Derek Walcott Quotes

My first book of poems was published privately in 1949. That was my mother. The book was '25 Poems.' It cost 200 dollars.

Derek Walcott

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

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MotherBookFirstCostPoems

My feeling about my own work is, I could be writing 'The Aeneid' and they would still have to call it chick lit or mommy lit or menopausal old hag lit.

Jennifer Weiner

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I prefer the folly of enthusiasm to the indifference of wisdom.

Anatole France

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I have a thing that I do when I meet famous people, where I try to play it really cool. Sometimes I pretend like I don't know them.

Rob Huebel

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My father was an athlete, a great athlete, fought in the Marines in World War I. He was all sports and activity. My mother was all academics. I still have the complete works of Shakespeare that she had.

Marv Levy

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During the 80s and 90s, we all became consumed with ourselves. In the 21st century, we've come back to simpler times. People are struggling economically and this has forced them to scale back the material aspects of their lives and realise the beauty of finding the simple joy in being with the people we love.

Julia Roberts

LoveBeautySimpleJoyPeopleBack

There is always drama and there will always be drama, but its the way its presented in my head that makes it so interesting. Everyone gets their time in the middle of the drama.

Josh Schwartz

TimeInterestingDramaWillWay

Iberico de Bellota is best when cooked medium rare with a nice, pink center to allow the delicious acorn-infused flavor to come through.

Jose Andres

BestPinkNiceThroughRareCenter

Structure your cross-training appropriately by alternating the intensity of your sessions so you work, recover, work, recover.

Brett Hoebel

WorkYouStructureYourIntensity

I love the alchemy of cooking, the theatre of it. It's creating something.

Anthony Warlow

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Even in a gleefully negative comic, there is optimism, although it's slightly hidden: It comes out through a comic character's sheer tenacity. He keeps going and trying to find some sort of fulfillment regardless of his perpetual failure record. That's a form of hope, a form of optimism. Really hokey I know, but it's true.

Lev Yilmaz

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I am very clear about keeping my professional and personal lives separate. I don't want to talk about certain things, and that's the way I am.

Krystle D'Souza

I AmProfessionalWantPersonalWay

Let's keep the music with us. We'll always have it.

Krist Novoselic

MusicAlwaysKeepUs

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