Island in the Sun
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Out here, yes.
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How big is Santa Marta?
It's 50 miles long.

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There are other countries.
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My skin is my country.
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Maybe the men looking at Margot
at some cocktail party in Bloomsbury...

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or at a literary tea-
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well, they'd envy Denis Archer.
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Their own wives look sort of dull
when she walks into a room.

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But if I were to walk in with you,
or a girl like you as my wife-

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Do you care what stupid
and prejudiced people think?

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You've never had to fight stupidity or prejudice.
Besides, I'd be a fool.

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- Why?
- Because it would be inevitable.

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What would be?
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That night that she'd forget herself
and call me a nigger.

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You can't mean that.
You can't possibly mean that!

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- No. I don't.
- Then why did you say it?

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Because here is my world.
These are my people, and this is where I belong.

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If I went to England, who would I be?
What would I be?

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- David Boyeur.
- No.

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I'd be an exile in a bowler hat,
sipping tea, and carrying a rolled umbrella...

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talking with the other exiles about how much
we could do if we were only there.

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But I'm here.
I don't have to go.

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And even here,
I'd be in your way, wouldn't I?

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Yes, you would be
in my way.

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- Besides, they'd never understand.
- Who wouldn't?

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My own people.
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They'd feel I betrayed them.
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I have no choice.
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You're like a rock.
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Yes. I'm buried deep right here.
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My people have their freedom.

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