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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I love to do a messy top knot because it's so easy but looks like it could have taken a bit of effort!
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If you're indexing to the S&P 500, you're buying the most expensive names in the market.
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You let the hair down, and that's when the wild man comes out.
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I wrote out little mysteries in longhand, and my mother typed them out on an old Remington.
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Last Wednesday, I stupidly dropped my iPhone in the bath, and my life has sort of spiraled almost out of control.
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Unlike life, a work of art never gets taken for granted: it is always viewed against its precursors and predecessors.
