Derek Walcott Quotes

The thing a writer has to avoid is being the 'voice' of his people and pretending he can speak for them.

Derek Walcott

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

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I'm a huge karaoke fan. Oh my God. I'm one of those girls who don't give the mic away. It's a problem. I'm a closeted pop star.

Jenna Dewan

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A diet should be named after what you do eat, not what you don't eat.

Robert Atkins

DietYouEatShouldAfterNamed

The origins of my career as a peace mediator can be found from my childhood years. I was born in the city of Viipuri, then still part of Finland. We lost Viipuri when the Soviet Union attacked my country. Along with 400,000 fellow Karelians, I became an eternally displaced person in the rest of Finland.

Martti Ahtisaari

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Everybody in wrestling is looking at the information coming in on concussions. Everyone from the NFL to the WWE to TNA to the youth soccer groups around the country are realizing that there are dangers that weren't previously known.

Mick Foley

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There is no substitute - none - for American power.

Michael T. Flynn

PowerAmericanNoneSubstitute

Criticism is always easier than constructive solutions.

Jaron Lanier

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We've been gone five years and the best they could come up with was boy bands?

Jon Bon Jovi

BestBoyYearsUpGoneBeen

You mentioned the Free Trade Agreement and yes I can't tell you how pleased we are that Morocco is one of the countries that our country is going to begin negotiating a Free Trade Agreement with.

Donald Evans

FreeYouCountryBeginTellMorocco

I wrote 'Happy Man' with a couple of boys of mine. I have been writing in Nashville for a long time. Of course I was writing songs back in Oklahoma when I was a kid.

Christian Kane

TimeManHappyWritingLongBack

I find inspiration in everything.

Concha Buika

FindInspirationEverything

If I were planning to be stranded on a desert island, I wouldn't take Freud's books with me, because I've already read them all.

Anne Roiphe

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'Rent-a-tile' means when you go to a dance hall, some people take the middle of the dance floor and do their thing.

Sean Paul

DancePeopleYouGoSome People

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