Desmond Dekker Quotes

One day, I went to buy something for my dad at the shops, and I heard a song by Nat King Cole called 'Stardust Melody.' It was like I went into a trance or something. I forgot all about my dad sending me to the shop. When I got home, I explained to him what happened. I thought I was going to get a whipping, but he understood.

Desmond Dekker

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: musician
  • Nationality: jamaican
  • Birth: July 16, 1941 - May 25, 2006

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A two-year-old is kind of like having a blender, but you don't have a top for it.

Jerry Seinfeld

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The Marvel catalogue of 9,000 characters really is that rich. It isn't just a bunch of guys running around with capes and cowls who have secret identities and fight across the street from each other.

Jeph Loeb

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Opium teaches only one thing, which is that aside from physical suffering, there is nothing real.

Andre Malraux

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A man with God is always in the majority.

John Knox

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The time to be happy is now, and the place to be happy is here.

Robert Green Ingersoll

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There's a lot of mystery just inherent in the story of 'Descender.' There's sort of a central mystery that runs throughout it.

Jeff Lemire

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My goal was to try and kind of be our generation's Marty McFly. That was what my all-time goal was.

Tom Holland

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I'm just sick of food going in the garbage.

Tom Douglas

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Just imagine how fast, innovative and excellent your business will be once every single teammate - from the janitor to the executive - begins to see themselves as the CEO of their own area of responsibility.

Robin S. Sharma

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I cut an imposing figure. I am large, and I'm tall, and I have tattoos. I am actually really quiet and shy, but maybe people see me, and they don't want to step out of line, or equate disagreement with stepping out of line with a writer they like.

Roxane Gay

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I have long argued that no one should be allowed to write opinion without spending years as a reporter - nothing like interviewing all four eyewitnesses to an automobile accident and then trying to write an accurate account of what happened.

Molly Ivins

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I need to get better as a player, I need to get fitter, and I need to get better on the mental side. It's exciting for me, because there's so much I could do better. I don't feel like I've really maxed out any shot. People talk about my serve, but I think that can even get better.

Milos Raonic

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