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.
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I have an iPod, but I put my music in it from my CDs, and then I have that CD in my library.
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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.
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First of all, I'm not the kind of guy that likes to rehash the show and so forth and so on.
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I think the most expensive thing I've bought thus far is my Rolex.
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Most tragic mistake in history occurred when the United States joined the U.N.
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I'm the Jerry Lewis of crime fiction.
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I don't know anyone who's suffered lung cancer.
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When kids are met with the highest expectations and given the extra supports they need, they can be as motivated as kids anywhere.
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Anyone can train to be a gladiator. What marks you out is having the mindset of a champion.
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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.
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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.
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I know how to wrap my turban a little better now. In the beginning, it was a little weird.
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When companies minimize their costs, they can spend more on R & D and marketing. It's just very logical.
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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.
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The kids are not brought up to have minds of their own as individuals.
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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.
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Under the law, the government, whether it's state, local or federal, cannot give the Catholic Church or any religious institution money directly.
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Nostalgia is something we think of as fuzzy. But it's pain. Pain concerning the past.
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The thing I don't understand about homosexuals is, how do they decide which one is the one who's supposed to pretend they don't want it?
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I know how I treat my friends and family and kids, and that's all I'm worried about.
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I'm overwhelmed with my own feelings and the feelings I have for all the people who were rooting for us to win this thing.
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It is one thing to make a mistake, and quite another thing not to admit it.
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We make too much of that long groan which underlines the past.
