Joseph Brodsky Quotes
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I felt unhappy and trapped. If I left baseball, where could I go, what could I do to earn enough money to help my mother and to marry Rachel? The solution to my problem was only days away in the hands of a tough, shrewd, courageous man called Branch Rickey, the president of the Brooklyn Dodgers.
Jackie Robinson
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Publishers vet books, and they do a good job keeping out the low quality. But they also miss some good quality.
J. A. Konrath
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I've always felt that the obligation of teachers is to have a huge, broad overview and to provide a foundation course to the students. The long view of history is absolutely crucial.
Camille Paglia
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When you're young, you're stupid.
Wendy Hiller
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I actually started in comedy, but then after 'Deadwood' I started concentrating on the dramas more. But then I just got tired for raping and killing and figured, 'It's time to do another comedy.'
Garret Dillahunt
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I used to have a very difficult childhood because I was always the tallest girl in school, and everybody was staring at me and saying, 'You are very different.' Now, different is good.
Tao Okamoto
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I've never wanted to be famous. That has never been a part of any dream. I do remember being little and thinking I might want to be a singer. But not a famous singer - just, like, a singer.
Cam
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My life, it don't count for nothing;When I look at this world, I feel so small.My life, it's only a season:A passing September that no one will recall.
Iris DeMent
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I try to be careful not to do single concerts where I fly out, do my show, turn around and go home.
Dar Williams
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It's really important if you're in politics to have a loyal friend.
Luther Strange
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Zeus had loved his old friend, and lifted him up, and set him among the stars as the constellation Sagittarius. Here, in the Zodiac, now above, now below the horizon, he assists in the regulation of our destinies, though in this latter time few living mortals cast their eyes respectfully toward Heaven, and fewer still sit as students to the stars.
John Updike
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How delightful to find a friend in everyone.
Joseph Brodsky
