Derek Walcott Quotes
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Once I took a bus from my home in Maryland to Philadelphia to live on the streets with some musicians for a few weeks, and then my parents sent me to boarding school at Andover to shape me up.
Olivia Wilde -
I have an iPod, but I put my music in it from my CDs, and then I have that CD in my library.
Eddie Trunk -
My short stories have always pushed twenty pages. That's no length for a short story to be. You either do them short like Carver or you stop trying.
Zadie Smith -
First of all, I'm not the kind of guy that likes to rehash the show and so forth and so on.
Garry Shandling -
I think the most expensive thing I've bought thus far is my Rolex.
Hailey Bieber -
Most tragic mistake in history occurred when the United States joined the U.N.
G. Edward Griffin
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I'm the Jerry Lewis of crime fiction.
Harlan Coben -
I don't know anyone who's suffered lung cancer.
Iain Glen -
When kids are met with the highest expectations and given the extra supports they need, they can be as motivated as kids anywhere.
Wendy Kopp -
Anyone can train to be a gladiator. What marks you out is having the mindset of a champion.
Manu Bennett -
I am all in favor of growing the American economy and engaging in trade with the world, but not at the expense of American workers. The North American Free Trade Agreement is a perfect example of this. Ask the textile workers of North Carolina how NAFTA worked out for them - if you can find any.
Ted Yoho -
If audiences are sort of interested in movies that are made like McDonald's hamburgers, which do have a value in the world, then we have to re-evaluate our entire career.
Lana Wachowski
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I know how to wrap my turban a little better now. In the beginning, it was a little weird.
Yuna -
When companies minimize their costs, they can spend more on R & D and marketing. It's just very logical.
Barry Lam -
Yeah, I like to have fun - I think that's a good way to live. I think you're better at your job if you like it.
Garret Dillahunt -
The kids are not brought up to have minds of their own as individuals.
Ralph Steadman -
I think architects tend to believe that they can almost do anything, which is a wonderful characteristic, but in some cases you just fall flat.
Rafael Vinoly -
In theatre, there's no time for a proper meal.
Tamsin Greig
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I write slowly, and I write many, many drafts. I probably have to work as hard as anyone, and maybe harder, to finish a poem. I often write a poem over years, because it takes me a long time to figure out what to say and how best to say it.
Philip Schultz -
Regardless of who wins, an election should be a time for optimism and fresh approaches.
Gary Johnson -
Of course, I have given my engineers some headaches over the years, but they go with me. I have always wanted my buildings to be as light as possible, to touch the ground gently, to swoop and soar, and to surprise.
Oscar Niemeyer -
I come from a wonderful country with wonderful people.
Nadia Comaneci -
I was running around all the time, talking out of turn, a lot of energy, and obsessed with movies. There's nothing I loved more than going to the movies.
Lena Waithe -
We make too much of that long groan which underlines the past.
Derek Walcott