Sometimes we feel we straddle two cultures; at other times, that we fa…

Salman Rushdie
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Sometimes we feel we straddle two cultures; at other times, that we fall between two stools. ✨ Salman Rushdie (2012). Imaginary Homelands: Essays and Criticism 1981-1991, p.12, Random House
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Sometimes we feel we straddle two cultures; at other times, that we fall between two stools. ✨ Salman Rushdie (2012). Imaginary Homelands: Essays and Criticism 1981-1991, p.12, Random House

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