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> [Both of my parents were first-generation Americans, the children of Jews who left Eastern Europe around the turn of the century.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/h-robert-horvitz/both-of-my-parents-were-first-generation-americans-the-children-of/)

[H. Robert Horvitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/h-robert-horvitz/)

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> [“No matter their age or station in life, Billy can't help but regard his fellow Americans as children. They are bold and proud and certain in the way of clever children blessed with too much self-esteem, and no amount of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-fountain/no-matter-their-age-or-station-in-life-billy-can-t-help-but-regard/)

[Ben Fountain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ben-fountain/)

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