Derek Walcott Quotes
No masterpieces in huge frames to worship, … and yet there are the days when every street corner rounds itself into a sunlit surprise, a painting or a phrase, canoes drawn up by the market, the harbour’s blue, the barracks. So much to do still, all of it praise.
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At 21 years old, I could produce 400 people like that.
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I idolised bands like Pearl Jam and Smashing Pumpkins, who wanted to reach as many people as they could.
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I must never write when I do not want to write.
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Major success feels a bit like a coronation. Like I'd become a king. I was one of the most famous people in the world, loved and hated in equal measure. I couldn't see anything bad with it. It made me a happy person.
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Sometimes I wonder where I am from. I am either way ahead or I come from another world. I don't recognise this world.
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It's very likely that I will finish my career as Swiss national coach.
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It's rumored that doing well in real estate is to be able to close a deal. I did not find that to be the case for myself, I was probably the worst closer out there and I didn't find that was true of my top super stars either.
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I went into acting as psychotherapy, and it's still a work in progress.
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My mom has always been my support system. She taught me to never give up and to keep pursuing my passions no matter what.
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I swear to the Lord, I still can't see, why Democracy means, everybody but me.
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The theatre only knows what it's doing next week, not like the opera, where they say: What are we going to do in five years' time? A completely different attitude.
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You all look like happy campers to me. Happy campers you are, happy campers you have been, and, as far as I am concerned, happy campers you will always be.
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My mom taught me to live by the three p's: to always be passionate, persistent, and prepared.
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The problem is that I don't want to add another record to the world that is not necessary to be published, except to make some business. There has to be a musical reason.
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I guess what all artists want is for their work to touch someone or for it to be thought provoking.
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I've already fought my share. God gave me a rich, eventful career, and I thank God for everything, but I'm done fighting.
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According to our estimates, the Hungarians working in the U.K. altogether pay more contributions and taxes than the benefits that they get. So we belong to the world of the fair working people.
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Sometimes I feel I hope I am not taking advantage of my stardom.
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A true knight is fuller of bravery in the midst, than in the beginning of danger.
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Girls love emotion.
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I'm from the Mississippi delta originally.
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Never give up on what you really want to do. The person with big dreams is more powerful than the one with all the facts.
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I'm not into that method acting thing. I just turn up, say my lines and go home.
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No masterpieces in huge frames to worship, … and yet there are the days when every street corner rounds itself into a sunlit surprise, a painting or a phrase, canoes drawn up by the market, the harbour’s blue, the barracks. So much to do still, all of it praise.
