Joseph Brodsky Quotes
Americans have been tremendously fortunate in poetry, regarding both the quantity and quality of poetry produced. Unfortunately, it remains in schools and universities; it is not widely distributed.
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The wretched and miserable would rise into plenty of joy and happiness as soon as they climb the steps of my mosque.
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Soon I knew the craft of experimental physics was beyond me - it was the sublime quality of patience - patience in accumulating data, patience with recalcitrant equipment - which I sadly lacked.
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If there is something I am arguing, it is a critique of science. Science has consistently denied the existence of consciousness other than human. Only in the last 20 years do we have acknowledgement of animal feeling or culture or experience.
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The situation is quite serious - groundwater is important source for water use, including drinking water, and if it gets contaminated, it's very costly and difficult to clean.
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I don't think there's any dearth of talent in India - we've always had the best juniors in the world.
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I wanted to become a cartoon artist, a portrait artist, and an illustrator. This was my first idea.
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I found it peculiar that those who wanted to take military action could - with 100 per cent certainty - know that the weapons existed and turn out to have zero knowledge of where they were.
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Only let it be in the name of Jesus Christ, that I may suffer together with Him! I endure everything because He Himself, Who is perfect man, empowers me.
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In my state, over 17,000 households are going hungry on a regular basis.
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Are we not all desperate one way or another?
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Comics seldom move me the way I would be moved by a novel or movie.
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It's an unfortunate reality of life that toxins are constantly building up in our bodies.
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It is because of me that today the union government has sanctioned special funds for the development of Bihar.
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Tiny quails may not seem as impressive as a mammoth turkey, but there is something refreshing about a spread of individual birds on the Christmas table.
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The funniest line in English is 'Get it?' When you say that, everyone chortles.
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My father instilled in me - of utmost importance and innate in me is the yearning to determine for myself - to define God, to define holiness for myself.
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I don't actually think there has ever been too much emphasis on what I am wearing.
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I had to give myself permission to act, then others agreed.
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UNC symbolizes something special. When you get chills you know you belong here.
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Here's the thing about me: I have a job to do and I do it.
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I've always done food that can work in a set time frame. The message I'm trying to get across is, it doesn't have to take three days to do this. With planning, you can do a lot and really have quality food every day.
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It is a function of poetry to locate those zones inside us that would be free, and declare them so.
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Breathe deep the gathering gloom, Watch lights fade from every room. Bedsitter people look back and lament, Another day's useless energy spent. Impassioned lovers wrestle as one, Lonely man cries for love and has none. New mother picks up and suckles her son, Senior citizens wish they were young. Cold hearted orb that rules the night, Removes the colours from our sight. Red is grey and yellow white, But we decide which is right. And which is an illusion?
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Americans have been tremendously fortunate in poetry, regarding both the quantity and quality of poetry produced. Unfortunately, it remains in schools and universities; it is not widely distributed.
