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Whenever one pulls the trigger in order to rectify history's mistake, one lies. For history makes no mistakes, since it has no purpose.

~Joseph Brodsky

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One always pulls the trigger out of self-interest and quotes history to avoid responsibility or pangs of conscience.

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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.

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I simply loved all my life; loved is too strong a word, but I had a tremendous sentiment, partly conditioned, of course, by the reality of where I grew up, for the spirit of individualism, for the idea of your being on your own in a big way.

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Tyranny will make an entire population into readers of poetry.

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American poetry is this country's greatest patrimony. It takes a stranger to see some things clearly. This is one of them, and I am that stranger.

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Bookstores should be located not only on campuses or on main drags, but at the assembly plant's gates, also.

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Paperbacks of those we deem classics should be cheap and sold at supermarkets.

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A writer is defined by the language in which he writes, and I would stick to that definition.

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I am neither an Occidental writer nor a Russian writer. I am an accidental writer.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Poet

Born: May 24th, 1940

Died: January 28th, 1996

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