Joseph Brodsky Quotes
Unlike a state, a writer cannot plead the historical necessity of his actions.
Joseph Brodsky
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I never tried to use anything besides my own sweat and blood and talent to get somewhere.
Olivia Munn
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I don't care how hot a girl is - if she doesn't like animals, it would be a major, major problem.
Ian Somerhalder
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Tricks you need to transform something which appears fantastic, unbelievable into something plausible, credible, those I learned from journalism. The key is to tell it straight. It is done by reporters and by country folk.
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
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You'll have to forgive me this boldness, but I think women are very fortunate that men exist! The gods are very wise and certainly knew what they were doing. They created the sun and the moon, light and darkness, the eagle and the serpent, all for the same reason. They are perfect complements and the mechanism we use to reach heaven.
Laura Esquivel
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If of their pleasures and desires no end be found;God to their cares and fears will set no bound.What would content you? Who can tell?Ye fear so much to lose what you have gotAs if ye liked it well.Ye strive for more, as if ye liked it not.
Abraham Cowley
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The central idea of the philosophy of behaviorism, that behavior and the mind have an entirely materialist basis subject to experimental analysis, is fundamentally sound.
E. O. Wilson
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Giving life to music through skating was something I wanted to be known for.
Peggy Fleming
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You know how to vanquish, Hannibal, but you do not know how to profit from victory.
Livy
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Animation is very singular. Like, even the 'Toy Story' movies. People will go, 'Oh, gosh, you're so lucky, getting to play opposite Tom Hanks!' And it's, like, 'It may have appeared to be that, but we were never in the room together.'
Annie Potts
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If you play a tune and a person don't tap their feet, don't play the tune.
Count Basie
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Unlike a state, a writer cannot plead the historical necessity of his actions.
Joseph Brodsky
