Derek Walcott Quotes
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Kids love to look at pictures of themselves.
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To be honest, proper recognition has only come from the fans. I don't want to be hard, and I don't want to be negative, but I want to be honest.
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I don't want to be an actor or nothing but if I have to, I'll act if it's the right thing.
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Someone like Amy Poehler, I don't know, but I feel like I know her. I think everyone feels like they know her.
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You are not alone with a guy until you are a proper age. You don't go to certain levels with men until you are married or you have a certain relationship.
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Scotland is the best place in the whole world.
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I never thought I would go to Gaza. It's incredibly difficult to get into, and when you get there, it's a war zone. Then they have this beach, and there's this incredible, vibrant beach culture there, which is something that I grew up with in Southern California.
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Rather than waiting to restore fiscal responsibility after we pass legislation, we must work to ensure we remain committed to it as we draft legislation.
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I have to admit that I can't take a whole fig and eat it on its own as I would a peach or mango. It's just too much.
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In the right context, you can make ugly sounds, different sounds feel right at home.
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I owe everything to France.
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Because of my crazy work schedule, I have become something of a master at changing my clothes while driving. The men driving next to me love it.
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The experiments show quite clearly that, as you resist more and more temptation, you're actually more and more likely to fail.
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When you do portraits professionally it's not a desire, it's for money.
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Working with Bill Cosby was incredible. I was lucky to be a part of that.
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I wear a lot of wigs as Jacques Mesrine. He'd wear multiple wigs and take them off one at a time to rob three banks in one hour.
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The current prohibition laws are forcing drug disputes to be played out with guns in our streets. We need to put a stop to this criminal drug element in our country.
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Power is something of which I am convinced there is no innocence this side of the womb.
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All I've done all my life is just tried to better the game for our players and for those people watching.
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I have a very, very creative family.
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When my first record came out, it was in the middle of the real Muse, Keane, British thing, and that beat-driven thing wasn't really that cool at the moment.
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We always had money problems. Sometimes I would lie awake at night wondering how to pay the rent.
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Give thyself time to learn something new and good, and cease to be whirled around.
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There's always a need at a critical time for poetry.
