Derek Walcott Quotes
My mother was a schoolteacher and very, very encouraging. She understood what it meant when I said I wanted to be a writer; both me and my brother wrote.Derek Walcott
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I've always, especially through old Hollywood musicals, loved just to watch tap dancing; I adore it. I think it's fantastic.
Damien Chazelle -
My hearing has suffered seriously; just now I am obliged to have the assistance of an ear trumpet. Think of that, my beauty! - There 's a state for your old Lover to be in! - No more tender whisperings! Imagine sweet confessions to be made through an ear trumpet!
Samuel Lover -
Yeah, I'd like to get the girl and at least make it through the film.
Aaron Eckhart -
I discovered that wearing the veil is not suitable for a woman who wants to work in activism and the public domain. People need to see you, to associate and relate to you. It is not stated in my religion to wear the veil; it is a traditional practice, so I took it off.
Tawakkol Karman -
Libertarians know that a free country has nothing to fear from anyone coming in or going out - while a welfare state is scared to death of poor people coming in and rich people getting out.
Harry Browne -
Unfortunately, the United States has entered into several free trade agreements that do not sufficiently protect and support our manufacturing industries and the millions of American workers they employ.
Dan Kildee
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Some of the areas in China have been under very grave water scarcity: for example, the north China plain; they are facing a very serious water shortage. Per capita levels have dropped to very serious levels, including in Beijing.
Ma Jun -
Money is like manure. You have to spread it around or it smells.
J. Paul Getty -
I don't think a reggaeton song will break again like 'Gasolina' did.
Maluma -
I haven't been hit since Leon Spinks hit me in '92.
Zach Galifianakis -
I have a strong desire to communicate what I feel about the world. That's exciting to me.
Dan Gilroy Breakfast Club -
People who think about art as an investment are pathetic.
Walter Annenberg
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For a found-footage-style movie, there's a definite advantage in using unknowns, because it helps sell the illusion that it's real. A known actor would get in the way of the suspension of disbelief.
Oren Peli -
I'm good at working, but I'm very good at playing.
Salma Hayek -
I used to be the hippest of them all. I used to know everything about everything. I used to read about everything that was going on, and I knew everybody's name and anybody in pop culture. Anything that was written about me, I would read.
Eddie Murphy -
When I met Michael Jordan on a basketball court at an athletic club – we hooped together in Chicago – he came to me and asked me if I wanted to do a song for his upcoming movie. I was like, 'Yeah!' I didn't even ask what it was.
R. Kelly -
The enemy of society is middle class and the enemy of life is middle age.
Orson Welles -
I love pain. Love pain.
Cam Gigandet
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I was married to a dancer who had a dance company in New York City, and she toured.
John Cullum -
Whatever my situation is, I want to show that I'm not perfect, and perfect isn't real. The youth need to know that, especially.
Keke Palmer -
There was great comraderie among players and coaches. We enjoyed the time we were together... road trips were fun. I don't know that there was one moment that stood out among all the good times we had.
Jack Ramsay -
If I had to choose, I would rather have birds than airplanes.
Charles Lindbergh -
Politicians - in both political parties - spend too much money. And they forget to focus on what matters most: fixing the economic mess they created and putting people back to work.
Brad Wenstrup -
My mother was a schoolteacher and very, very encouraging. She understood what it meant when I said I wanted to be a writer; both me and my brother wrote.
Derek Walcott