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title: "5 Hyphenate Quotes by 5 authors"
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> [I enjoy being a hyphenate. I've always thought of my career as a plate spinner in the circus.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-patrick-harris/i-enjoy-being-a-hyphenate-i-ve-always-thought-of-my-career-as-a-plate/)

[Neil Patrick Harris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-patrick-harris/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/34b/neil-patrick-harris-2281_career_i-enjoy-being-a-hyphenate-i-ve-always-th_1071902.png)

> [Being a melting pot is what I think is great about being American, and also that we get to do something that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/keegan-michael-key/being-a-melting-pot-is-what-i-think-is-great-about-being-american-and/)

[Keegan-Michael Key](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/keegan-michael-key/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5bf/keegan-michael-key-9705_good-thing_being-a-melting-pot-is-what-i-think-is-g_1889357.jpg)

> [There's something really natural to me about being what they call in the business a "hyphenate." Being a musician-actor or writer-musician-actor.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lola-kirke/there-s-something-really-natural-to-me-about-being-what-they-call-in/)

[Lola Kirke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lola-kirke/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e30/lola-kirke-19867_actors_there-s-something-really-natural-to-me-a_2043122.jpg)

> [“Why hyphenate, why parenthesize, unless absolutely necessary?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-atwood/why-hyphenate-why-parenthesize-unless-absolutely-necessary/)

[Margaret Atwood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-atwood/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/82d/margaret-atwood-40_necessary_why-hyphenate-why-parenthesize-unless-ab_3129597.jpg)

> [In this country American means white. Everybody else has to hyphenate.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/toni-morrison/in-this-country-american-means-white-everybody-else-has-to-hyphenate/)

[Toni Morrison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/toni-morrison/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d1a/toni-morrison-271_american_in-this-country-american-means-white-eve_3202747.jpg)

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