Joseph Brodsky Quotes

For a head of state presiding over a ruined economy, an active army with its low wages is god-sent: All he's got to do is provide it with an objective.

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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An artist is his own fault.

John O'Hara

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As a busy working mom I'm always pressed for time, so a quick and easy beauty routine is key!

Angela Kinsey

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All war represents a failure of diplomacy.

Tony Benn

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What I was told is that I was born to a mother who was a Catholic, while her boyfriend was not. They couldn't get married unless they put me up for adoption.

Mary Gauthier

MotherMeBornUpHerGet

It's not about having a perfectly sculpted figure; it's about feeling healthy, fit, and confident.

Mary Helen Bowers

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What President Bush did in his doctrine of preemptive strike and in his war in Afghanistan and in Iraq was to turn even his allies in Europe negatively toward America.

Louis Farrakhan

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I would be in Italy working on a film, longing for something simple - like, God, I would just kill to be sitting at a barbecue having a beer right now.

Chris O'Donnell

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Leave them wanting more and you know they'll call you back.

Bobby Womack

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When I was running the marathons in Munich, I always trained by myself. Between the demands of graduate work and a young family, I had to train at unusual hours. A few times, I ran home from my lab late at night, which was 20 kilometers out of town.

Wolfgang Ketterle

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The only thing that comes to a sleeping man is dreams.

Tupac Shakur

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For some reason, young girls, they don't want the guy that's just there.

Nikki Reed

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You come off the kind of commercial success that 'Rumours' had, and you see that there are limitations to that as well as freedoms.

Lindsey Buckingham

SuccessYouKindSeeLimitations

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