Derek Walcott Quotes
The number of people who read a poem is not as important as how the poem affects those who read it.
Quotes to Explore
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I'm not a video brat. I don't derive all my inspiration through movies. I get it from a lot of other places, too.
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You need a routine, to be able to spend some time with a person, and my lifestyle is constantly on the move.
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It's no longer a question of staying healthy. It's a question of finding a sickness you like.
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Money brings a lot of responsibility as to what you're going to do with it, and I've given quite a bit of thought to that.
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Medicine, anything academic, is a very Persian Iranian route to take in life, in one's career.
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I'm not telling you what to do on the Sabbath, and you won't tell me.
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I wasn't trying to top Pulp Fiction with Jackie Brown. I wanted to go underneath it and make a more modest character study movie.
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First time I sang, I was singing Alicia Keys in the bathroom of my mom's beauty shop. I was six.
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The problem with rich lists is... it is impossible to know what someone is worth until they have died and you have sold it.
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All of world's eyes are trained on the Games. So winning at that stage is heroic. It is a different feeling altogether and cannot be explained in words.
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The majority of the time, they take air out of the football. I think that, for me, is a disadvantage.
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The 77 cents that women make for every dollar men earn makes a real difference to our families - families stretching to make every dollar count.
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When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be.
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If you have a startup that's keeping it up at night because you think it's so great, then you should do that.
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Our evolution could have gone in different directions a lot of times. We could have gone extinct at some points. We might not have gotten our big brains, or Neanderthals might have made it while we did not.
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People get in fights because they don't communicate, because you don't want to hurt the other person.
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I want to be able to do work where I think it's very forward, but I also want it to exist in a big way and have an effect on a lot of people.
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Mostly this problem is contained in the fact that the US makes it so difficult for Canadians to get green cards (you heard it here), but if an American orchestra really wants a player, they have their ways.
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Moderate people are able to be moderate and have free speech only because there are some people on the fringe.
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In my life, there have been people that I was convinced would be around forever, and yet, somehow they managed to drift away after a couple of years. Likewise there have been people who have begun as casual acquaintances but become more important with each passing year.
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More than anything I want to be able to go back to Cuba, to have a house to visit there, to know my roots. Then, at last, I could sing for my people.
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As an artist, I have to be a leader of my fans, not, like, follow them. Because if I chose to follow them, you know, they could do it. You know, it's me who's doing it.
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Throw moderation to the winds, and the greatest pleasures bring the greatest pains.
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The number of people who read a poem is not as important as how the poem affects those who read it.
