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Derek Walcott Quotes

The older I get, the more aware I am of the banality and indifference of a place like Trinidad to any development of the arts.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

I Am Place Development More Arts

And we can celebrate when we have a government that has earned back the trust of the people it serves... when we have a government that honors our Constitution and stands up for the values that have made America, America: economic freedom, individual liberty, and personal responsibility.

Freedom Responsibility Trust People

If it wasn't for music, I doubt whether we'd be friends.

Music Friends Doubt Whether

Unlike my grandfather or my brother, I've actually been able to make some money at a racetrack.

Money Brother Grandfather Been Able

Prayer for many is like a foreign land. When we go there, we go as tourists. Like most tourists, we feel uncomfortable and out of place. Like most tourists, we therefore move on before too long and go somewhere else.

Robert McAfee Brown

Prayer Feel Uncomfortable Long Place

While Jane Fonda has no shortage of knowledge to share, I was particularly moved and fascinated by her recovery from bulimia, which she battled with for over 25 years.

Amanda de Cadenet

Knowledge She Over Years Recovery

I am not a big fan of positive thinking. The term suggests that there is something negative that you have to counteract by being positive. That is an artificial duality.

Positive I Am Negative Thinking You

When I wake up in the morning, I like to express my gratitude for being on the planet. That gratefulness makes me very present.

Morning Gratitude Me Wake Up Present

I like to think that I can run, but I remember once running up and down through different terrains while on set in Iceland, and I face planted.

Face Think Remember Down I Can Run

I believe in luck: how else can you explain the success of those you dislike?

Success Luck Believe Chance You How

When you work with people who are so passionate about their product it's kinda inspiring.

Work People You Product Passionate

I never want to bore the public.

Want Never Bore Public

The only constant that I have in my life is that I start whatever I do with my Total Gym, because I believe it helps keep me from getting injured.

Christie Brinkley

Life Me Start Believe My Life Gym

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