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Just because you came here in 1880, 1950, whenever, you became an American. You get to celebrate July 4th like every other American.

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What I am telling you is that you do not need to know to love, and it is right that you feel it all in any moment. And it is right that you see it through–that you are amazed, then curious, then belligerent, then heartbroken, then numb. You have the right to all of it.
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