Desmond Dekker Quotes

I like to write songs about what's happening, what I see around me and what I hear. Everyday life. Someone may be talking to me and I may take it from that.

Desmond Dekker

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

LifeMeSomeoneTalkingEveryday

In New York I was always so scared of saying that I wrote fiction. It just seemed like, 'Who am I to dare to do that thing here? The epicenter of publishing and writers?' I found all that very intimidating and avoided writing as a response.

Jhumpa Lahiri

New YorkWritingSayingNewWho Am I

Ironically, in today's marketplace successful nonfiction has to be unbelievable, while successful fiction must be believable.

Jerry B. Jenkins

TodayFictionSuccessfulNonfiction

You always want to have good balance. That's the key to winning a Super Bowl. You look at the teams who have won championships, you got to have balance. So, to be able to run the ball effectively and throw the ball effectively is what gives you the chance to win a world championship.

John Elway

GoodBalanceWinWinningWorldKey

Anything by Gonzalez Rubalcaba is unbelievable. I've been listening to the best of Django Reinhardt.

Robert Palmer

BestListeningAnythingBeen

And in doing this I advise you to send to the best manors of your lands those of your household in whom you place most confidence to be present in August at the leading of the corn, and to guard it as aforesaid.

Robert Grosseteste

ConfidenceBestPresentDoingYou

Excuse me if I'm clinging on to life, but my parents wove me from tight thread.

Jeanne Calment

LifeParentsMeThreadExcuseTight

Oh the Christian church has encouraged enormous immaturity among the peoples who are its primary adherence.

John Shelby Spong

ChurchChristianWhoOhPrimary

I still have the same friends I've had for the last 15 or 20 years.

Amanda Hocking

FriendsSameYearsLastStillHad

Where I grew up, in the Detroit area, there was a really good station. Sometimes you would hear songs for the first time on the radio, and if a really special song came on, somebody would turn it up, and everybody would just stop talking.

Mary Gaitskill

GoodTimeSongTalkingYouStop

I think that winning the White House is about more than just entertaining a large audience.

Mitch McConnell

WinningThinkHouseWhiteMoreJust

I want to put on performances no one else has. I want to be flawless every time.

Luke Rockhold

TimeWantFlawlessEveryElsePut

Diversity and inclusion of women and underrepresented minorities in science should not affect the way education is handled or research is carried out. So diversity should not be a problem but rather an opportunity to involve a large talent pool.

Mildred Dresselhaus

EducationWomenOpportunityScience

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