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		If whiteness were of no particular advantage, then having a fuller color wheel of skin tones would be purely a matter of celebration. But whiteness - just a drop of it - does still carry privilege. You learn that very young in America.
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Eric Liu 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
	
	
	
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		If you write any kind of fiction about America, you immediately have to start doing some research about guns, so in some ways, 'Gun Machine' is just the culmination of 20 years of reading about guns. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Warren Ellis 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		America's present need is not heroics but healing; not nostrums but normalcy; not revolution but restoration. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Warren G. Harding 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I wasn't the biggest Captain America fan, but increasingly, I see him as a great character. Winter Soldier really got into what it meant to actually represent America. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Ta-Nehisi Coates 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		People in America and Hollywood are very good at pronouncing my name, to begin with. Socially, they're very adept at listening to somebody's name and repeating it, cleverly in the first couple of sentences so the name sticks to begin with. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Ioan Gruffudd 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Our brand of democracy is hard. But I can promise that a year from now, when I no longer hold this office, I'll be right there with you as a citizen - inspired by those voices of fairness and vision, of grit and good humor and kindness that have helped America travel so far. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Barack Obama 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Europe, Latin America, and the Caribbean share a cultural heritage based on centuries of common history. And what is more, we share the same values and world view. We believe in a world order that is based on cooperation, on regionalism, on multilateralism. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Federica Mogherini 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
	
	
	
	
		That means that every human being - without distinction of sex, age, race, skin color, language, religion, political view, or national or social origin - possesses an inalienable and untouchable dignity. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Hans Kung 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Maybe Trump isn't a racist in private. But he's sure acting like one in public. And his body language is corroborating the evidence. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Pamela Meyer 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I am an advocate for going to the doctor and going every year. I make sure that part of the checkup is spent talking about my heart with my doctor, and getting my numbers checked, and discussing the results. And I make sure that I understand the answers to my questions. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Andie MacDowell 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I don't have a goal. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Marion Cotillard 
			 
		 
	
	
	 
	
	
	
	
		I love comedians. They're my community. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Louis C. K. 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		If whiteness were of no particular advantage, then having a fuller color wheel of skin tones would be purely a matter of celebration. But whiteness - just a drop of it - does still carry privilege. You learn that very young in America. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Eric Liu