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To an outsider, I just seem like a list of accomplishments. To me, all there is is how often I fail.
Junot Diaz
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Junot Diaz
Age: 55
Born: 1968
Born: December 31
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Santo Domingo
Dominican Republic
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Out of nowhere you said, I love you. For whatever it's worth.
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Run a hand through your hair, like the white boys do, even though the only thing that runs easily through your hair is Africa.
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The anti-immigrant logic has basically saturated our world. I'm staying, and I'm fighting.
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