Derek Walcott Quotes

There is no one more deserving of a place in Poets' Corner. Ted Hughes introduced a new kind of landscape into English poetry. The most compelling aspect of his work was his intimacy with nature.

Derek Walcott

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

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Disunion by force is treason.

Andrew Jackson

TreasonForce

I don't miss politics.

Jeb Bush

PoliticsMiss

Young Jimmy Dean fell off the world as suddenly as he had come.

Mercedes McCambridge

WorldYoungOffComeHeSuddenly

When Thug hears a song, he knows how the whole shape of the thing goes. He can nudge the whole frame to the left to make it offbeat and sound how he wants it to sound.

Metro Boomin

SongThugSoundFrameShapeLeft

We will make our products work out of the box.

Steve Ballmer

WorkWillBoxOutProductsWork Out

It takes a man to suffer ignorance and smile.

Sting

SmileIgnoranceManSufferTakes

In city after city, newspaper after newspaper has diminished its staff of critics, sometimes to zero. Film and T.V. critics have been dropped and not replaced. Maybe they're deemed unnecessary because nobody cares if anything's good or not.

Tom Shales

GoodCityNobodySometimesNewspaper

I guess you can say I 'do the Twist.' I like playful dance moves that aren't too serious.

Mitski

DanceYouSeriousSayPlayfulTwist

I don't keep secrets because I'm no good at them!

Miley Cyrus

GoodSecretsKeepBecauseThem

I am most grateful for having bad eyesight, which prevented me from becoming a commercial pilot and instead, led me to having the best job in the world - representing the people of California's 47th Congressional District.

Loretta Sanchez

BestGratefulJobI AmPeopleWorld

Running around when I was a kid was a really happy time; a time when getting home for dinner or for sleep were my only responsibilities.

Josh Hartnett

HomeTimeSleepHappyDinnerKid

I rejected most of the folk I was exposed to in the Seventies. I came around later to Tom Waits, some parts of Jim Croce, and a lot of Cat Stevens.

Chris Cornell

CatSeventiesMostSomeAroundFolk

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