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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}}''
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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."\
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7Prestige, solos, self-worth — all a distant memory.\
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9Ghasemi 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''
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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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