"He doesn't like my name... Of course we couldn't all come over on the Mayflower... But I got here as soon as I could, and I never wanted to go back, because to me it is a great privilege to be an American citizen."

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Source : Source: theanarchistlibrary.org

Anton Cermak

#Names Quotes #Immigration Quotes #Citizens Quotes

“How many things would be different in everyoneâ€™s surroundings if we hadnâ€™t lived? How a good word many have encouraged some fellow and did something to him that he did it differently and better than he would otherwise. And through him somebody else was saved. How much we contribute to each other, how powerful we each are-and donâ€™t know it.”
“When you act, you're always playing a version of yourself. You can't bring more to the role than what you are”
“I don't see how being married could be any worse than listening to you talk for twenty years, but that still ain't much of a recommendation for it.”
“Refuse to accept the narrative of history laid down by presidents, prime ministers, generals and journalists.”
“My dad had a movie theater so I was there every night.”
“The difference between destruction of the immune system and stimulation of the immune system is an interpretation.”
“Fortune brings in some boats that are not steered.”
“The story [of Allied ] itself is the story I wrote, and that's what's great about Bob [Zemeckis ]. You have meetings, but it's meetings for clarity, not to change what they're saying or doing. He takes what's on the page and executes it so brilliantly.”

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