Derek Walcott Quotes
I can't tear up a poem and be a sound bite for you. Why is that so hard for anyone to understand?
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All I came to Los Angeles with was a dream. No one from my family ever left Ohio.
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I'm not going to roll back anything. Nothing is going to change with respect to reproductive rights.
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Life consists in what a man is thinking of all day.
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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 live in a Mobile Home - I've never had a house, except once; I rented a log cabin.
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I wouldn't just have other people write songs and me go out and sing it. I would sit down with a guitar and write 11 or 12 good songs for an album and that is gonna take a long time.
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The country needs more than one-party dominance, as much as I believe the Democratic Party is the party for the middle class... We need to have a marketplace of ideas.
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As Governor, I've worked to solve problems the New Hampshire way - bringing together Democrats, Republicans and Independents to help hard-working Granite Staters adapt to our changing economy so that everyone has the opportunity to get ahead and stay ahead.
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Once a song's out there, it's no longer mine. And that's the whole purpose of music: to belong to people.
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I never carry a purse. My iPhone is always with me, a credit card, and a piece of mint chocolate chip cookie dough ice cream gum.
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Honestly, I find writing to be a very lonely job.
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I love dessert. All kinds. But there's something about ice cream that makes me happy. I am drawn to its simplicity. I am perplexed by the endless supply of constantly growing flavor options. And I am always in the mood for sprinkles and a sugar cone.
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I found it more challenging to act in a small scene, especially if it has no dialogue and if it is a close-up with only expressions.
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Personally I feel, for me, it's tough to do Botox - but it's also tough not to! Sometimes, I think I need the help. Whatever anyone else chooses is fine with me - no judgment.
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I longed to be bright and most certainly never was. I was rather hopeless, I suspect.
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People seldom refuse help, if one offers it in the right way.
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Grown-up clothes are more appealing because customers need to be able to project themselves into them.
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When you're rich you don't write checks.
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We didn't grow up overly religious, but there was an understanding that you had a duty as a citizen to help your fellow man.
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I feel very privileged that I get to spend my life telling stories that mean something to people.
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The main reason for the failure of the modern medical science is that it is dealing with results and not causes. Nothing more than the patching up of those attacked and the burying of those who are slain, without a thought being given to the real strong hold.
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Until you learn to play what you want to hear, you're barking up the wrong tree.
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Even though Google may do very well, there will always be an alternative to what Google is doing, and people will always have the free choice... because there's no way for us to prevent them from exercising that choice. That is one of the key aspects of why the Internet has been so successful. No technologies can dominate.
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I can't tear up a poem and be a sound bite for you. Why is that so hard for anyone to understand?
