Derek Walcott Quotes
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I don't think you'll ever get enough picking.
Earl Scruggs
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Some movies are the kind you take home with you at the end of the day, and some, you can let go.
Naomi Watts
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I do have a lot of female friends who are stand-ups and also women who are actresses and also happen to have an act.
Kate Flannery
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Even when I am writing I usually take a break around lunchtime and go for a little walk to clear out my head.
Patricia Cornwell
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I think men and women are the same. Even as parents, I think we're the same. We're just conditioned to think that we're different. Having said that, it's true that motherhood is a particularly vulnerable area. It's an open wound, really. A woman is exposed to being turned into a different kind of person by the experience of motherhood.
Rachel Cusk
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I met Hugh Jackman, and I was like, 'I love your movies!' And, of course, he asked, 'Which one?' A reasonable question, but I blanked completely. In that moment, I couldn't remember a single film that Hugh Jackman had done. So I copped out. 'The recent one!' And that was one of his biggest disasters. Well done, me.
Karan Johar
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People need to know, before I'm associated with any party, I am an American, and that's what I want to drive home at the RNC.
BeBe Winans
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Any anxieties publishers have about putting a child on the front cover of a book who isn't white is very old fashioned.
Malorie Blackman
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It's always impressive when talented comedians are easy laughers or generous with their laughs.
Hank Azaria
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To Southerners like my mother, 'Gone With the Wind' was not just a book; it was an answer, a clenched fist raised to the North, an anthem of defiance.
Pat Conroy
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I'm not going to disappear.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
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No nation keeps its word. A nation is a big, blind worm, following what? Fate perhaps. A nation has no honour, it has no word to keep. … Hitler is himself the nation. That incidentally is why Hitler always has to talk so loud, even in private conversation - because he is speaking with 78 million voices.
Carl Jung
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I watch a lot of sports. One of the reasons I watch is to see how these guys handle pressure, how they respond to situations.
Jason Dufner
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When I was starting out, I always wanted to be able to do everything - comedy and drama and action, and everything in between. Film is so diverse, and it's fun to be able to take advantage of all of it.
Olivia Thirlby
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Sometimes you see films, not just science fiction films, where you get the sense that if the camera were to pan just to the left or the right, all of a sudden you'd be seeing light stands and crew standing around. But with 'Blade Runner,' the beauty of it is that it felt like a real, breathing city.
Duncan Jones
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I try to begin with a strong grasp of my characters. Even if it's schematic, I need it clear in my head who these people are.
Maria Semple
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I've always loved people that's been around for a long time, like old shoes.
Raphael Saadiq
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I am primarily, absolutely a Caribbean writer.
Derek Walcott
