Joseph Brodsky Quotes
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Liking one person is an extra reason for liking another.
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People respect nonfiction but they read novels.
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You look at science fiction and look how often it talks about being alien, being alienated about the other. Look at the number of blue people - 'Avatar,' I'm looking at you. And it is now easier to find people of color in science-fiction literature and media, but the issues of representation are still really, really troubling.
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My Kindle readers have been incredibly faithful fans.
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I also didn't consider myself a huge baby person.
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I always say, dare to struggle, dare to grin.
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Peace along with freedom and justice are the pillars for attaining both security and stability and will pave the way towards the eradication of oppression, extremism, and terrorism in our world.
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For a writer, published works are like fallen flowers, but the expected new work is like a calyx waiting to blossom.
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Because of my voice, speaking words which had been carefully chosen, women had used money they had set aside for other purposes to buy war bonds.
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If pleasure was not followed by pain, who would forbear it?
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Annual plants are nature's emergency medical service, seeded in sounds and scars to hold the land until the perennial cover is re-established.
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Doesn't love show its face when it satisfies the need of the loved one, for the loved one's sake alone?
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Yesterday, we were a weak and small country trampled upon by big powers. Today, our geopolitical location remains the same, but we are transformed into a proud political and military power and an independent people that no one can dare provoke. The days are gone forever when our enemies could blackmail us with nuclear bombs.
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It's a good pair of jeans and a pair of boots that are comfortable and a T-shirt; that's as far as I go. Getting wild with it might be a nice jacket, but I'm not a high-fashion guy for sure.
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In every death, a busy world comes to an end.
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The first time I saw a commercial for my fight was UFC 210.
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I don't want anything to get in the way of me and my singing. I want my mind as clear as possible.
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One of the interesting things about YA books - I don't know about Percy Jackson, but I do know about 'Twilight' and 'Maximum Ride': There are a lot of adult readers. In fact, we released 'Maximum Ride' both as a paperback for kids and as a mass release for adults.
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That is why it's so fun to make movies... you get to do lots of things you would never do in your normal life.
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I've now been in this country for thirteen years, since I was seventeen. So this is my second home.
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For me, there is nothing more valuable than how people feel in a movie theater about a movie.
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Everything is self-evident.
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I had been imprisoned three times and had twice been incarcerated in a madhouse.
