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Cheo Hodari Coker Quotes

Even though I'm not Jamaican, I've always loved Jamaican culture because, to me, it's the island of magic, it's the island of politics, of resistance.

Cheo Hodari Coker

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: journalist
Nationality: american
Birth: December 12, 1972

Topics

Culture Politics Me Loved Magic

Elton wanted a garden. They were building all afternoon while we were rehearsing. And then they built a fountain for Elton. And he said, I was only joking!

Maurice Gibb

Building Garden Said Fountain Only

I'm good at being on my own. As a kid, I was always in my room alone, so I have a high threshold for it. If I'm bored, I'll read. Hanging around doesn't go well with me.

John Simm

Good Alone Me Go My Own High

One of the pivotal moments for me was realizing that our 'food with integrity' approach at Chipotle was satisfying my passion. That's about bringing the best quality, sustainably-raised ingredients to everyone: chicken without antibiotics; beef without hormones. These ingredients were only available in high-end restaurants, not mainstream places.

Steve Ells

Integrity Passion Food Best Quality

There wasn't much money in this sport when I started, but I didn't get into it because of money. I loved to fight, and I loved MMA.

Robbie Lawler

Money Fight Loved MMA Started Get

I struggled with depression when I was in high school, and I remember thinking that if I got a record deal and got a hit song, that it would solve all those problems for me.

Mike Posner

Depression School Me Song Thinking

If I had my life to live over, I would want to be a man.

Little Richard

Life Live Man My Life Want Over

I think science fiction is very bad at prediction.

China Mieville

Science Think Bad Science Fiction

Perfection is finally attained not when there is no longer anything to add but when there is no longer anything to take away, when a body has been stripped down to its nakedness.

Antoine de Saint-Exupery

Perfection Body Down Anything Take

Four years earlier I had been selected, with Kay Boyle, the writer, and a number of others, to go to Cambodia and come back and prove that there were no sanctuaries in that country.

William Kunstler

Back Country Go Prove Others Years

There is something at work that's bigger than us. It's about having a trust in life and being at peace that things are happening the way they should. You do what you do as well as you can do it, and then you don't worry or agonize about the outcome.

Sherilyn Fenn

Life Work Trust Peace You Can Do It

I do think there is room at the very top for marginal tax changes.

Richard Hanna

Think Tax Changes Top Room Very

Writing is not fun.

Rian Johnson

Fun Writing