in history.
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If life isn't about human beings and living in harmony, then I don't know what it's about.
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Those who realize their folly are not true fools.
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Sometimes if a song hits me really good the first time, I get sick of it. And by the 10th time I've heard it, it's just candy, and I don't like it anymore.
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Ruzzle's my therapy. When I get off the stage from a packed show and I'm exhausted, I'll just go Ruzzle for like a good 30 minutes.
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I suppose one of the challenges of writing the word-side of music these days is trying to decipher and communicate how this planet is very overwhelming at this point. The difficulties we face are overwhelming. It's very difficult to give yourself the time to breathe and appreciate the joy and beauty that might be just right around us.
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Literature as a whole is not an aggregate of exhibits with red and blue ribbons attached to them, like a cat-show, but the range of articulate human imagination as it extends from the height of imaginative heaven to the depth of imaginative hell.
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I have no illusions of being an icon to young girls or anybody.
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In my teens, I joined the Parachute Regiment. I jumped out of lots of airplanes, as much as the Government budget would allow us to. I did two active tours of duty: Northern Ireland, and then the Falklands war.
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What hands are here? ha! they pluck out mine eyes! Will all great Neptune’s ocean wash this blood clean from my hand? No; this my hand will rather the multitudinous seas incarnadine, making the green one red.” “My hands are of your colour; but I shame to wear a heart so white. A little water clears us of this deed: How easy it is then! Your constancy hath left you unattended.
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An ethical man doesn't need a consensus of his allies in order to act against something he finds reprehensible.
