Joseph Brodsky Quotes
In order to live in a different country, you have to love something there. You have to love something there. You have to love either the spirit of the laws or the economic opportunities, or the - well, history of the country, the language perhaps, literature.
Quotes to Explore
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I would just die if some little girl saw me jump into bed with someone in the movies, and then she did it and got AIDS and died.
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I wish I'd gone to music school or just started playing in bands sooner.
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I am insecure. If you ask me, everybody is.
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As far as I can remember, every dime I ever had went to something extravagant. I would rather spend more, buy fewer items and have them forever.
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I did do some Shakespeare on film, it's really difficult. It's really interesting, because I was doing a series in Canada called 'Slings and Arrows' and it was about a company based around the Stratford Festival.
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A great burden was lifted from my shoulders the day I realized that no one owes me anything.
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Every poor designer can go with things that are popular at the moment.
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Bleaching eyebrows makes me crazy.
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It's a huge step up from the European Indoor Championships to being world outdoor gold medallist.
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The U.S.S.R. had absolutely nothing to do with the triumph of the Cuban Revolution.
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My style is boho chic. I love that time period - the patterns, the prints, the people, the music, the vibe.
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My mum is my beauty icon, because she represents what I think beauty is.
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Sheikh Hasina's government is one of the best Bangladesh has ever had. She is taking action against fundamentalists. But even she refused to let me return. I don't think I can ever return home.
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If Shanghai wants to be an international cultural center, they have to do something about that. The reason I left is that I wanted to explore what ballet is all about, and if I had stayed put, that wouldn't have happened.
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By the time you're 30, you know who you are inside. You learn to laugh at things you can't change; you learn to be yourself.
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Great achievement is usually born of great sacrifice, and is never the result of selfishness.
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People put me on a box, and I love when people think they know what I am capable of or not capable of. I thrive off of that.
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The urge for good design is the same as the urge to go on living.
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It's funny when I read the tabloids and they're reporting on only a fraction of the life I'm leading.
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I believe that dogma is often evil.
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America always pivots between collective responsibility and the idea that the individual can pull himself up by his bootstraps.
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The church may go through her dark ages, but Christ is with her in the midnight; she may pass through her fiery furnace, but Christ is in the midst of the flame with her.
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Traditionally parents have wondered what their teens were doing, but now teens are much more likely to be doing things that can get them killed.
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In order to live in a different country, you have to love something there. You have to love something there. You have to love either the spirit of the laws or the economic opportunities, or the - well, history of the country, the language perhaps, literature.
