“Don't ask me how to burn down a building. As me how to grow watermelons or how to explain nature to a child. that is what I want to grow old doing. Please afford me this.”

— Rod Coronado

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Native American eco-anarchist and animal rights activist 1966

Maya Banks (1964) Author

Source: The Tycoon's Rebel Bride

“Somebody told me once money does not grow on trees.
Well, if that's true, then how do you explain
apples oranges and lemons,
not forgetting melons?”

Gilbert O'Sullivan (1946) Irish singer-songwriter

"The Golden Rule" (song)
Gilbert O'Sullivan, "The Golden Rule" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u70QuKjUm64 (song on YouTube)
Song lyrics

“It never ceases to amaze me how often I ask people, “What do you really want?”

Greg McKeown (author) book Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less

and they look at me blankly, unable to articulate the answer. It’s not that they don’t want things, it’s just that they don’t have a high level of clarity regarding the matter.”
Popular Quotes, Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less, Journal Articles

“I don't grow up. In me is the small child of my early days.”

M. C. Escher (1898–1972) Dutch graphic artist

undated quotes, M.C. Escher Foundation

“Do you want to talk to me? Or what do you want to do with me? Watch my eating techniques here? How I gorge the chicken? How I eat like a barracuda?”

Mike Tyson (1966) American boxer

http://www.maxboxing.com/Goldman/eddieg071603.asp
On his fans

“An interested stranger asked me
How do I see the scenery from here?
I reply
It's how you think it would be.
It's useless to explain
Everybody GO! Everybody JUMP!”

Ayumi Hamasaki (1978) Japanese recording artist, lyricist, model, and actress

Humming 7/4
Lyrics, My Story

“If you want to identify me, ask me not where I live, or what I like to eat, or how I comb my hair, but ask me what I am living for, in detail, ask me what I think is keeping me from living fully for the thing I want to live for.”

Thomas Merton (1915–1968) Priest and author

“We make a mistake if we ask ourselves, "Am I good enough?" or "Is it worthwhile to be me?" … Whoever heard of a baby who was inadequate or a child who did not know just exactly how to be a child? How could it not be all right for me to be me? How could it not be just right for you to be you?”

Sheldon Kopp (1929–1999) American psychotherapist

Source: Even a stone can be a teacher (1985), p. 106

“I am society’s child. This is how they made me and now I’m sayin’ what’s on my mind and they don’t want that. This is what you made me, America.”

Tupac Shakur (1971–1996) rapper and actor

“I don't want to see children asking me how many monsters girlfriends does the Monkey King have anymore!”

Liu Xiao Ling Tong (1959) Chinese actor

(zh-CN) 我不希望下一次再有小朋友问我，孙悟空到底交了几个妖精女朋友。

Source: 六小龄童：不希望再被问孙悟空有几个妖精女友, 羊城晚报, 搜狐新闻, 2016-01-04, 2019-01-30 http://news.sohu.com/20160104/n433369454.shtml,

“Don't ask me how to burn down a building. As me how to grow watermelons or how to explain nature to a child. that is what I want to grow old doing. Please afford me this.”

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