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title: "4 Continent World Quotes by 4 authors"
description: "Browse 4 Continent World quotes by 4 authors. Discover the best Continent World sayings and thoughts."
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> [The thing about American writers is that, as a group, they get stuck in the same idea: that we're a continent and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-shepard/the-thing-about-american-writers-is-that-as-a-group-they-get-stuck-in/)

[Sam Shepard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sam-shepard/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/460/sam-shepard-2232_about_the-thing-about-american-writers-is-that_489073.jpg)

> [Prior to September 11, we thought the world beyond our shores was one world of risk and the world in our continent…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-ashcroft/prior-to-september-11-we-thought-the-world-beyond-our-shores-was-one/)

[John Ashcroft](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-ashcroft/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/427/john-ashcroft-9612_another-world_prior-to-september-11-we-thought-the-wor_1042714.jpg)

> [“There is no other continent in the world where time is wasted like it is wasted in Africa.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sunday-adelaja/there-is-no-other-continent-in-the-world-where-time-is-wasted-like-it/)

[Sunday Adelaja](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sunday-adelaja/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ff9/sunday-adelaja-35_africa_there-is-no-other-continent-in-the-world_2100781.jpg)

> [When I first went to Africa, I thought that I was personally going to save the continent, if not the world.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacqueline-novogratz/when-i-first-went-to-africa-i-thought-that-i-was-personally-going-to/)

[Jacqueline Novogratz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jacqueline-novogratz/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9bd/jacqueline-novogratz-2383_africa_when-i-first-went-to-africa-i-thought-th_3081382.png)

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