Oscar Handlin quotes
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“Once I thought to write a history of the immigrants in America. Then I discovered that the immigrants were American history.”
-- Oscar HandlinSource : Oscar Handlin (2002). “The Uprooted: The Epic Story of the Great Migrations That Made the American People”, p.3, University of Pennsylvania Press
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“In times of shrinking expectations,... everyone feels like a victim and pushes away outsiders to defend his own corner.”
-- Oscar Handlin
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“The most difficult and complicated part of the writing process is the beginning.”
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“The only way to write is well and how you do it is your own damn business.”
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Source : "Q&A – Anson Mount (Cullen Bohannon)". AMCtv.com Interview, www.amc.com. November 2011.
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Source : Interview with Stephen Thompson, www.avclub.com. October 14, 1998.
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“Barack Obama is one of the greatest politicians in American history.”
Source : "A brilliant victory" by John Podhoretz, nypost.com. November 7, 2012.
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