Joseph Brodsky Quotes

I simply think that water is the image of time, and every New Year's Eve, in somewhat pagan fashion, I try to find myself near water, preferably near a sea or an ocean, to watch the emergence of a new helping, a new cupful of time from it.

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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I've spent my entire life working to invest in human beings and human communities, to help them move down the path of economic development.

Jim Yong Kim

LifePathHelpDownDevelopment

The role of the defense is to be an advocate for their client, regardless of whether he did it or not, within the bounds of the law.

Jeffrey Toobin

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There's just no real job security when you're shooting a show about an apocalypse, and anybody could die at any time.

Melissa McBride

TimeJobDieYouSecurityReal

Before they did all those shows on Jackson Pollock, I loved the way he formulated his paintings. I loved Basquiat - I was into the whole Beat generation, Kerouac, etc., and all those artists talked about that and Kerouac, so I just got in the middle of being spontaneous.

Matt Schulze

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I'm a native West Virginian and I've been called everything from a hillbilly to a stump jumper. I'm always proud of it; I'm very proud to be a West Virginian.

John Raese

ProudAlwaysEverythingWestBeen

A lot of the idealism of the Sixties was spot on, from the environmentalism to the war to the Civil Rights movement, the women's rights movement, you name it.

Steven Van Zandt

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The scientist should treasure the riddles he can't solve, not explain them away at the outset.

Roberto Unger

TreasureExplainAwayHeScientist

You never accomplish everything you want to accomplish.

Robin Wright

YouAccomplishWantNeverEverything

People called rock & roll 'African music.' They called it 'voodoo music.' They said that it would drive the kids insane. They said that it was just a flash in the pan - the same thing that they always used to say about hip-hop.

Little Richard

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You know, God will give favor to anyone who will believe Him. Every day you should confess that you have favor everywhere you go. God will begin to open doors that you wouldn't believe.

Joyce Meyer

GodDayBelieveDoorsYouEvery Day

I wanted to write what I remembered to be true.

Judy Blume

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I wrote music. I was in a hardcore band when I was 14, and I wasn't good enough to play anyone else's songs, so I had to write my own.

Dito Montiel

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