David Garcia
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๐ซ๐Global traveler and intrigued by international issues and cultures. ๐บ๐ธ๐ฌ๐ง๐จ๐ฆ๐จ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ต๐ท๐ช๐จ๐ฎ๐ณ๐ฒ๐พ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐จ๐ณ๐ธ๐ฌ๐ช๐ธ๐น๐ญ๐ฆ๐ช๐ฌ๐ท๐ฑ๐ฐ๐น๐ผ๐พ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐พ๐ป๐ณ โTravel isnโt always pretty... you go away... you learn... you get scarredโฆmarked... changed in the process. It can even break your heartโฆโ - Anthony Bourdain (R.I.P.) โThere is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self.โ - Earnest Hemingway โThe orderly transfer of Power is a commonplace occurrence for Americansโฆ In the eyes of many in the world, this every-4-year ceremony we accept as normal is nothing less than a miracleโฆโ - President Ronald Wilson Reagan ๐Top Reads: โโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโ โThe Lords of Easy Money: How the Federal Reserve Broke the American Economyโ - Christopher Leonard โThe Great War for Civilisation: The Conquest of the Middle Eastโ By: Robert Fisk โThe Prize: The Epic Quest for Oil, Money & Powerโ By: Daniel Yergin โโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโ โChess Enthusiastโ โChess can never reach its height by following in the path of science ... Let us, therefore, make a new effort and with the help of our imagination turn the struggle of technique into a battle of ideas. โ -Jose Raul Capablanca โI have known many chess players, but among them there has been only one genius - Capablanca!โ -Emanuel Lasker Author/Chess Grandmaster *** I DO NOT CONSENT TO BEING RECORDED *** Favorite places: - Cuba -Vietnam -Australia - Spain/Basque Country - Singapore/South East Asia - Bali/Indonesia - Sri Lanka - Greek Islands ๐จ๐บ๐บ๐ธ 1st generation Cuban American ๐Univ. of Calif. Santa Barbara alum โโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโ