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But, Christ, there's a difference between exotic and foreign, isn't there? Exotic means you know how to use your foreignness, or you make yourself a little foreign in order to appear exotic. Real foreign is a little scary, believe me.

Bharati Mukherjee (2007). “The Middleman and Other Stories”, p.106, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.
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