Joseph Brodsky Quotes
Weaknesses have a certain function in a poem... some strategy in order to pave the reader's way to the impact of this or that line.
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The sky is always there for me, while my life has been going through many, many changes. When I look up the sky, it gives me a nice feeling, like looking at an old friend.
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I don't work out but generally I am fit, which is why I don't work out.
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The true measure of success for the U.N. is not how much we promise, but how much we deliver for those who need us most.
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Each song is a small universe to me. Each song has a story of its own. Each has a full life to express in order to be complete, so it often happens that the building to a big crescendo feels right in the recording or writing process.
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Our country is in deep trouble. To talk and re-litigate in 1998, or even what Mitt Romney said or didn't say in 1994 or 2002, I don't think most people really care.
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I take the family shopping round. The markets of the world.
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Most women don't do regular breast self examinations, mainly because they are either intimidated by what they might find, or they're confused as to how to do the self exam correctly. 'Liv Aid' eliminates all of these concerns because it makes breast self exams easy to perform.
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We should make it as easy as possible to be able to get a legal work visa - not citizenship, not a green card. Just a work visa, with a background check and a Social Security card so that applicable taxes would get paid.
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Country music is all about telling stories, and we're just telling a little different one.
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When it's colder, your skin needs more attention.
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Things you create with your mind are always part of your postmortal life, whether they seem real or not.
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Faith in God's revelation has nothing to do with an ideology which glorifies the status quo.
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In the long run, competitiveness derives from an ability to build, at lower cost and more speedily than competitors, the core competencies that spawn unanticipated products.
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I don't look like that and I don't desire to look like that.
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Do not believe, even for a moment, that by stripping me of my membership card you do the same to my Socialist beliefs, nor that you would restrain me of continuing to work in favor of Socialism and of the Revolution.
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I don’t know why one can’t chase two rabbits at the same time, even in the literal sense of those words. If you have the hounds, go ahead and pursue.
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I come up with a lot of ideas, and I want to start them all.
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You're at a party or an event, and you're interacting with other people, but there's no shame in getting your camera out and getting your perfect angle. It's bizarre to me.
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I have repeatedly called for residency programs for teachers, like those you see in the medical profession, to ensure our educators have the training and knowledge to succeed in their classrooms and in their careers.
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Genetic testing in the future is going to be seen as critical as testing your cholesterol.
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I'm going to try to not let anyone put me in a box, and that certainly applies to the things I do outside of acting.
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I have the LIFE magazine of the men walking on the moon.
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That's absolutely one of my main goals, to have a number one on Billboard. That's a big thing for me. That means people are buying and listening to your music.
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Weaknesses have a certain function in a poem... some strategy in order to pave the reader's way to the impact of this or that line.
