"America is also the nameless foreigner, the homeless refugee, the hungry boy begging for a job and the black body dangling on a tree. America is the illiterate immigrant who is ashamed that the world of books and intellectual opportunities are closed to him. We are all that nameless foreigner, that homeless refugee, that hungry boy, that illiterate immigrant and that lynched black body. All of us, from the first Adams to the last Filipino, native born or alien, educated or illiterate-We are America!"

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Source : Carlos Bulosan (1973). “America is In the Heart: A Personal History”, p.22, University of Washington Press

Carlos Bulosan

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“What most of us are after, when we have a picture taken, is a good natural-looking picture that doesn't resemble us.”
“A good novel cannot be too long nor a bad novel too short.”

Source : "The Sheltered Life".
“If my whole game depends on whether you can guess the ending or not, I'm done, forget it.”

Source : "'Hunted' creator Frank Spotnitz on his new Cinemax drama & 'The X-Files' legacy". Interview with Alan Sepinwall, uproxx.com. October 19, 2012.
“I drink wine on stage to sort of loosen my grip on reality a little.”

Source : Source: the-talks.com
“God is in everyone and everything. When we save each other or guide each other or just love each other, we are doing God's work. So God dresses in Eskimo clothing or other disguises, and responds to us whether or not we are aware enough to hear, see, or feel God's loving guidance. Everything is a tool of God, from DNA to the weather.”
“Predictability brings about security.”
“I learned how to sit on the couch in front of the fire and read a magazine, just for like eight hours a day, every day. It was... crazy.”
“When they'd been on the run, with death maybe lying in wait around any corner, they had never been more alive. When each day might be your last, it made a big difference. You couldn't maintain that state forever, of course; the stress would eat you alive, but putting yourself at risk did bring out your best-or your worst”

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