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Derek Walcott Quotes

If you know what you are going to write when you're writing a poem, it's going to be average.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

Writing You Know Write Going Poem

Last week in the Homeland Security Committee, Republicans were against port security; and today, one week after Democrats unveiled our Real Security Agenda, they're for it.

Today Week Security Real Committee

I didn't like the nervous tension of being a public person.

Person Nervous Tension Being Like

I've always been a little scared of technology, which is why I explore it.

Technology Why Explore Always Scared

I am never excited to play through a song all the way, because it can reveal more flaws that mean more work. For some reason, I always have an irrational fear that the song will never be finished.

Work Fear I Am Song Flaws Play

Coal mines make the news only when they explode, collapse, kill. It's exciting! Tragedy! Fodder for a cable-news frenzy.

Jeanne Marie Laskas

Tragedy News Coal Only Exciting

You can't instruct an audience to laugh, but what you can do is read well and understand the spirit and subtleties, if there are any, in the dialogue.

Tommy Lee Jones

Laugh You Understand Spirit Audience

For a novelist, the great thing about the Stone Age people is that we know virtually nothing about their beliefs - which means that I get to make it up! But it's still got to be plausible.

Age Great People Stone Know Nothing

So one thing that I want to do is to make people realize that astronauts in general are very normal people. They are down to Earth, so to speak. I know it sounds contradictive, but we are very normal people. We are very normal people with a fantastic privilege and opportunity to do something that is extraordinary.

Opportunity People Speak Down Earth

I think we are looked upon as a veteran band.

Think Band I Think Veteran Looked

We know that if supersymmetric particles exist, they must be very heavy; otherwise we would have spotted them by now.

Know Now Exist Heavy Must Would

She represented the distilled essence of the battle between the sexes.

Battle She Essence Between Distilled

Coming into the league, if I would've had money, then obviously I would've had more tattoos.

Money More Tattoos Coming Then Had

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