Joseph Brodsky Quotes
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On my best days, such as when I was a junior in high school coming off a 42-point performance and near triple-double, my dad was there to tell me I haven't arrived yet and bring me back to reality.
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I got into the race and people literally laughed. They thought I had no chance of winning.
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In writing a series of stories about the same characters, plan the whole series in advance in some detail, to avoid contradictions and inconsistencies.
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For me, it's very offensive when I notice that it's all about my appearance, how I look, that a man doesn't care who I am.
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L.A. interests me, the whole band scene and relaxed carefree feel, but it does not mean you have to dress like a hippy.
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As a kid, I was obsessed with space. Well, I was obsessed with nuclear science too, to a point, but before that, I was obsessed with space, and I was really excited about, you know, being an astronaut and designing rockets, which was something that was always exciting to me.
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The utter incompetence of the U.N. is literally incomprehensible.
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This record for the first time - feels like a record that really represents my whole entire life and instead of just a period of my life. And it is really kind of eye opening and it makes me feel really good to hear this record and hear all the years.
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The business breeds such a deep insecurity. It's the nature of the beast, and there is nothing you can do to get away from that.
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Palestine is the issue, and until this issue is resolved, there can be no peace.
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The atmosphere, the earth, the water and the water cycle - those things are good gifts. The ecosystems, the ecosphere, those are good gifts. We have to regard them as gifts because we couldn't make them. We have to regard them as good gifts because we couldn't live without them.
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In our quest for peace, we should constantly ask ourselves what we should do to create conditions in which peace can prosper.
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There is nothing more demoralizing than a small but adequate income.
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I think sometimes people can get lost in the bigger special effects, science fiction, robot stuff, and those are cool and fun to watch, too, but I think it's so important to sometimes step back and watch something that's about life and human interaction.
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I don't just whisper it, I say it and I say it: 'The United Nations is an anti-Semitic organization, an anti-Israel organization.'
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..it had been fun to be able to draw in the midst of boredom and misery..
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I sighed as a lover, I obeyed as a son.
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I like offending people, because I think people who get offended should be offended.
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Where do those golden rainbows end? Why is this song so sad? Dreaming the dreams I've dreamed my friend Loving the love I love To love is just a word I've heard when things are being said Stories my poor head has told me cannot stand the cold And in between what might have been and what has come to pass A misbegotten guess alas and bits of broken glass…
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Old men's prayers for death are lying prayers, in which they abuse old age and long extent of life. But when death draws near, not one is willing to die, and age no longer is a burden to them.
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Society is a madhouse whose wardens are the officials and the police.
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Anyone can forget about talent, but if you're also a good person, your name will be remembered for a long time.
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What provides you with subject matter is your own language - and that's all.
