Derek Walcott Quotes
There is no one more deserving of a place in Poets' Corner. Ted Hughes introduced a new kind of landscape into English poetry. The most compelling aspect of his work was his intimacy with nature.Derek Walcott
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It's hard to make a good movie in four weeks. It's hard. I've done it, but it's not easy.
Sam Rockwell -
I've always been proud that my name stands for peace.
Paloma Picasso -
Lester is the Rock of Gibraltar. Nothing can rattle him. I am not. I was always flying off the handle about things. And the one person who could calm me down and make me realize that none of this silliness mattered was Lester Holt.
Brown Campbell -
I think the world looks down on Republicans for their socially conservative views, which includes religion in government.
Gary Johnson -
I was very involved with school by the time I was 15 and wasn't working much as a model.
Rachael Leigh Cook -
Race differences show up early in life.
J. Philippe Rushton
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It comes back to the same old question people are always asking me: 'When are you going to do a solo record?' Well, if I did, it would probably be similar to 'Baluchitherium,' meaning it would be Van Halen music - which I write anyway - but without singing.
Eddie Van Halen Van Halen -
Scotland is the best place in the whole world.
Gail Porter -
After five years in Ferrari, being second all the time, I think it was enough for me.
Fernando Alonso -
I am not afraid to go to jail.
Ferdinand Marcos -
Mo Yan is the Chinese equivalent of the Soviet Russian apparatchik writer Mikhail Sholokhov: a patsy of the regime.
Salman Rushdie -
If you dunk your head in cold water, you can't stay under for more than five seconds. I mean, that's it.
Malcolm McDowell
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Be miserable. Or motivate yourself. Whatever has to be done, it's always your choice.
Wayne Dyer -
I am neither a homosexual nor a eunuch, nor have I ever taken any vows of chastity.
J. Paul Getty -
You can lead a horse to water and you can even make it drink, but you can't make actresses wear what they don't want to wear.
Edith Head -
Listening is more important than anything else because that's what music is. Somebody is playing something and you're receiving it. It is sending and receiving.
Carla Bley -
If I go to Singapore, I have friends there. If they came to Zambia, they'd feel the same way. I've made connections, and I have friends in many, many countries.
Dambisa Moyo -
I was never like, 'Oh, I really want to play Cinderella.' That's not necessarily always been the dream. But it's super fun to play a princess.
Laura Osnes
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I'm not one of those guys who is going to dye his beard. I'm not that vain.
Jeffrey Dean Morgan -
I can't read a note of music. I just do it all from ear.
Jane Horrocks -
I was in Nepal and I had watched Oprah Winfrey's show. I had no idea, as a kid in Nepal, who she was, but I remember watching an episode of hers about living your dreams.
Prabal Gurung -
The guiding principle is not to manufacture the goods everyone needs, rather to earn profits for a few capitalists.
Walter Ulbricht -
Cinderella is making her Broadway debut. It's an honor to step into that position and, in that way, I am creating a role because it's never been done on Broadway. I feel so honored.
Laura Osnes -
There is no one more deserving of a place in Poets' Corner. Ted Hughes introduced a new kind of landscape into English poetry. The most compelling aspect of his work was his intimacy with nature.
Derek Walcott