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And yet, in the space of just over 200 years, we’ve become a superpower.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michelle-damiani/angelo-reminds-me-that-our-country-is-a-young-one-and-yet-in-the/) Michelle Damiani > [“There is a passage in A Tree Grows in Brooklyn where the main character, Francie, talks about when her diet of stale bread and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michelle-damiani/there-is-a-passage-in-a-tree-grows-in-brooklyn-where-the-main/) Michelle Damiani ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/tree-grows-in-brooklyn/michelle-damiani/#itemlist", "name": "1 Tree Grows In Brooklyn Quotes By Michelle Damiani", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“There is a passage in A Tree Grows in Brooklyn where the main character, Francie, talks about when her diet of stale bread and potatoes begins to feel flat, she takes her allowance and buys a pickle. 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