Joseph Brodsky Quotes

Life is a game with many rules but no referee. One learns how to play it more by watching it than by consulting any book, including the holy book. Small wonder, then, that so many play dirty, that so few win, that so many lose.

Joseph Brodsky

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: poet
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: May 24, 1940 - January 28, 1996

Topics

LifeWinSmallBookGameLose

I am thinking about chess in schools in particular. In the USA more than 3200 children competed in an event.

Anatoly Karpov

ChildrenI AmThinkingChessMore

Learning starts with failure; the first failure is the beginning of education.

John Hersey

EducationLearningFailureBeginning

I think the United States is the greatest country in the world to invest in.

Steve Mnuchin

WorldThinkCountryUnitedGreatest

The events over the DAO hack might have spooked some people from ether to Bitcoin, helping with the rise in price, and now that ether is recovering a little, that movement is reversing the action.

Tone Vays

PeopleActionRisePriceMovement

My wife's jealousy is getting ridiculous. The other day she looked at my calendar and wanted to know who May was.

Rodney Dangerfield

DayWifeJealousyCalendarKnowShe

When I went to college, I made my first mixtape, and Sean gave me three verses for it. That was a big reason anyone ever listened to my music. I definitely wouldn't be talking to you now if it wasn't for Big Sean.

Mike Posner

MusicCollegeMeTalkingYouThree

It was a good experience for me to be in the same camp as Minto when he was preparing for Shane Cameron, to see the weaknesses and strengths he brings.

Joseph Parker

GoodExperienceMeSameSeeHe

The magic's back, folks.

Jordan Knight

MagicBackFolks

Personally, I think young musicians need to learn to play more than one style. Jazz can only enhance the classical side, and classical can only enhance the jazz. I started out playing classical, because you have to have that as a foundation.

Doc Severinsen

StyleFoundationThinkMusiciansYou

What's terrible is to pretend that second-rate is first-rate. To pretend that you don't need love when you do; or you like your work when you know quite well you're capable of better.

Doris Lessing

WorkLoveBetterYouKnowNeed

I've already begun to put pilot programs in place that give CUNY grads opportunities to get good tech jobs. We should expand on that so that New Yorkers are getting those jobs, because those jobs are probably one of the biggest 21st Century pathways into the middle class.

Christine Quinn

GoodOpportunitiesPlaceNewPilot

The way we work at Pixar is we write the script, but then we quickly move on into story reel, which is basically like a comic-book version of the film. And then we do our own dialogue and music and sound effects, all in an effort to be able to basically sit in the theater and watch the movie before we shoot it, essentially.

Pete Docter

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