Joseph Brodsky Quotes
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I never even held a guitar until I was 23 and living in California, but then loved it. I'm really not an accomplished instrumentalist. Maybe that has something to do with why I write and sing.
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By the end of high school, I would do shows at the theater at night and then take the train home and go to school the next morning.
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Judge of your natural character by what you do in your dreams.
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I have dedicated many years to economic study, up to the Ph.D. level, to analyze and understand the inherent weaknesses of aid and why aid policies have consistently failed to deliver on economic growth and poverty alleviation.
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The colonel replied that he didn't care how my men had got the job done. He was happy that it had been accomplished. He said that, obviously, no matter how much or how little I knew technically, I was able to get the best out of people I worked with.
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Comedy, we may say, is society protecting itself - with a smile.
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Every year on your birthday, you get a chance to start new.
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No, but I'm really lucky, because I'm not the superhero.
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Too often, we think that, when we have a problem with our lives or our country, that the way to fix it is to take an eye for an eye. That doesn't help anything or anyone.
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Her body calculated to a millimeter to suggest a bud yet guarantee a flower.
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I think 'Tap Dogs' has lasted so long because people have a natural interest in tap dancing. This form of dancing can't be dated, it's such an intriguing form of dance because the feet are also an an instrument.
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I thought what would be really just choice for a revamp and a reboot is 'The Greatest American Hero.' I think I'd be just that kind of perfect not prepared for this kind of thing, but thrust into circumstances he's not prepared for... that's another niche of mine. Unpreparedness. Not knowing what to do. I'm good at being that guy.
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I never had to learn English, French and German because I was brought up as all three languages. I had a private French teacher before I even went to school. That helped a lot.
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I think it's a mistake to go after someone just based on looks. But I always respond to people who don't act that interested in me.
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Memory is a net: one finds it full of fish when he takes it from the brook, but a dozen miles of water have run through it without sticking.
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When liberty returns, I will return.
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The thing you fear most has no power. Your fear of it is what has the power. Facing the truth really will set you free.
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Tis a sort of duty to be rich, that it may be in one's power to do good, riches being another word for power.
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Good first drafts and speedy responses to consumer dialog will always trump lawyered corporate speak.
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I was watching Maury Povich the other day. He had these people on who say that they've had near death experiences. Do you ever notice they always say the same thing? 'I remember seeing this really bright, white light.' It's like, of course, you pinhead, it's the paramedic looking in your pupils with a penlight.
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When you mess up publicly, it can be difficult to get vulnerable again or to put yourself out there.
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I've never had money before in my life. Ever. Never, ever.
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Poems, novels - these things belong to the nation, to the culture, and the people.
