Joseph Brodsky Quotes
Unlike life, a work of art never gets taken for granted: it is always viewed against its precursors and predecessors.
Quotes to Explore
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We have to surmount the difficulties that face us and work steadfastly for the happiness and prosperity of our country.
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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.
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Denial of childhood and denial of freedom are the biggest sins which humankind has been committing and perpetuating for ages.
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The American people know something is wrong as far as energy is concerned. They don't think they are being told the truth.
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One rose says more than the dozen.
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The family is very important. They make me feel good always because if I won, when I started to be famous, the relationship never changed with my friends and family.
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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.
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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.
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Four hostile newspapers are more to be feared than a thousand bayonets.
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I live in Italy. I visit my family in Switzerland.
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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.
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Upon the death of my father, our family and myself were emotionally and financially exhausted.
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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.
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I bartended for a catering company for two or three years.
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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.
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Public appearances are a headache. I hold mine down to a minimum.
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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.
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You can be very famous without being a great actress, and that's not good for me.
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Once you've achieved success, and you're making decisions that are working, I don't understand why anyone would be second-guessing themselves.
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It was a great feeling, man. My first time being here, people embracing me the way they were. It's something I'm going to cherish ... It kind of made me more nervous, just wanting to give them a good show.
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I love James Baldwin essays, but also his novels. I recently read "Another Country." I couldn't believe how ahead of his time he was.
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We see more and more of our Presidents and know less and less about what they do.
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I do tend to find when you're playing characters, often - just for the time you're playing them - there are sides of your personality that get stronger because you draw on them more.
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Unlike life, a work of art never gets taken for granted: it is always viewed against its precursors and predecessors.
