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Joseph Brodsky Quotes

To put it in plain language, Russia is that country where the name of a writer appears not on the cover of his book, but on the door of his prison cell.

Joseph Brodsky

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

Door Book Prison Name Language

Everybody's looking for love, and you want to love somebody and be loved in return.

Jill Scott

Love Looking Loved You Want Return

No woman needs intercourse; few women escape it.

Andrea Dworkin

Women Woman Escape Needs Few

It is sometimes well for a blatant error to draw attention to overmodest truths.

Jean Rostand

Attention Sometimes Error Well Draw

Hopefully it doesn't come as too much of a shock that artists we love watching or listening to for an hour or two aren't always people with whom we otherwise would want to spend 20 minutes.

Steve Erickson

Love People Listening Too Much Want

We failed, but in the good providence of God apparent failure often proves a blessing.

Robert E. Lee

Failure Good God Blessing Providence

My worst work happens when I get obedient.

Michael Wincott

Work Worst Get Happens Obedient

I have never asked anyone, including the president, for anything for the company or my personal gain.

Jay Y. Lee

Personal President Never Company

I've yet to meet a person in my life who doesn't have some moral ambiguity.

Jason Beghe

Life My Life Person Moral Meet Who

I got fitter when I did 'Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat.' I wore a loincloth - that's a lot of motivation!

Donny Osmond

Amazing Motivation Got Did Joseph

'The Machinist' changed me. I learned that I really enjoy, literally, not saying a damned word for days at a time, except for what was in the scene. Whole days of... nothing. Just... standing still. I know a lot of people found it bizarre, because they'd be standing right next to me thinking, 'Why aren't we talking? What's going on?'

Christian Bale

Time People Me Saying Thinking Know

In honesty, there are probably a lot of stories that can be told with Batman. I like the idea of him growing older and he can't quite do it as much anymore.

Christian Bale

Honesty Growing Him Idea Batman He

When I think about the real pioneers of the psychedelic movement in a musical sense, not just the culture, everything had a handmade sort of vibe to it. We're inventing our culture as we move along into this.

Chris Robinson

Culture Think Movement Everything