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Derek Walcott Quotes

I have never separated the writing of poetry from prayer. I have grown up believing it is a vocation, a religious vocation.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

Prayer Poetry Writing Believing Up

I discovered and fell in love with skiing long before I started to climb. Skiing was really my first calling. As a kid, I grew up skiing in jeans in Minnesota.

Love Climb Skiing Long First Kid

You can be in terrible shape, and if you take a three-hour walk through the forest and along the river, you're simply not the same as when you started out.

Walk River Forest You Out Shape

James Cameron has always been way ahead of the curve in terms of the use of technology in his movies.

Technology Movies Ahead Way Always

Any sex outside of the marriage bond between a man and a woman is violating God's law.

Marriage God Woman Man Law Bond

Acting, when it is good, can be transformative.

Good Acting Transformative

For some reason, people think I am this terrible person and it really hurts me to hear that. I am just doing the best I know how to.

Anna Nicole Smith

Best I Am People Me Think Doing

We were developing an innovative Personal Information Manager called Chandler but a couple years ago I took off from that to do a project writing down my memoirs essentially, reminiscing about the development of the Macintosh.

Writing Information Down Personal

A single moment spent in a business meeting or at a pub is more than enough to reveal the basic human truth that we are all faking it most of the time. We congratulate a rival on a triumph when actually we are choking on spite. We are cordial and attentive to crashing bores.

Business Truth Time Moment Enough

From childhood, I have been more of a musician than a singer. People close to me know how much effort I put into practising. Even when I am travelling, I have my tanpura on my iPhone.

Childhood I Am Effort People Me

Confidence in others' honesty is no light testimony of one's own integrity.

Michel de Montaigne

Confidence Integrity Honesty Light

I'm against picketing, but I don't know how to show it.

Know Against Show How

I try to be smart with my comedy. Generally, it devolves into bathroom humour. I describe my comedy as, 'I have the best intentions, but usually it fails.'

Jason Priestley

Best Smart Comedy Bathroom Try

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