1 | ->'''Duncan:''' I thought you had a bachelor's degree from Columbia.\ |
2 | '''Jeff:''' Well, now I have to get one from America. |
3 | -->-- ''Series/{{Community}}'' |
4 | |
5 | ->"I came to America as a refugee, full of hope about my career," Ghasemi said, wistfully noodling on a V-neck guitar. "But now my musical training means nothing. I’m just taking it one stupid root note at a time."\ |
6 | \ |
7 | Prestige, solos, self-worth — all a distant memory.\ |
8 | \ |
9 | Ghasemi is not alone. We see foreign-born doctors-turned-Uber-drivers, engineers manning deli counters, and renowned journalists who escaped persecution just to write freelance listicles for Website/BuzzFeed. |
10 | -->--''[[https://thehardtimes.net/culture/activism/heartbreaking-immigrant-bassist-was-lead-guitarist-in-home-country/ Heartbreaking: Immigrant Bassist Was Lead Guitarist in Home Country]]'', ''Website/TheHardTimes'' |
11 | |
12 | ->''"I want my own doctor, fly him in from Miami. I don't trust a doctor who can't speak English."'' |
13 | -->-- '''Hyman Roth''' dismissing a Cuban doctor, ''while in Cuba'', ''Film/TheGodfatherPartII''. |
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