"The Statue of Liberty is meant to be shorthand for a country so unlike its parts that a trip from California to Indiana should require a passport."

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Everything was blamed on Castro. Mudslides in California. The fact that you can't buy a decent tomato anymore. Was there an exceptionally high pollen count in Massapequa, Long Island, one day? It was Castro, exporting sneezes.

— Calvin Trillin