Derek Walcott Quotes

When I come to England, I don't claim England; I don't own it. I feel a great kinship because of the literature and the landscape. I have great affection for Edward Thomas and Philip Larkin, but there's still this distance: looking on at what I'm admiring, separate from what I am. And that's OK.

Derek Walcott

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

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The trouble with life is that there are so many beautiful women and so little time.

John Barrymore

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To be honest, I am a really simple person, and most of my friends are not from the industry. I am most comfortable with them. They don't treat me as an actor, and neither would they tolerate me behaving like one.

Shilpa Shinde

SimpleI AmMeTreatFriendsPerson

In 2010, The Princeton Review ranked Colgate the most beautiful campus in America - I agree.

Jay Chandrasekhar

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Even on vacation, Rihanna's easy breezy chic is not complete without a red lip.

Derek Blasberg

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Some goals you just never really think about trying to achieve because they just seem so out of reach.

Chris Daughtry

GoalsThinkReachTryingYouNever

I don't have the fear I won't be able to think of something else to write. It's what I do.

Bonnie Hunt

FearThinkWriteSomethingAble

The mania is like wasps under the skin, like my head's going to explode with ideas.

Alice Weaver Flaherty

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The new American dream is one of responsibility. What is the bottom-line number that you're going to be able to pay back toward a student loan responsibly if you're doing it yourself after you have a job? That dictates the amount of money you can borrow. That dictates the school you can go to, if you can even go to a four-year college at all.

Suze Orman

ResponsibilityMoneyJobYourself

Honestly, the essence of publishing hasn't changed. Since the days of the cave man carving stuff on the cave walls, people have wanted stories, and storytellers have wanted an audience. That is still the case. The changes are really a matter of format.

Susan Wiggs

WallsManPeopleMatterCaveDays

You and I can be busy, and we take a vacation from work. You can't take a break from being poor. You can't say, 'Hey I've had enough of worrying about money, I'm just going to be rich for a couple of weeks until I've recovered.'

Sendhil Mullainathan

WorkMoneyVacationBusyRichYou

I have no regrets about being poor.

Nigel Farage

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I got some media coverage for using the tail, the ear, the oink.

Mario Batali

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