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Edwidge Danticat Quotes

People think that there is a country there that these people are only around when they are on CNN. I don't think that's limited to Haiti.

Edwidge Danticat

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: author
Nationality: haitian
Birth: January 19, 1969

Topics

People Think Country Haiti Only CNN

Earlier I had been in New York, which was my first time to New York, and I got booked in the Baby Grand up in Harlem there. I was booked there for a week; they kept me there for about a month. That's where Doc Pomus and myself became very close friends and start running together around town and what not.

Time Myself Together New York Baby

Other projects later this year, but I think it's going to be a very very busy year this year with Star Wars and the re-release, so I'm sort of running about going backwards and forwards to America, Japan, Mexico. So there will be a lot of things to do.

Busy Think America Year Will Mexico

The Japanese had a very strong belief in Bushido, death before dishonour. They were fighting for their country; they were the aggressors in World War II.

Steven Spielberg

Death War World Strong Fighting

I'm pretty good at gardening. It consumes my time, and it feels like I'm doing something constructive.

Good Time Gardening Doing Pretty

The Bears treat offense as if it's bubonic plague.

Tony Kornheiser

Treat Plague Offense Bears

We started Marley Coffee from a farm perspective, and ever since, we've been doing things in a sustainable way and organically.

Coffee Perspective Doing Farm Way

I did so many open mics. I would write jokes on Twitter constantly, and then slowly, over time, open mics turned into shows. If you can get a joke to work at an open mic, it's a good joke.

Work Good Time You Write Jokes

I was something of a prankster. One time I put a ski mask on my head and used a fake gun on the school secretary so that I could get some of my friends out of detention.

Time School Gun Fake Mask Friends

I know and live with the real Dilip Kumar. He is a simple man, hard working, who has survived time.

Live Time Simple Man Know Hard

I don't write well when I'm sitting there sweating about every single phrase.

Sitting Write Single Well Sweating

The people around me saved my life, not MMA. It was people who said, 'You're better than this,' who told me, 'You don't belong in this world.' MMA and jiu-jitsu and training gave me an escape.

Life Training People Me World You

As busy as I claim to be, I've still got the greatest job in the world.

Job World Busy Greatest Got Claim

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