Joseph Brodsky Quotes

After all, it is hard to master both life and work equally well. So if you are bound to fake one of them, it had better be life.

Joseph Brodsky

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I was a hot-dog stand lady, I was an orphan housemother, I was a waitress 3 or 4 times. All of those jobs did not have good bosses. They basically told you what to do, when to do and when to hop. And I just didn't like that very much.

Barbara Corcoran
- Good
- You
- Dog
We have a very loyal fan base, the kind tat buys the record the day it comes out, sees every show, and that's fantastic, but what about the people who would never hear about our band?

Pat Mastelotto Mr. Mister
- People
- Day
- Band
I do not suppose I shall be remembered for anything. But I don't think about my work in those terms. It is just as vulgar to work for the sake of posterity as to work for the sake of money.

Orson Welles
- Work
- Money
- Think
When I'm making music, I can hear all the parts, all the instruments. I can hear what it should be.

Lady Gaga
- Music
- I Can
- Hear
I don't believe that intelligence can be reduced to a number, frankly. But I can see how doing exactly that produces a useful sorting mechanism in our society in order to separate children into categories of promising and doomed. The tests seem arbitrary and without real scientific value and yet have lasting consequences.

Rachel Kushner
- Believe
- Children
- Real
We are born believing. A man bears beliefs as a tree bears apples.

Ralph Waldo Emerson
- Man
- Tree
- Born