Derek Walcott Quotes
I'm just a red nigger who love the sea,I had a sound colonial education,I have Dutch, nigger, and English in me,and either I'm nobody, or I'm a nation.
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So you had to rev your engines, to beat the Russians and I think more than anything, if the Soviet team would win, or the Soviet athletes would win, you would see and hear and read about that. Quite frequently. So they would make a big issue of it.
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Far worst of all, the fever had settled in Mary's eyes, and Mary was blind.
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I don't carry a wallet. I keep my cards in my pocket and cash in my boots.
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I was in culinary school for a little while, but it was just too hard to cut weight and cook at the same time.
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Any government that has a sincere desire for reform and progress should understand the benefit of objective and constructive criticism.
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While teaching, I also worked undercover in the lower courts by saying I was a young law teacher wanting experience in criminal law. The judges were happy to assist me but what I learned was how corrupt the lower courts were. Judges were accepting money right in the courtroom.
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I was really a charmer; I was the guy who would get to the office, the principal would sit me down and within 10 minutes, we'd be, like, talking about some movies or something.
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Women always excel men in that sort of wisdom which comes from experience. To be a woman is in itself a terrible experience.
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I tend to make low-budget movies but, yeah, I make more money than I ever thought I would make.
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The fundamental thing about my personality is that I think I'm an imposter.
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I'm not graceful.
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Most people want security in this world, not liberty.
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Men become accustomed to poison by degrees.
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I'm of a fearsome mind to throw my arms around every living librarian who crosses my path, on behalf of the souls they never knew they saved.
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My first film 'Saawariya' was a flop; I don't regret it.
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The U.S., especially Hollywood, is so strong for film production.
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I don't want to sound disingenuous here - controversy is obviously good for business, especially if your business is satire. And it does amplify the discussion - in my view, a good thing.
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Jackie Chan is a myth.
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As more people rely on government programs, the harder it becomes to conduct the necessary reforms to preserve them to help our society's most vulnerable.
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My hope is that 'Blk Girl Soldier' is a freedom song for black women today who are fighting the macro- and microaggressions of daily life in our city/country/world.
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My family is Abenaki Indian on my mother's side. My father's side of the family is Slovak, and we also have some English ancestry.
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I care about buses and libraries and schools and roads and education.
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I used to hate playing Seattle shows.
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I'm just a red nigger who love the sea,I had a sound colonial education,I have Dutch, nigger, and English in me,and either I'm nobody, or I'm a nation.
