Derek Walcott Quotes

Anybody great, we're all interested in the relics. If you found an unfinished Gauguin, you'd still want to see it.

Derek Walcott

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

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GreatYouWantSeeStillInterested

I'm not so widely known that I'm going to be pigeonholed.

Jeri Ryan

GoingKnownPigeonholedWidely

I think, like, fiction has a place to understand those things that are hardest to understand that non-fiction can't ever get at.

Andrew Sean Greer

ThinkPlaceUnderstandFictionGet

The first requirement of politics is not intellect or stamina but patience. Politics is a very long run game and the tortoise will usually beat the hare.

John Major

PatiencePoliticsGameLongRun

I used to think that guys preferred tall women. But plenty of them like short girls.

Anna Kendrick

WomenThinkShortTallUsedLike

Based on the name value I had, I went to L.A. and got involved in independent movies.

Stone Cold Steve Austin

ValueNameMoviesIndependentGot

The knack is to find your own inspiration and take it on a journey to create work that is personal and revealing.

Martin Parr

WorkJourneyFindCreatePersonal

I don't follow trends, so I make my own.

Mohamed Hadid

My OwnTrendsFollowOwnMake

Only in America can a Barack Obama happen. Only in America can a Don King happen.

Don King

KingAmericaHappenOnlyObama

You know, at some point there has to be parity. There has to be parity between what is happening in the real world, and what is happening in the public sector world.

Chris Christie

WorldYouKnowRealPointHappening

I just am a snob when it comes to humor.

Courteney Cox

HumorSnobJustAm

I'm very receptive to direction, to change, and to developing myself as an artist and human.

Aquaria

ChangeMyselfDirectionArtistHuman

We have been so pleased with the response to our unique schools in the Nashville area, and we are confident that other areas will embrace our concept, as well.

Scott Thompson

ConfidentUniqueEmbraceWillWell

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