Junot Diaz

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"When I went to college..there was that belief..that education was just good for you. It was part of being a citizen." - Junot Díaz

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"She was the kind of girlfriend God gives you young, so you’ll know loss for the rest of your life" - Junot Diaz

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“Part of being a young artist is being true to your dream" - Junot Díaz

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The World Cup is less than 50 days away… #Mundial #WorldCup2014

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HALA MADRIDDDDDDD! #Campeones #CopaDelRey

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"Every single immigrant we have, documented or undocumented, is a future American" - Junot Díaz

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"I love to be brought to wonder when I read, to be shaken, to be reminded of what it means to be a person." - Junot Díaz

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“We write because we dream that someone will read us. The false way to be an artist is because you want applause.” - Junot Díaz

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"The first rule of being poor is to pretend you're not poor. The poor are traumatized into silence by poverty." - Junot Díaz

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"All college students should have to read a couple hundred books before they graduate" - Junot Díaz

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"The funny thing about being a person of color is you’re already being considered a fucking genre"--Junot Diaz

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"99.99 percent of us won’t be artists, because this culture hates art" - Junot Diaz

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"One of the things you get for free is a dream" - Junot Diaz