When you get to know a lot of people, you make a great discovery. You find that no one group has a monopoly on looks, brains, goodness or anything else. It takes all the people - black and white, Catholic, Jewish and Protestant, recent immigrants and Mayflower descendants - to make up America.." - Meaning and context.">
Speaking for America, Scholastic Magazines (1946)
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When you get to know a lot of people, you make a great discovery. You find that no one group has a monopoly on looks, brains, goodness or anything else. It takes all the people - black and white, Catholic, Jewish and Protestant, recent immigrants and Mayflower descendants - to make up America..

— Judy Garland

What It Means

This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "When you get to know a lot of people, you make a great discovery. You find that no one group has a monopoly on looks, brains, goodness or anything else. It takes all the people - black and white, Catholic, Jewish and Protestant, recent immigrants and Mayflower descendants - to make up America.." in the context of "Speaking for America, Scholastic Magazines (1946)" to mean that wisdom is timeless.

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Judy Garland

About Judy Garland

Judy Garland (born Frances Ethel Gumm; 10 June 1922 – 22 June 1969) was an American film actress, singer and dancer. She is one the AFI's Ten Greatest Female Stars of American Cinema.