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Derek Walcott Quotes

I grew up in a place in which, if you learned poetry, you shouted it out. Boys would scream it out and perform it and do it and flourish it.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

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Poetry You Place Out Flourish Up

Even as a kid, I ventured out to ethnic restaurants all the time.

Time Kid Out Ethnic Even

My father left school at 14, my mother at 13. My father was clever and well-read. He took a newspaper, always watched the news, discussed it all the time.

Father Mother Time School News Left

To me, respect for human life begins with making it more difficult to obtain an inanimate object that is designed to snuff it out.

Jean Hanff Korelitz

Life Respect Me Human Difficult Out

I was a very good nurse, but I burned out after eight years or so because it wasn't what I truly wanted to do. Writing is what I belong to.

Good Writing Years Out Belong Nurse

Trade is not the cause for unemployment. In fact, the biggest drivers for unemployment are innovation and increased productivity. It has nothing to do with trade.

Roberto Azevedo

Innovation Nothing Unemployment Trade

I learned a lot I wouldn't have learned roaming the streets of Dallas.

Streets Dallas Roaming Learned Lot

For me, stories were brothers, sisters and friends, filling the long hours between childhood and adolescence, holding up a true mirror in which I might find out who I was rather than a distorted reflection of who I was expected to become.

Mirror Reflection Childhood Me Long

I have very strong relationships with my actors when I'm shooting. When you love an actor's work, you always feel you have to go further, and you make several films together. One film just gives you time to get acquainted.

Work Love Time Together Strong You

It's every teacher's job to be rigorous about constantly being open to new ideas and innovation.

Innovation Teacher Job Ideas New

I am consumed with the fear of failing. Reaching deep down and finding confidence has made all my dreams come true.

Fear Confidence Dreams I Am Deep

If you're trying to solve a problem that is fundamentally important to human society, that's really important to our mission at Indie Bio.

Society Problem Trying Mission You

I also have a big love of classical music played on piano because this is the environment I grew up in my brother being one of the great masters in this world.

Love Music Great Brother World Big

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