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Quote by Heri Wardono
I am an Indonesian, but I am also a person who lives in an international world. So I belong to the world.
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The speaker identifies as Indonesian while also seeing themself as part of a wider international world. The quote presents these identities as compatible, not opposing: belonging to one country does not prevent belonging to the world as a whole.
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- Dartmouth College — Interview with Heri Dono (1997)
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- Official Statement
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