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Tomás Rivera Quotes

1935–1984 United States

Tomás Rivera (December 22, 1935 – May 16, 1984) was a Chicano author, poet, and educator.

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When people asked what I wanted to be, I'd tell them a writer. They were surprised or indifferent. If people don't read, what is a writer?

I wanted to document, somehow, the strength of those people that I had known . . . when the migrant worker was living without any kind of protection.

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Tomás Rivera (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.