Joseph Brodsky Quotes

It's a maddening thing in itself to look at an old poem of yours. To translate it is even more maddening.

Joseph Brodsky

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

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Putting prize-fighting altogether aside as one of the unavoidable evils attending on this manly exercise, the inestimable value of boxing as a training, discipline, and development of boys and young men remains.

John Boyle O'Reilly

DisciplineMenTrainingValueYoung

There are few earthly things more beautiful than a university a place where those who hate ignorance may strive to know, where those who perceive truth may strive to make others see.

John Masefield

TruthBeautifulIgnoranceHatePlace

I tend not to look back and dwell on a project once it is finished.

Angelina Jolie

LookBackDwellProjectFinished

My family couldn't be more supportive. They're worried and they're always in my business, and my mother does send me grad-school applications every now and again.

Ana Ortiz

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I used to call him Pinocchio on the sets. Pinocchio's nose would turn red if he lied. Aamir would turn red-faced if he had to tell a lie.

Amisha Patel

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For future geopolitical stability and global prosperity, we need to build a culture of greater trust and understanding between China, America and the rest of the world.

Stephen A. Schwarzman

FutureTrustCultureWorldRest

Get eight hours of sleep regularly. Keep your weight down, run a mile a day.

Stan Musial

DaySleepDownRunGetWeight

Judges must be free from political intervention or intimidation.

Stockwell Day

FreePoliticalJudgesMust

We are apt to forget that children watch examples better than they listen to preaching.

Roy L. Smith

ChildrenParentingBetterForgetApt

Leaders in China and India realize that science and technology lead to success and wealth. But many countries in the West graduate students into the unemployment line by teaching skills that were necessary to live in 1950.

Michio Kaku

SuccessLiveTechnologyScienceLine

The radio is not show fun, it's show business. It's money.

Dierks Bentley

BusinessMoneyFunRadioShow

'2001: A Space Odyssey' is a movie that really impressed me as a teenager. And also 'Blade Runner.' And 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind' is also one of my favorites. I'm always looking for sci-fi material, and it's difficult to find original and strong material that's not just about weaponry.

Denis Villeneuve

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