Steven Spielberg Quotes
The essence of what it is to be American is the deep moral urge to be free, to freely express yourself and have the right to do so, and to look at all people as equals.
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It's an honor to be a part of Magic Shave as their new ambassador. One of the problems that some African-American men have with shaving is razor bumps. Magic Shave is perfect because once you eliminate the razor, you eliminate the bumps, and it's so easy to use.
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College is part of the American dream. It shouldn't be part of a financial nightmare for families.
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My background playing soccer gave me a natural advantage over many of the American-born players.
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Much of the conventional wisdom associated with Vietnam was highly inaccurate. Far from an inevitable result of the imperative to contain communism, the war was only made possible through lies and deceptions aimed at the American public, Congress, and members of Lyndon Johnson's own administration.
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The Roaring Twenties were the period of that Great American Prosperity which was built on shaky foundations.
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Contrary to all the blather we here about the unique goodness of the American people or our religious heritage or anything else, the one thing that set this country apart from all others was the Bill of Rights.
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Until Eleanor Roosevelt, there was only one or two First Ladies in all of American history who made an impact, who people could even have recognized or identified. And it's really only been since Jackie Kennedy that there's been this idea that the family life of the president is such a central thing.
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After all, the chief business of the American people is business. They are profoundly concerned with producing, buying, selling, investing and prospering in the world.
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I have met hundreds of young people doing just what George Romney did: using a hand up in tough times to become part of the American Dream.
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It's not that I don't like American pop; I'm a huge admirer of it, but I think my roots came from a very English and Irish base. Is it all sort of totally non-American sounding, do you think?
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Sides are being divided now. It's very obvious. So if you're on the other side of the fence, you're suddenly anti-American. It's breeding fear of being on the wrong side.
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Sure, I've listed myself as Cuban-American. That's my heritage and my background.
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The American War of Independence is the expulsion of the intrusive elements, alien to the American essence. If American reality is the reinvention of itself, whatever is found in any way irreducible or unassimilable is not American.
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I blame feminism and Facebook for the death of the American automobile. I'm a Republican, so I blame everything on feminism - or commies.
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In the aftermath of September 11, it has been made clear to us that our foreign policy can no longer afford to narrowly focus on short-term benefits. For our nation's long-term security, we must be active in promoting American values abroad through our foreign policy.
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I am emphatically against the privatization of Social Security. It is going to hurt millions of American women, American families and ultimately the whole country.
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In every American there is an air of incorrigible innocence, which seems to conceal a diabolical cunning.
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No American should be killed by a drone on American soil without first being charged with a crime, without first being found guilty of a crime by a court.
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But while our economy may be weakened and our confidence shaken; though we are living through difficult and uncertain times, tonight I want every American to know this: We will rebuild, we will recover, and the United States of America will emerge stronger than before.
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Dad worked his entire career as an aviation technician. Mom was a legal secretary who became a teacher. We lived a simple American life.
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Waking up early was the first example I noticed in the SEAL Teams in which discipline was really the difference between being good and being exceptional.
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It's fun to look at people that are so good at acting that aren't actors, like David Bowie creating a mystique about rock n' roll.
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Listen:The waitress brought me another drink. She wanted to light my hurricane lamp again. I wouldn't let her. 'Can you see anything in the dark, with your sunglasses on?' she asked me.'The big show is inside my head,' I said
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The essence of what it is to be American is the deep moral urge to be free, to freely express yourself and have the right to do so, and to look at all people as equals.
