"The ones that were relevant while I wrote my book were books like "Beloved" by Toni Morrison, which is based on a historical fact, "Ragtime" by E.L. Doctorow, and "True History of the Kelly Gang" by Peter Carey."

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Source : Source: www.bostonglobe.com

Laila Lalami

#Book Quotes #Historical Quotes #Facts Quotes

“People sometimes, they just stop because they see this scope movie. They say "oh, this is a real movie, this is not a TV movie."”
“I forsee a marked deterioration in American musicand a host of other injuries to music in its artistic manifestations, by virtueâ€”or rather by viceâ€”of the multiplication of the various music-reproducing machines”

Source : John Philip Sousa (2010). “Six marches”, p.31, A-R Editions, Inc.
“Every man is bound to leave a story better than he found it.”
“One of the best ways of repressing emotions is artificial certainty.”
“We now see numerous examples of brands working together to address issues such as environmental degradations, climate control, pollution, poverty and disease.”
“Iâ€™m vain because Iâ€™m imperfect.”
“What a child does not know and does not want to know of race and color and class, he learns soon enough as he grows to see each man flipped inexorably into some predestined groove like a penny or a sovereign in a banker's rack.”
“Some things are better than other things: Google, Gmail, my vintage Montgomery Wards socket set (30+ years, still going strong), my Estwing framing hammer, and my Dremel rotary tool.”

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