Derek Jarman Quotes

All men are homosexual, some turn straight. It must be very odd to be a straight man because your sexuality is hopelessly defensive. It's like an ideal of racial purity.

Derek Jarman

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: director
  • Nationality: british
  • Birth: January 31, 1942 - February 19, 1994

Topics

MenManRacialTurnPurityMust

It's almost worth having been in the army for the joy your freedom gives you.

John Dos Passos

FreedomPatriotismJoyWorthYou

But now I've been in the arena for 47 years and I stutter less today than I did in those days.

Mel Tillis

TodayNowYearsDaysBeenThan

It's very important that you focus on winning games and being consistent down the stretch. I think that's what we're focused on. All of the other stuff about who wins and who loses and how many wins do we need, if we're focusing on that, then that's not good.

Mike Singletary

GoodFocusWinningThinkYouDown

The truth is, when you want a great show, it's not 'entertaining' the audience - it's you sharing with them... an experience of communion.

Lizz Wright

TruthGreatExperienceTruth IsYou

The people who have recently come to this country to work and better their lives should be given the same opportunities that our parents, grandparents, and ancestors were given.

Jose Serrano

WorkParentsPeopleOpportunities

I was born and raised in China, Mandarin is my first language, and I definitely know America. I think that will be my strength, to try and bring the two worlds together.

Chloe Zhao

StrengthTogetherThinkLanguageTry

Torture produces unreliable evidence and therefore doesn't achieve and protect anybody. Torture corrupts those who are doing the torturing.

Cherie Blair

DoingAchieveProtectEvidenceWho

There's a picture of my dorm room in the college yearbook as the most messy, most disgusting room on the Harvard campus, where I was an undergraduate.

Brian Greene

CollegePictureMessyRoomHarvard

My first instrument was the piano; I played in the church, and before that I sang in church. I didn't learn the guitar until I was 24 years old.

Chuck Brown

GuitarChurchLearnOldFirstPiano

I always want to do better; I always want to find a new challenge.

Bonnie Hammer

ChallengeBetterFindNewWant

I was a loser in high school.

Seann William Scott

SchoolHigh SchoolLoserHigh

I'm tall now, but when I was younger, I used to tower above everyone - I still feel conscious of that.

Tuppence Middleton

FeelNowTallEveryoneTowerAbove

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