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1 " in life sometimes you get burned for no sin of your own, simply because of where you’re standing. "
― Anand Giridharadas , The True American: Murder and Mercy in Texas
2 " Just forgive her in the name of God,” Amma said of Abida. “Maybe it’s good for you and her that she moved on with her life. Think positively that God gave your life back not to destroy with someone who failed to keep her promise. "
3 " He was part of something larger, of course: part of the vast infusion of new blood that kept the country young and churning, and that defined its essential being. This was America’s strange, stirring commitment: to keep itself vital by allowing itself, again and again, to become somebody else’s. "
4 " NYC: Tolerant of your beliefs, judgmental of your shoes.” Dallas was, you could say, judgmental of your beliefs, tolerant of your shoes. "
5 " that his tendency to hate could ultimately save his life. In fact, in "