Joseph Brodsky Quotes
A writer is defined by the language in which he writes, and I would stick to that definition.
Joseph Brodsky
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I used to be the best comic actor in my batch. Everyone knew that my comic timing was impeccable.
Nawazuddin Siddiqui
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I've got a couple of Harleys and a couple of Ducatis.
Zac Brown Band
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See, that's the thing: I'm not one of those actors who thinks, 'God, I've got to improvise and make it my own.' No, my first job as an actor is to take what's written and make it work. And then, if they want me to improvise, I'll do that.
Rachael Harris
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We have no quarrel with a policy that seeks to support human rights.
Ferdinand Marcos
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I dig science fiction, though it was never really my thing.
Yancy Butler
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My father played guitar, so I always wanted to play for that reason. But I think the biggest reason was just the '90s in general - growing up listening to the Smashing Pumpkins, Green Day and bands like that, and going to concerts and thinking it was the coolest thing in the world.
Jack Antonoff
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Without the brave efforts of all the soldiers, sailors, airmen, and marines and their families, this Nation, along with our allies around the world, would not stand so boldly, shine so brightly and live so freely.
Lane Evans
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India didn’t play particularly well, but if you ask me I would say my best memory is we beat eventual winners Pakistan in a league match. It’s not a positive memory for me, but to say we beat the team which held the trophy makes me feel better.
Kapil Dev
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'And I say also this. I do not think the forest would be so bright, nor the water so warm, nor love so sweet, if there were no danger in the lakes.'
C. S. Lewis
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Gussie, a glutton for punishment, stared at himself in the mirror.
P. G. Wodehouse
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To shake off the maddening and wearying limitations of time and space and natural law-to be linked with the vast outside-to come close to the nighted and abysmal secrets of the infinite and the ultimate-surely such a thing was worth the risk of one’s life, soul, and sanity!
H. P. Lovecraft
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If historical experience could teach us anything, it would be that private property is inextricably linked with civilization.
Ludwig von Mises
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Beauty, like wit, to judges should be shown;
Both most are valued where they best are known.
George Lyttelton, 1st Baron Lyttelton
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But the happy ending has to do with the tricks of the narrative, not with life, or even love, which is an uncontrollable, changeable feeling, with nasty surprises that are alien to the happy ending.
Elena Ferrante
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I had a life-long ambition to be a professional baseball player, but nobody would sign me.
Gerald Rudolph Ford Jr.
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Moments are so fleeting; I want to hold on to the good ones. When I am truly present, I feel alive, and I want everyone around me to share that feeling so we can make the most of that moment together.
Alicia Keys
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I’ve watched Jurassic Park twice in my life – once when I was six and the second time a couple of weeks ago. It inspired me to think about how gaps in time change our way of perceiving.
Nicolas Jaar
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A writer is defined by the language in which he writes, and I would stick to that definition.
Joseph Brodsky
