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Jim Strand is the wealthy California investor who started the scholarship fund that enabled Jose Antonio Vargas to go to college. Strand became one of Vargas’s most important mentors: he helped Vargas meet with immigration lawyers, supported Vargas throughout his journalism career, and eventually appointed Vargas to the advisory board of his scholarship fund.
Jim Strand Quotes in Dear America
The Dear America quotes below are all either spoken by Jim Strand or refer to Jim Strand. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Part 2, Chapter 16: Second Coming Out
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As people mingled with each other through the buffet dinner of chicken curry, samosas, biryani, and naan, I realized that I had made a mistake by keeping everyone apart all these years. I was afraid that they wouldn’t have anything to talk about. It was not until my family life, my school life, and my work life all converged in that Indian restaurant that I discovered that they indeed had something in common: their generosity to me.
And to be seen by so many people, so many good people, meant that I was here, and maybe even that I was supposed to be here.
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Jim Strand Quotes in Dear America
The Dear America quotes below are all either spoken by Jim Strand or refer to Jim Strand. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
).
Part 2, Chapter 16: Second Coming Out
Quotes
As people mingled with each other through the buffet dinner of chicken curry, samosas, biryani, and naan, I realized that I had made a mistake by keeping everyone apart all these years. I was afraid that they wouldn’t have anything to talk about. It was not until my family life, my school life, and my work life all converged in that Indian restaurant that I discovered that they indeed had something in common: their generosity to me.
And to be seen by so many people, so many good people, meant that I was here, and maybe even that I was supposed to be here.
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