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food is the basis for everything for/pq

You think about it. Food is the basis for everything. Without food, it’s all over. Kaput. They don’t lie when they say you are what you eat. If you can’t get nothing to eat, you are nothing. Nothing. They also don’t lie when they say you eat to live. And you live to eat. What’s someone’s culture bu…

—p.441 I Hotel 1974: I-Migrant Hotel (423) by Karen Tei Yamashita
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a clumsy kid who just listens inspo/characterisation

But suddenly, there’s Macario and how many others rushing the podium. They pull out their banners: Save the I-Hotel! Fight the Eviction of Elderly Tenants! Shame on you, Simon Solomon!

At precisely 5:12 a.m. Macario speaks: _Mayor Alioto and the people of San Francisco. The Great Earthquake de…

—p.436 1974: I-Migrant Hotel (423) by Karen Tei Yamashita
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I can't let it fail

Mo watcher her fingers flip and turn, pause and push, backtrack and cut, the artistry of the craft spinning up the same article again and again and again. "You're killing yourself, Ria," he said again.

"Look how cute." She held up a pair of baby overalls. "Mo, listen, I love this work. I love wh…

—p.388 1973: Int'l Hotel (373) by Karen Tei Yamashita
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so yes, technically, Ria could sew

[...] So yes, technically, Ria could sew; socially, she could organize; and theoretically, Ria could think political economics: Marx and C.L.R.James, to be specific; she did her MA thesis on the Haitian revolution.

Of course, this information was scratched from her resume, and the manager, who c…

—p.384 1973: Int'l Hotel (373) by Karen Tei Yamashita
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something that can be figured out in the mind

For some people, this life begins with an interest in philosophy. Never mind that they don't know exactly what philosophy is; they just think it's something that can be figured out in the mind, like a twirling star that's an idea that blossoms into a grand explosion. Depending, that explosion might…

—p.383 1973: Int'l Hotel (373) by Karen Tei Yamashita