"When I was growing up, Forest Park was full of integrated families. It was amazing. One my best friends was Vietnamese. Another one was half-Mexican, half-black. Another one was from Colombia. Another one was born in the U.S., but his mom was from Germany and spoke with a German accent. So we all had multiple identities."

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Source : "Dinaw Mengestu on 'All Our Names'". Interview with Kevin Nance, www.chicagotribune.com. March 21, 2014.

Dinaw Mengestu

#Mom Quotes #Growing Up Quotes #Mexican Quotes

“My advice to the college kids would be make sure you get your degree and then go after the dream.”

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“It is something great and greatening to cherish an ideal; to act in the light of truth that is far-away and far above; to set aside the near advantage, the momentary pleasure; the snatching of seeming good to self; and to act for remoter ends, for higher good, and for interests other than our own.”

Source : Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain (1994). “Bayonet! Forward: my Civil War reminiscences”, Butternut & Blue
“Is what is moral commanded by God because it is moral, or is it moral because it is commanded by God?”
“A number of U.S. colleges are going to start having dorms for alcoholics. I believe those are called dorms.”
“What I try to encourage individuals to do is don't sweat the small stuff, sweat the big stuff.”

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“You don't always know how to do things when they're happening.”

Source : Lillian Hellman (1974). “Another Part of the Forest: Play in Three Acts”, p.61, Dramatists Play Service Inc
“Make those important in your life smile today That smile is the most important thing you did today.”
“I think CGI is interesting but it's too expensive and limiting in terms of what you can do shot-by-shot.”

Source : "Ben Wheatley's 'Freakshift' to shoot in 2014 with American cast". Interview with Will Dix, www.digitalspy.com. July 19, 2013.

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