quotes about Diaspora
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I am proud of being a Greek of the diaspora.
-- George Papandreou -
Diaspora starts about a thousand years from now. Most of human civilisation has moved inside computers; essentially, a major branch of our descendants consists of conscious software.
-- Greg Egan -
An impressively researched and documented collection of the finest thought produced by writers throughout the African Diaspora. A magnificent achievement.
-- Henry Louis Gates -
The Indian diaspora is a wonderful place to write from, and I am lucky to be part of it.
-- Kiran DesaiSource : "The publishing world is pretty heinous: Kiran Desai". Interview with Nabanita Sircar, www.indiatoday.in. October 30, 2006.
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I'm working on a nonfiction book on Nepal and a novel about diasporas.
-- Louise Brown -
It's time for Haitians to have access to health care. It's time to open our borders to the Haitian diaspora, open our markets to the world. It's time to open our country to potential investors.
-- Michel MartellySource : Interview with Tai Saint-Louis, allhiphop.com. August 6, 2010.
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Like many of my friends in the Pakistani diaspora - and many of my friends in Pakistan itself, for that matter - I have sometimes looked at the country of my birth and wondered whether its future will be one of steady and sad decline.
-- Mohsin Hamid -
Certainly, historically, there has been more attention given in the international media to Indian English-language writers than to Pakistani English-language writers. But that, in my opinion, was justified by the sheer number of excellent writers coming from India and the Indian diaspora.
-- Mohsin Hamid -
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Eliminate the Diaspora, or the Diaspora will surely eliminate you.
-- Ze'ev Jabotinsky
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“Getting to play a yogic healer was awesome. I love yoga, so I've had a lot of teachers.”
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“You know those actors who have a sense for how they should be used? I don't think I have that.”
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Source : "Professor Spotlight: Sasselov on Super-Earths". Interview with Brian C. Zhang, www.thecrimson.com. February 10, 2012.
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“I like the fact that I'm living in the world rather than in a university.”