Joseph Brodsky Quotes
Literature is a far more ancient and viable thing than any social formation or state. And just as the state interferes in literature, literature has the right to interfere in the affairs of state.Joseph Brodsky
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One of the most sacred purposes for which the scriptures were written was to make it possible for all to know Christ. The scriptures teach and testify of Jesus Christ. They teach us much that we need to know and to do to return to the presence of the Savior.
L. Lionel Kendrick -
The travel and tourism industry, it's just a huge part of our economy.
Karen Hughes -
Being famous gets me good concert tickets, good tables in restaurants, good seats at sporting events and that's really about it.
Fran Drescher -
My real passions are horses and playing polo. I care a lot about that and staying fit and in shape.
Nacho Figueras -
Walking by water frees your creativity. I don't know how it works - there's something about it that's liberating.
Val McDermid -
Individual goals never meant that much to me. The Heisman is no exception.
Barry Sanders
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I call myself a blues singer, but you ain't never heard me call myself a blues guitar man.
B. B. King -
It's not just the actor in front of the camera. And it's important to have respect for all those people that work behind the camera.
Dacre Montgomery -
I think you can't be really posh and be an interesting actor. I'm a bit of a posh rough.
Damian Lewis -
Bowie is a musician, but he works like a painter. Thom always thought that we should aspire to that.
Ed O'Brien Radiohead -
I really appreciate people like Rosie coming out and saying I've inspired them.
Wanda Jackson -
I like to play table tennis, spend time with my kids.
Floyd Mayweather, Jr.
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I conceived the original 'Deus Ex' and was the project director on the game.
Warren Spector -
The awkward thing for me is when the realization happens that I actually might like this girl. Then I become awkward.
Zac Efron -
I've been trying to pinpoint what keeps drawing me back to the Gulf of Mexico, because I'm Canadian, and I can draw no ancestral ties.
Naomi Klein -
I don't really like politics, to be honest. But it's other people making decisions about my life and my country and my child's education... I wish we didn't have so much money in politics, but that's not the world we live in. If we don't play here, we forfeit. And I'm not willing to forfeit my rights.
Laura Ricketts -
Well, you know, I - again, even in the context of BP, I wonder about this government's priorities. The federal government's top priority right now should be the cleanup. And BP certainly has done so many things wrong. They need to be held to account.
Carly Fiorina -
Men become accustomed to poison by degrees.
Victor Hugo
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I investigated post-traumatic stress disorder. I've been to a unit where people are suffering from it, and I read a lot of literature. I looked at footage of soldiers in the combat zone. I found 'Restrepo' to be unbelievably useful.
Damian Lewis -
I've always seen TV as... it didn't occupy the same rarefied space as literature, but it's art you can use day to day. I've never been hung up on where it figures in the hierarchy of learning.
Louis Theroux -
Censorship is advertising paid by the government.
Federico Fellini -
You cannot make yourself feel something you do not feel, but you can make yourself do right in spite of your feelings.
Pearl S. Buck -
Well, I've got nothing to hide. Absolutely nothing.
Rod Stewart -
Literature is a far more ancient and viable thing than any social formation or state. And just as the state interferes in literature, literature has the right to interfere in the affairs of state.
Joseph Brodsky