Derek Walcott Quotes

I write plays and poetry at the same time, and I'm always refining, but I'm not obsessive about it. It's what I like to do, what I've always wanted to do.

Derek Walcott

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

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I only take risks in couture, but I don't take risks in athleticism.

Andre Leon Talley

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I think that whether you're married or not, in any relationship, there's always the terror that you're going to screw something up.

John Krasinski

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I agree that a love of reading is a great gift for a parent to pass on to his or her child.

Ann Brashares

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Most studios in Memphis had a house set of drums; the drummers just brought their own sticks.

Steve Cropper

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When Destiny's Child released their first record, I don't think I even noticed. I was still at school, and I had my own life in Houston.

Solange Knowles

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Radical transparency has an enormous impact on our personal lives. We can no longer share thoughts, quips, photos or personal opinions anywhere on the web without being mindful that they may turn up where we least expect it (notably job interviews, divorce proceedings or public media).

Simon Mainwaring

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If I know a guy who's a really good improvisational actor, I'd be foolish not to let him because he'll come up with goodies and all kinds of little freebies that you get.

Rob Reiner

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We're going for the joke on 'Children's Hospital,' and we're going for the joke on 'The League.' It's fun to go between shows, but you have to mentally remind yourself what show you're on.

Rob Huebel

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Although we followed that hyena for the best part of half an hour, we never caught up with it.

Louis Leakey

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My mom worked as an education director.

Josh Gondelman

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Movies are movies, television is television.

Dirk Benedict

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Investment banks started recruiting at Harvard back in the day, and they'd fly me down to New York City and I was so poor so I would take advantage of the free flight, the per diem, the hotel. And then I would go audition for stuff.

Dean Norris

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