Joseph Brodsky Quotes
Unlike life, a work of art never gets taken for granted: it is always viewed against its precursors and predecessors.Joseph Brodsky
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We have to surmount the difficulties that face us and work steadfastly for the happiness and prosperity of our country.
Lal Bahadur Shastri -
In terms of Rogers, I can't comment on how other fighters in the UFC would fare with Brett Rogers because that's just speculation.
Fedor Emelianenko -
Denial of childhood and denial of freedom are the biggest sins which humankind has been committing and perpetuating for ages.
Kailash Satyarthi -
The American people know something is wrong as far as energy is concerned. They don't think they are being told the truth.
T. Boone Pickens -
One rose says more than the dozen.
Wendy Craig -
I think about death most of the day, every day. We can't escape death, and choosing to ignore it only makes it more scary.
Caitlin Doughty
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Although children are only 24 percent of the population, they're 100 percent of our future and we cannot afford to provide any child with a substandard education.
Ed Markey -
Four hostile newspapers are more to be feared than a thousand bayonets.
Napoleon Bonaparte -
I live in Italy. I visit my family in Switzerland.
Ursula Andress -
When I was at school, I used to end every school day with fountain pen ink all over my hands and face and down my shirt.
Edgar Wright -
Upon the death of my father, our family and myself were emotionally and financially exhausted.
Sam Sheppard -
I had studied Irish history. I had read speeches from the dock. I had tried to fuse the vivid past of my nation with the lost spaces of my childhood. I had learned the battles, the ballads, the defeats. It never occurred to me that eventually the power and insistence of a national tradition would offer me only a new way of not belonging.
Eavan Boland
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I bartended for a catering company for two or three years.
Hank Azaria -
I find the presence of the sea quite inspiring, and sometimes I do just get out and walk around and take in the sea breeze to try and clear my mind.
Garth Nix -
Public appearances are a headache. I hold mine down to a minimum.
Jack Nicklaus -
I didn't go to law school to become a lawyer, per se - let's just say I was leaning in to some strong suggestions from my parents - but my nebulous goals of someday becoming a writer were just that, nebulous.
Rachel Sklar -
You can be very famous without being a great actress, and that's not good for me.
Imelda Staunton -
I love to do a messy top knot because it's so easy but looks like it could have taken a bit of effort!
Zoe Sugg
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Policies aimed at reversing globalization will lead only to a decrease in real income as goods become more expensive.
Angus Deaton -
Essentially I see the new atheism as largely part of the crisis of the left. Having failed to carry through its agenda in relation to political and economic life it's rounding on religion, ignoring the fact that, in some key respects, many believers are likely to share leftist aspirations.
George Pattison -
I don't stop at my past; I like new work. I like what I'm doing tomorrow.
Patrick Demarchelier -
Obviously, I've seen what the press has done to my cousins. I would never let that rule my life, but I'm not the kind of person to rebel or do things. I don't know. I don't let the potential for bad press dictate who I am, but I keep that in mind. How can you not?
Lauren Bush -
Art will not only continue but will realise itself more and more. By the unification of architecture, sculpture and painting a new plastic reality will be created.
Piet Mondrian -
Unlike life, a work of art never gets taken for granted: it is always viewed against its precursors and predecessors.
Joseph Brodsky