Joseph Brodsky Quotes

Regardless of whether one is a writer or a reader, one's task consists first of all in mastering a life that is one's own, not imposed or prescribed from without, no matter how noble its appearance may be. For each of us is issued but one life, and we know full well how it all ends.

Joseph Brodsky

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

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It's all about people. It's all about the subjectivity of what people love.

Joe Pantoliano

LovePeopleAboutSubjectivity

I get asked a lot about being a woman within the industry and how difficult it is, and yeah, it is - but it's difficult for everybody... I'm not a 'burn-your-bra' feminist.

Jessie Buckley

WomanDifficultWithinIndustryGet

One of the hard lessons to learn in life is that there are some things you can control and some things you can't. If you want a short recipe for being frustrated and miserable, this is it: focus on things you can't control.

John Bytheway

LifeFocusControlShortLearnYou

In 1984, when I was a rookie member of the House, there was a bill introduced to make Martin Luther King's birthday a state holiday. It didn't have a chance. As time passed, though, more and more states adopted the holiday. Finally, after about five years, we passed it and, I think, almost unanimously. As I said, change is slow and hard.

John Grisham

BirthdayChangeTimeKingChance

Kids cannot follow stories. They don't know what the hell is going on in a cartoon. They like to see funny visual things happening.

John Kricfalusi

FunnyHellKnowFollowSeeCartoon

My advice is never let a publicist call you a 'visionary.' I've hung out with the visionaries at the famed Xerox Palo Alto Research Center. I've been a successful Silicon Valley entrepreneur. I wouldn't touch 'visionary' with a 10-foot pole.

Robert Metcalfe

ResearchAdviceYouEntrepreneurOut

When I go home, I'm not the DA. I talk to my son about his day, I talk to my daughter about her day. I'm a wife and a mother.

Jeanine Pirro

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The hardest tumble a man can make is to fall over his own bluff.

Ambrose Bierce

ManFallOverOwnHardestMake

I was a big 'Charlie Brown' fan as a kid.

Trey Parker

KidBigBrownFanCharlie Brown

Obviously we will talk about doing everything we can to make our sport as safe as possible.

Troy Vincent

DoingWillPossibleTalkEverything

I'd rather play with 10 people and just get penalized all the way until we have to do something else rather than play with 11 when I know that right now that person is not sold out to be a part of this team.

Mike Singletary

PeopleTeamPersonPlayKnowWay

I'd love to be remembered as a character actor who brought illumination to roles in wonderful plays and who delivered performances that made people think and rethink those roles.

David Suchet

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