"I began teaching in New York because I needed to stay in the United States and didn't have my immigration papers in order, so working for a university was a way of resolving the issue."

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"I began teaching in New York because I needed to stay in the United States and didn't have my immigration papers in order, so working for a university was a way of resolving the issue."

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"I like the beauty of Faulkner's poetry. But I don't like his themes, not at all."

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"Kafka truly illustrates the way the environment oppresses the individual. He shows how the unconscious controls our lives."

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