Derek Walcott Quotes

Miscegenation is not an idea that we would have in the Caribbean. It wouldn't come up because anybody could marry anybody, you know. I'm not saying that there aren't prejudices in the Caribbean, but the idea of the word 'miscegenation' is not something that we think of.

Derek Walcott

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

SayingThinkYouKnowUpSomething

I am a Christian.

Jerry Falwell

I AmChristianAm

I don't like the sound of my voice.

Megan Fox

VoiceSoundLike

The hardest one, the thing that made the greatest demand on me, was The Mamas & the Papas.

Michelle Phillips

MeGreatestHardestDemandMade

You can have a great character in a really bad script, and the film will never be seen. It's just too much work to commit to a film and not have it released.

Devin Ratray

WorkCharacterGreatYouBadNever

I'm married to the person I fell in love with.

Christopher Guest

LovePersonMarriedFell

Speaking for myself, I spend a good ten minutes a day deciding whether or not to read the results of new surveys, and, once I have read them, a further five minutes deciding whether or not to take them seriously.

Craig Brown

GoodMyselfDayResultsNewTake

You make a movie, and if somebody reads something into it, then great, more power to him.

Clint Eastwood

PowerGreatYouMoreHimSomething

Vadim was both my teacher and my husband. I placed myself entirely in his hands.

Brigitte Bardot

TeacherMyselfHusbandHandsHis

I hear from the business community all the time that what they need is an educated work force. They need an infrastructure that can make people and products. You need to cultivate an environment that they can imagine living in and being in, having employees be in. And a fair tax structure. And a responsive government.

Allyson Schwartz

WorkBusinessCommunityTimePeople

You know, 'Mad Men' is notoriously secretive with its plotlines, even with exposing them to actors on the show.

Alison Brie

MenYouMadKnowShowEven

I was always spiritual, even as a child. I was taught to pray, show gratitude. We had an attitude of gratitude. Even if life was ugly, bad or sad - we prayed.

Shilpa Shetty

LifeAttitudeGratitudeSadUgly

In a maturing market it's not advisable to be always everybody's darling, because you get too thin.

Thorsten Heins

YouAlwaysDarlingGetMarketThin

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