Joseph Brodsky Quotes
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We're seeing quite a lot of people who really would like a return to class-based politics.
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I cannot abide being bored.
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When children are hungry, sleepy from a night spent fighting untreated asthma, or hobbled by symptoms of undiagnosed illnesses, they are less likely to do well in school.
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I can speak a little bit of Hindi but understand every word.
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I've been touring through Texas since I was 15, on my first tour ever.
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I never tried to use anything besides my own sweat and blood and talent to get somewhere.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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I don't know why I ever succumbed to any of it... but I liked the rush of going under. It's such a high-it's like dying. I die, but then I come out prettier.
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I was pretty obnoxious as a kid.
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Faith moves mountains, but you have to keep pushing while you are praying.
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I don't know; I guess they'll never make another 'Nemo.' I see they're making another 'Monsters, Inc.' I had a wonderful idea for them. I swear to God, I think there could be a great sequel to 'Nemo' where the fish never will leave home. He just won't leave. 'Getting Rid of Nemo.' Right, 'You're 30 years old! Get out of here!'
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The worst solitude is to have no real friendships.
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We've become such a multitasking society that just paying attention to the road doesn't seem to be that important anymore. I have to remind my kids all the time that that's what you're supposed to be doing in the car.
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Galileo wasn't put in prison because he was wrong about anything he discovered looking through his telescope; rather, he was incarcerated simply because he saw what others didn't wish to see.
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I like to do things in which I'm playing someone else entirely.
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I've had songs written during the Falklands war, and during the first Gulf war I got letters from soldiers saying they were listening to these songs, like Island of no return.
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Most of my teachers probably found I made less trouble if they let me read.
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Say what you will about the sweet miracle of unquestioning faith, I consider a capacity for it terrifying and absolutely vile.
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One way or another we all work for our vice.
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I want to help people, give hope to all. Humor is the foundation of our lives.
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From my tribe I take nothing, I am the maker of my own fortune.
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Unlike a state, a writer cannot plead the historical necessity of his actions.
