Joseph Brodsky Quotes

The charge frequently leveled against poetry - that it is difficult, obscure, hermetic and whatnot - indicates not the state of poetry but, frankly, the rung of the evolutionary ladder on which society is stuck.

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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To find a script that works with provocative ideas is hard to find.

John McTiernan

IdeasFindHardProvocativeWorks

I've done a couple of conferences where you sit and sign autographs for people, and then you have photographs taken with them and a lot of them all dressed up in alien suits or 'Doctor Who' whatevers. I was terrified of doing it because I thought they'd all be loonies, but they are absolutely, totally charming as anything. It's great fun.

John Hurt

GreatFunPeopleDoctorThoughtYou

You can't run a company simply by the numbers. So if you're going to bet on someone, you bet on someone you want to be in business with for a long time.

Amy Pascal

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My brain doesn't work in a typical linear fashion: my brain is vibrant and fast and bright and on 10,000 all the time.

Amanda Seales

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IT is permeating more industries. Moore's Law knocks down simulation capabilities. We don't need wind tunnels anymore, for example. You can run experiments more quickly.

Steve Jurvetson

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At the end of the day, I'm really proud of the work I did to help kids get an equal opportunity, and a lot of them have.

Steve Scalise

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There are no easy answers, but there are simple answers. We must have the courage to do what we know is morally right.

Ronald Reagan

CourageSimpleEasyKnowRightMust

I love being an actor, especially in movies, because you get to be someone else.

Mason Cook

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Movies are different from real life.

Joseph Gordon-Levitt

LifeMoviesRealReal LifeDifferent

If you can put your hands on the receiver and get to him fast, that messes up everything for them. If I don't put hands on him, he's probably going to beat me on the route.

Chris Harris, Jr.

MeHandsYouFastEverythingBeat

I don't know what else I would be if I wasn't me. I am not looking from the outside, looking back. I am who I am.

Cher

I AmMeLooking BackLookingBack

There's a saying, 'It's easy to write songs, but very difficult to write great songs.' I'm going through that right now.

Bryan Adams

GreatSayingEasyNowDifficult

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