Joseph Brodsky Quotes
Nothing convinces an artist more of the arbitrariness of the means to which he resorts to attain a goal - however permanent it may be - than the creative process itself, the process of composition.
Quotes to Explore
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I can't change everything by myself but I can be one of the people who are trying to change the situation.
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I don't write listening to music, and in a way it seems silly that any writer should have to explain why not, as it's possibly no different from saying you don't eat gourmet dinners or play tennis while you're at the keyboard.
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After six years without seeing one, I love just seeing a smile - every smile I see gives me hope.
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Let's all understand that these guiding principles cannot be discarded for short-term political gains. They represent what this country is all about. They are indigenous to the American idea. And these are principles which are not negotiable.
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Our relationships with our computers are almost sexual, they're so close. They're just such a huge part of our lives.
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My father passed away in 1942, and three-four months after his death, I had to start working. There was a responsibility on my shoulders to run the household. It was my duty as the eldest child in the house.
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My first book was poetry, but I didn't write it first. I wrote it third. So my first two books were prose.
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American business at this point is really about developing an idea, making it profitable, selling it while it's profitable and then getting out or diversifying. It's just about sucking everything up.
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Love is like the measles. The older you get it, the worse the attack.
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I really like one-on-one, rich relationships.
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US presidents can make all the commitments and declarations they want until they are blue in the face, in the Muslim world they will always be perceived as partisan.
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It's amazing how much trouble you can get in when you don't have anything else to do.
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Makr Shakr aims to share this new potential - design-make-enjoy - with everyone in just a few minutes: the time taken to prepare a new cocktail.
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The opponents of this process have always tried to vilify westernization as a poor imitation.
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It's possible to look really cute and still be comfortable. You don't have to kill your feet to have a fashionable look.
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The guest to me was always paramount.
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We need to promote development that does not destroy our environment.
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Now, we occupy a lowly position, both in space and rank in comparison with the heavenly sphere, and the Almighty is Most High not in space, but with respect to absolute existence, greatness and power.
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I get letters from people saying one of the things they like best about what I've done since 'Bewitched' is that they never know what I'm going to do next.
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My grandfather was a Pentecostal preacher, and there was nothing really modern that went on under their roof. We watched television, but they were very picky about what we could watch - old Westerns and stuff that wasn't vulgar or violent at all.
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The past, he said. The past is too much with me. And the past has made me useless. I have too much to remember-so much to remember that it becomes more important than the things there are to do. I’m living in the past and that is no way to live.
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I think it is a huge honor to get to go play for the troops who have been working their tails off for several years, some with several tours under their belt.
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Nothing convinces an artist more of the arbitrariness of the means to which he resorts to attain a goal - however permanent it may be - than the creative process itself, the process of composition.
