Derek Walcott Quotes

That's another pompous expression that is out of fashion, to say that poetry is a gift. It sounds pompous because you say, 'Who gave you the gift, and what is this gift?' And the gift is where I am; the gift is what I have come out of, the people around me who, I think, are beautiful people.

Derek Walcott

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

BeautifulI AmPoetryPeopleFashion

You know, 'Project Runway' was a really special show, and we had a great five seasons with it. We loved that show, and we loved the stories that it brought to Bravo and the creativity. And it was a magic five seasons.

Andy Cohen

GreatCreativityLovedMagicSeasons

People have always taken photos of themselves, either with camera timers or by handing their Nikons over to strangers in foreign countries and then paying large sums to get them back.

Meghan Daum

PeopleCameraStrangersBackOver

The countries of Europe are too small to guarantee their peoples the necessary prosperity and social development. The European states must constitute themselves into a federation.

Jean Monnet

SmallProsperityDevelopmentEurope

There is nothing better than playing a bad girl for two months, then turning around and playing someone sweet. Films give you this opportunity.

Amy Weber

GirlOpportunitySweetBetterYou

I worked in restaurants, bars, record stores; I did anything and everything to pay my way through university and LAMDA.

Tom Riley

WayEverythingPayThroughAnything

Every cook I knows loves to make pizza.

Tom Douglas

PizzaCookMakeKnowsEveryLoves

If it came to saving the life of one priest or sacrificing the life of an entire congregation, the church would save the life of the priest. Which is backwards, of course.

Rob Walton

LifeChurchBackwardsPriestWould

When we don't have a boyfriend or girlfriend, we always say, 'Oh, I'm so lonely. I want a date,' or something like that. But I think the biggest love we're all searching for is the love for one's self.

RM

LoveThinkSelfLonelySayWant

I loved fun. I spent my whole life in search of fun. I have not given up that part of myself.

Rob Lowe

LifeMyselfFunSearchLovedUp

Letter writing was clearly important to Reagan. Even as president he kept dashing off letters to friends, pen pals, media people, statesmen, critics, and the kind of people who write to presidents never expecting a reply.

Russell Baker

PeopleWritingFriendsMediaPen

We're fighting an enemy that is far different than any we have got before. It's a nontraditional kind of war, and I think we need to step back, recalibrate how we go about protecting our borders and protecting our people, and resetting our position in the world.

Jon Huntsman, Jr.

WarStepPeopleWorldThinkBack

We all die. The goal isn't to live forever, the goal is to create something that will.

Chuck Palahniuk

LiveDieGoalCreateWillSomething

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