Desmond Dekker Quotes

Sometimes I'd hear things on other people's records and I say I wanted it on my records, but Leslie Kong said, no, it wasn't right and that it wasn't my style.

Desmond Dekker

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: musician
  • Nationality: jamaican
  • Birth: July 16, 1941 - May 25, 2006

Topics

StylePeopleSaidSometimesSay

The biggest challenge is how to affect public attitudes and make people care.

Jim Fowler

AttitudeChallengePeopleCareHow

Tilda Swinton is a great example of a person who completely disappears into a role.

Jenna Fischer

GreatPersonExampleRoleWho

If you want to preserve - I'm very serious now - if you want to preserve democracy as we know it, you have to have a free and many times adversarial press. And without it, I am afraid that we would lose so much of our individual liberties over time. That's how dictators get started.

John McCain

TimeI AmDemocracyFreeYouLose

Early in my career, having many visible tattoos created obstacles and presented quite a challenge to move forward. I've heard comments like, 'actors don't have tattoos.' The notion of typecasting was a reoccurring theme despite my passion toward creativity and personal expression.

Robert LaSardo

PassionChallengeCreativityForward

The way I look at it is, we all have disabilities.

Amy Purdy

LookWayDisabilities

In a government whose distinguishing characteristic should be a diffusion and equalization of its benefits and burdens the advantage of individuals will be augmented at the expense of the community at large.

Martin Van Buren

CommunityGovernmentWillBenefits

I think Miami is such a beautiful, sexy, gorgeous place. I love the people there.

Minka Kelly

LoveBeautifulPeopleThinkMiami

When I got pregnant my foot grew, but I was denying it. I've been denying it for three years.

Julia Louis-Dreyfus

ThreeYearsGotFootBeenPregnant

Before I was elected to Congress, I worked in a courtroom. For years, I defended doctors and hospitals, and for years, I sued them on behalf of people who were victims of medical malpractice.

Dick Durbin

MedicalPeopleCongressYearsWho

Winners don't believe in fate like others do. They simply cannot accept defeat.

David Silva

BelieveFateDefeatAcceptWinners

My dad and his sister, who is no longer with us, used to dance on the streets for money. They had nothing.

Courtney A. Kemp

MoneyDanceSisterNothingStreets

It's been 25 years now, and truthfully, time sometimes blurs the memory.

Bob Kane

TimeMemoryNowSometimesYears

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