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Derek Walcott Quotes

The Caribbean is an immense ocean that just happens to have a few islands in it. The people have an immense respect for it, awe of it.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: poet
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Birth: January 23, 1930

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Respect Ocean People Awe Caribbean

I co-wrote and produced 'Sticky Fingers' with Catlin Adams, who directed it. I learned a lot writing and producing with Cat. I spent as much time as I could in the cutting room with her. All the producing experience that I had helped.

Time Experience Writing Cat Room

Your outlook is pretty happy and positive after yoga. It's a good way to open up and center.

Positive Good Happy Way Open Up

Now that I'm a father, I've forgiven my parents.

Father Parents Now Forgiven

For me, comedy starts as a spew, a kind of explosion, and then you sculpt it from there, if at all. It comes out of a deeper, darker side. Maybe it comes from anger, because I'm outraged by cruel absurdities, the hypocrisy that exists everywhere, even within yourself, where it's hardest to see.

Yourself Anger Me Comedy You Kind

This is the law of God by which He makes His way known to man and is paramount to all human control.

God Man Law Control Way Human

I think comedians see themselves as people among people.

Michael Showalter

People Think See Comedians I Think

Oftentimes I deliberately put ambiguity into my books so that... the reader is left with an echo of: 'How much of this was from me?'

Me Left Ambiguity Echo Books Much

To me, age doesn't make a difference in terms of how playful or fun life can be.

Life Age Fun Me Make A Difference

Dance with a girl three times, and if you like the light of her eye and the tone of voice with which she, breathless, answers your little questions about horseflesh and music about affairs masculine and feminine, then take the leap in the dark.

Anthony Trollope

Music Girl Light Dance Eye Voice

The only books I give up on are texts where the writer's attention is concentrated so heavily on narrative questions that his or her use of language becomes careless.

Language Questions Attention Up Her

Without any doubt, I'm convinced that Hillary Clinton represents less individuality, flexibility for the states, a weaker national defense. And you know, for all those reasons, we ought to get behind Donald Trump.

Doubt You Donald Trump Know Without

Do Christians sin? Yes, absolutely. But can Christians live in a state of sin without discipline and without being brought back in obedience to their Father? Absolutely not.

Father Live Discipline Back Sin Yes

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