Complete the following statement: My definition of closed-mindedness is …
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Complete the following statement: My definition of open-mindedness is…
Complete the following statement: I do my best thinking …
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I started feeling truly at home again when I started feeling bombastic
Carlos Guevara, , Americanah, Book Quotations, Situating Yourself in the World, 0“ ‘And there is a certain bombast in the way we speak that I had also forgotten. I started...
Nigeria became where she was supposed to be
Carlos Guevara, , Americanah, Book Quotations, Situating Yourself in the World, 0“Nigeria became where she was supposed to be, the only place she could sink her roots in without the...
America’s mythologies began to take on meaning
Carlos Guevara, , Americanah, Book Quotations, Situating Yourself in the World, 0“And as she read, America’s mythologies began to take on meaning. America’s tribalisms — race, ideology, and region —...
She hungered to understand everything about America
Carlos Guevara, , Americanah, Book Quotations, Situating Yourself in the World, 0“She hungered to understand everything about America, to wear a new, knowing skin right away…” — p. 167 Share...