Derek Walcott Quotes

The personal vocabulary, the individual melody whose metre is one's biography, joins in that sound, with any luck, and the body moves like a walking, a waking island.

Derek Walcott

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: poet
  • Nationality:
  • Birth: January 23, 1930

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LuckWalkingBodyIslandPersonal

My mom grew up in poverty in Oklahoma - like Dust Bowl, nine people in one room kind of place - and the way she got out of poverty was through education. My dad grew up without a dad, with very little and he also made his way out through education.

Jennifer Garner

EducationPeopleMomPovertyPlace

I think it is a burden... that we constantly realise that there isn't that much rhyme or reason to why something happens. If we think about that too much, it can make all of our decisions very stressful.

Andrew Haigh

ThinkDecisionsToo MuchBurdenWhy

I have seen the movie 'Showgirls' over 25 times.

Andrew Keenan-Bolger

OverSeenMovieTimes

Classic art was the art of necessity: modern romantic art bears the stamp of caprice and chance.

Max Eastman

ArtRomanticChanceClassicModern

Most negotiators are trying to get their way.

Stephen Covey

TryingWayGetMost

I have numerous people who have expressed a willingness to be plaintiffs.

Michael Newdow

PeopleWillingnessWhoNumerous

I can do much, I can do everything for a man who will be my friend. I can give him power; I can give him wealth. I can give him reputation - the power, the wealth, the reputation which come to a man who speaks to a million people a day in the columns of a great paper.

Joseph Pulitzer

FriendPowerGreatDayManPeople

I have amassed an enormous amount of songs about every particular condition of humankind - children's songs, marriage songs, death songs, love songs, epic songs, mystical songs, songs of leaving, songs of meeting, songs of wonder. I pretty much have got a song for every occasion.

Donovan

LoveMarriageChildrenDeathSong

I get asked to do stupid things like panel shows and talk shows and things.

Chris Lilley

StupidTalkThingsGetLikeShows

When you do music, your friends are writers, actors, painters. It's all under the same roof. So anything creative is interesting to me.

Alison Mosshart

MusicCreativeMeInterestingYou

I had always wanted to see the world, and the PGA Tour was always going to be there.

Peter Uihlein

WorldAlwaysSeeGoingTourWanted

You'd be hard pressed to find more drama in 'Days of Our Lives' than you do in an average job each day.

Ryan Reynolds

DayJobYouFindDramaHard

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