Derek Walcott Quotes
There is a restless identity in the New World. The New World needs an identity without guilt or blame.
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If I categorized home runs that I've seen, without a doubt the monumental one is Henry's... but I've seen a lot of classic, great home runs. Gibson's was probably the most theatrical home run I've ever seen.
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After six years without seeing one, I love just seeing a smile - every smile I see gives me hope.
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Parodies of commercials are by no means new and have been popular going back to black-and-white TV shows of the '50s.
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I never sell a book. I sell myself. And the way to sell yourself is to be an instrument of love.
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A Bollywood hero, for most people, has been a Raj, a Rahul or a Prem... it's now a part of the psyche.
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I mean, I was always interested in people like Lenny Bruce, people who are breaking the old rules and making new ones.
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Here's what I have at my advantage: I've never been a personality. I've always been a character actor.
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There are epic downsides to living a somewhat public life. The upshot of that is there's nothing to hide. It's a relief in a way. There's nothing about me that can't be said.
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Boning is a pain, but it makes such a majestic chicken.
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An ordinary kitten will ask more questions than any five-year-old.
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Man is the only animal that laughs and has a state legislature.
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I never intended for the Monster Ball to be a religious experience, it just became one.
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If at first you don't succeed, failure may be your style.
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It was a complex endeavor so without Robert Redford's constant support we wouldn't have gotten to the end.
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The voices on the record, that was trying to treat my voice like guitar players treat guitar tones.
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Travelling expands the mind rarely.
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The best thing about being from Britain is that it's a melting pot of cultures, characters, and creativity. I couldn't imagine coming from anywhere else.
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Frankly, right is right and wrong is wrong, particularly when a parent is talking to a child. A bright line around moral responsibility is very important.
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I had a very modest upbringing.
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I'm one of those guys a lot of people watch, imitate, and then make it seem like they were the ones who did it first.
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I hate dogma in any form. I hated it in the Catholic Church and Girl Scout troops of the 1950s, and I hate in in gay activism and established feminism today.
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The British people have decided to leave. It is a sad decision but one which I respect. The vote puts the European Union in difficulties. It must recognise its shortfalls.
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I don't know in the world why anyone would consent to be a king, and never to be left to himself, but to be worried and wearied and interfered with from dark to daybreak and from morning to the fall of night.
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There is a restless identity in the New World. The New World needs an identity without guilt or blame.
