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> [“But it is an American thing to love one's roots. American nationality, I mused, is a very special and unique phenomenon in the world. In America, but for Native Americans, all of our forebears hailed from somewhere else. And for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marianne-meyerhoff/but-it-is-an-american-thing-to-love-one-s-roots-american-nationality/)

Marianne Meyerhoff

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## More by Marianne Meyerhoff

> [“But it is an American thing to love one's roots. American nationality, I mused, is a very special and unique phenomenon in the world.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marianne-meyerhoff/but-it-is-an-american-thing-to-love-one-s-roots-american-nationality/)

Marianne Meyerhoff

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