Derek Walcott Quotes

I knew very early what I wanted to do, and I considered myself lucky to know that's what I wanted, even in a place like Saint Lucia where there was no publishing house and no theatre.

Derek Walcott

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

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MyselfTheatreEarlyHousePlace

As we continue to make great progress in the war on terror, now more than ever, it is important that members of the international community stand-by and bolster the efforts of the emerging diplomatic leaders in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Jim Inhofe

CommunityGreatProgressWarNow

A move to a different town or school gives us new places to explore, new people to meet; a lost pet means we have to organize a careful search; baby-sitting requires looking out for dangers a young child can't foresee; a car crash or fire demands that we get help immediately.

Jim Murphy

CarFirePetSchoolChildPeople

It's easy to set a story anywhere if you get a good guidebook and get some basic street names, and some descriptions, but, for me, yes, I am indebted to my travels to India for several of the stories.

Jhumpa Lahiri

GoodI AmMeStoryEasyYou

Regulatory changes have forced banks to closely examine their liquidity planning and to internalize the costs of liquidity provision. The costs of committed liquidity facilities will be passed on to clearing members. These costs are perhaps highest in clearing Treasury securities, where liquidity needs can be especially large.

Jerome Powell

PlanningWillChangesWhereCosts

When I signed up for Google Plus, it recommended 500 people for me to invite. You know, and once I invited those 500 people I got another 500 people. So it has a huge install base that it can start from.

Jennifer Lee

PeopleMeStartYouKnowGoogle

I love you the more in that I believe you had liked me for my own sake and for nothing else.

John Keats

LoveI Love YouRomanticMeBelieve

In an action film you act in the action. If it's a dramatic film you act in the drama.

Jean-Claude Van Damme

ActionYouDramaActDramaticFilm

But the shortest works are always the best.

Jean de La Fontaine

BestAlwaysShortestWorks

If you're old enough to have a job and to have a life, you use Facebook exactly as advertised, you look up old friends.

Jaron Lanier

LifeJobOld FriendsFriendsLook

If one person in a thousand criticized me while all the others cheered, I didn't hear the cheers.

Dorothy Dandridge

MePersonOthersCheersHearWhile

I'm on the road constantly. I'm a nomad. I don't really have a home right now. I don't identify with one place in particular.

Daya

HomeRoadPlaceNowRightNomad

I am not in exile.

Chen Guangcheng

I AmExileAm

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