the reluctant fundamentalist quotes

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"Do not be frightened by my beard:
I am a lover of America"
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"We were expected to contribute
our talents to your society"
2 of 12
"I did not think of myself as a Pakistani,
but as an Underwood Samson trainee"
3 of 12
We're a meritocracy
If you do well, you'll be rewarded
4 of 12
"It's like I'm
an oyster"
5 of 12
: I attempted to act and speak
more like an American."
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I was caught up in
the symbolism of it all
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I was aware of being under suspicion;
I felt guilty"
8 of 12
They all seemed to proclaim:
We are America...the mightiest civilisation
9 of 12
I had always thought of America as a nation that looked forward;
for the first time I was struck be its determination to look back."
10 of 12
I felt powerless;
I was angry at our weakness"
11 of 12
you should not imagine that we Pakistanis are all potential terrorists
, just as we should not imagine that you Americans are all undercover assassins"---- Hamid himself
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"We were expected to contribute

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our talents to your society"

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"I did not think of myself as a Pakistani,

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We're a meritocracy

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"It's like I'm

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