Edwidge Danticat Quotes
And the fact that Haiti was occupied for 19 years by the United States, from 1915 to 1934.
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I'm resigned to the fact that the corseted history of America is not as exciting as that of Britain.
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If it were not for the fact that editors have become so timorous in these politically correct times, I would probably have a greater readership than I have.
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In fact, I don't read newspapers any longer.
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Although China and United States are competitors, China and the United States are indeed partners in trade.
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It devolves upon the United States to help to motorize the world.
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I would say that there is no future for literary studies as such in the United States.
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The United States' gasoline industry, as Hurricanes Katrina and Rita demonstrated, is remarkably fragile. And the process of how oil is pumped from the ground, turned into gasoline and distributed to consumers is complicated.
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Seven million ship cargo containers come into the United States every year. Five to seven percent only are inspected - five to seven percent.
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The hardest times to choose love are the very times when you can most grow spiritually. In fact, they are the only times you can grow spiritually!
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The atom bomb is a paper tiger which the United States reactionaries use to scare people. It looks terrible, but in fact it isn't.
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I have not broken the laws of the United States or the laws of the Dominican Republic.
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People consider Black Star a great album, and I think it's a classic album. But the fact is, both me and Mos Def have made better albums since Black Star.
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I have great admiration for the fact – checking team. Considering it takes me years to gather all the facts in my books, it's a daunting task for the fact – checkers to review all of that material in a matter of weeks.
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I was pampered in the fact that I had five older brothers, which I highly recommend to anyone.
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The real abhorrent consequence of the invention of atomic bombs is the fact that we still have them and they're spreading.
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We're having the first computer-generated comic strip in the United States.
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In the United States, there one feels free... Except from the Americans - but every pearl has its oyster.
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Now obviously the propositions of the system have reference to matters of empirical fact; if they did not, they could have no claim to be called scientific.
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It's hard to have any moral authority over a group of drunken college students when you have never had a beer and never been laid.
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I don't think about who the audience is for my books.
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At one time or another, almost every politician needs an honest man so badly that, like a ravenous wolf, he breaks into a sheep-fold: not to devour the ram he has stolen, however, but rather to conceal himself behind its wooly back.
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And the fact that Haiti was occupied for 19 years by the United States, from 1915 to 1934.
