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Joseph Brodsky Quotes

Unlike a state, a writer cannot plead the historical necessity of his actions.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

Historical Necessity Cannot Actions

Remember when Japan was cool? We used to run around with 'Mr. Roboto' on our Walkmans, 'The Karate Kid' in our Betamaxes and wore T-shirts embossed with the characters for 'storm sewer' and 'dishwasher.'

Storm Cool Remember Run Kid Used

I didn't vote for Trump. So we've got him. Let's hope for the best. He might do something good.

Robert J. Shiller

Good Hope Best Vote Him Something

Leadership is all about taking people on a journey. The challenge is that most of the time, we are asking people to follow us to places we ourselves have never been.

Leadership Journey Time Challenge Us

I write entertainment. There are some books you read but don't inhale. There are books that will change your life.

Michael Robotham

Life Change You Entertainment Will

I always feel like a goofy little kid.

Feel Kid Always Little Goofy Like

Practice quality, and you get better at quality. But quality takes time, so by working solely on quality, you end up losing something else that's important - speed.

Time Quality Practice Losing Better

I think my mom and dad knew from the very beginning that I was destined to go into public service.

Service Beginning Mom Think Go Knew

'The Moonstone' was all I could have hoped for. A mysterious, cursed jewel, wrested from India, only to be stolen later from a great British mansion. Enigmatic, dangerous priests who follow it across the ocean in hopes of wresting it back.

Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni

Great Ocean Back India Dangerous

We built something very special with Gaslight, and we don't want to mess with that sound too much. But I've always wanted to do a record where I can put strings or organs or pianos or whatever on it.

I Can Too Much Want Special Sound

To be a true artist, I have to be true to who I am now and write that way.

I Am Artist Be True Now True Way

I am a product of an amalgamation of different teachers. If it was just one teacher, even just my father, I would be half the player that I am today.

Father Today Teacher I Am Teachers

Sentimentality is a false sense of self.

Self False Sense Sentimentality

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