Linton Kwesi Johnson Quotes

Once you have a disease like cancer, you look at life a bit differently. Some things that were important no longer seem as important as they were.

Linton Kwesi Johnson

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: poet
  • Nationality: jamaican
  • Birth: August 24, 1952

Topics

LifeYouLookImportantCancerSeem

I tried to get us what I thought was the equivalent of a Romo with Quincy Carter in the third round.

Jerry Jones

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I play golf once in awhile. I certainly love to train. I'm also a big fan of NASCAR and Japanimation.

John Cena

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The more I've been able to learn about gay rights and equal pay and gender equity and racial inequality, the more that it all intersects. You can't really pick it apart. It's all intertwined.

Megan Rapinoe

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Almost all government starts at a very local level at some point.

John Hickenlooper

GovernmentPointLevelAlmostStarts

Everybody's not going to like jazz, let's just be honest about it. Everybody doesn't like everything. There's a disconnect in generations and some people just aren't going to feel that music.

Robert Glasper

MusicPeopleFeelJazzSome People

Air travel is the safest form of travel aside from walking; even then, the chances of being hit by a public bus at 30,000 feet are remarkably slim. I also have no problem with confined spaces. Or heights. What I am afraid of is speed.

Sloane Crosley

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Life is composed of different inventions. I have continued to work at different things and rebuilt my home all by myself. I did it for the sake of satisfaction at doing something.

Mikhail Kalashnikov

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I learned the truth at seventeen, That love was meant for beauty queens, And high school girls with clear skinned smiles, Who married young and then retired.

Janis Ian

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The truth is I loved an audience.

Debbie Reynolds

TruthTruth IsLovedAudience

People are following me because they want to see pictures of me. So why is Instagram editing them?

Chelsea Handler

PeopleMePicturesWantEditingWhy

I was a big fan of X. I've probably seen 100 X shows during their time in the late '70s and early '80s.

Allison Anders

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The first ingredient in conversation is truth, the next good sense, the third good humor, and the fourth wit.

William Temple

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