Derek Walcott Quotes
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You never think about what life's going to be like five years down the road or 10 - you just go though the day and try to make good decisions. Sometimes you do, sometimes you don't. You just hope this day will be a good day.
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It is as difficult to define or classify Islamic cinema as it would be a Christian, Jewish or Buddhist one.
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Colorado cannot afford to become the next California, with skyrocketing taxes that hurt our state's economy and our quality of life.
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A revolution is an idea which has found its bayonets.
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It was a mistake. On the information we had, we shouldn't have prosecuted the war. We shouldn't have changed our argument from international law to regime change in a non-transparent way. It was an error for which we as a country paid a heavy price, and for which many people paid with their lives.
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I'm famous for splurging at fast-food places. I'm currently obsessed with Taco Bell's bean and cheese burritos with extra green sauce and extra cheese. Gluttony!
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I'm not averse to telling people off.
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People tell me that my appearance in real life is better than on-screen. Perhaps people think I am exactly like the characters I play on TV.
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Behind the phony tinsel of Hollywood lies the real tinsel.
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I get a great high from writing.
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No rapper in the world from Jay-Z to Tupac to Biggie has 100 percent love on everything they do.
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Everything is beautiful, all that matters is to be able to interpret.
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I think people have to sharpen their eyes and look. I always feel like a big sponge: I feel like I learn lots of things by osmosis, and I feel that I'm always absorbing. I mean, when people say, 'What is your inspiration?' I could throw up. I mean, I'm inspired by the fact I get up in the morning. And I'm still here.
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Holy scripture does not hold women back. It's the people that decide to interpret it in such a way for their own, sometimes political, agendas.
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Joy's smile is much closer to tears than laughter.
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Life has not been boring for me.
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I can't say enough about 'OLTL's' strong cast.
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It is illegal for the CIA to spy on Americans and an affront to our Republic to spy on the Senate.
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A fair woman shall not only command without authority but persuade without speaking.
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...a sad sort of vulnerability was wafting from her, making the night smell like maple syrup.
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I think that as soon as you think of yourself as a famous person or anything like that, you're objectifying yourself in some weird way.
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Since I'd developed this fear of not remembering my lines, I took 'Mulholland Drive' as a test for myself. It was a long monologue: no one else speaks.
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There's a lot of neuroscience now raising the question, 'Is all the intelligence in the human body in the brain?', and they're finding out that, no, it's not like that. The body has intelligence itself, and we're much more of an organic creature in that way.
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Modesty is not possible in performance in the Caribbean - and that's wonderful.
