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They want to be the ones telling people: “This is what we have done in history” but when people begin to say, “No this is what we have done in history” it’s a different thing.

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What’s good about writing is that when you write novels or fiction, people can see that the problems in one region are similar to problems in another region.
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If poverty was to be sold three cents today, i can’t buy it.
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I’m more trying to connect; I’m more listening to people. Whatever I get is very meaningful to me.
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