Alistair Cooke Quotes
As always, the British especially shudder at the latest American vulgarity, and then they embrace it with enthusiasm two years later.
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A British porch is a musty, forbidding non-room in which to fling a sodden umbrella or a muddy pair of boots; a guard against the elements and strangers. By contrast the good ol' American front porch seems to stand for positivity and openness; a platform from which to welcome or wave farewell; a place where things of significance could happen.
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There is no 20-year period in American history when stocks lost money.
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I have an abundance of enthusiasm; however, it would be foolish to think I can predict a future that doesn't exist.
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The adolescent protagonist is one of the hallmarks of American literature.
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I am a beneficiary of the American people's generosity, and I hope we can have comprehensive immigration legislation that allows this country to continue to be enriched by those who were not born here.
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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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I'm not expecting the American literary community to welcome me with open arms. To them I'm just some schmuck kid who wrote some book.
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One of the things that's really, really present in 'Between the World and Me' is, I am in some ways outside of the African-American tradition.
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When I read about the way in which library funds are being cut and cut, I can only think that American society has found one more way to destroy itself.
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As a grandson of farmers in downstate Illinois, I have long admired the dedication of farmers to their work and have written about the role of agriculture in American innovation.
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My great-grandfather fought with the Colonial Army in New England in the American Revolution.
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Managers in all too many American companies do not achieve the desired results because nobody makes them do it.
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And a tiny number of people in a few states make these decisions, and we're left with these options that are increasingly not attractive to the American people.
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Barack Obama is betting on the American worker.
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The faces of most American women over thirty are relief maps of petulant and bewildered unhappiness.
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The real secret of success is enthusiasm.
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Authors change publishers because it's like being married for a long time and suddenly you want to go out and have a wild affair! No, not seriously, sometimes the deal is more interesting with a new publisher, and other times they have more enthusiasm for your books.
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When it comes to the British monarchy, I prefer to be seduced by an image than presented with a real person. It's kind of a Warhol thing.
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Democrats believe in reigniting the American dream by removing barriers to success and building ladders of opportunity for all, so everyone can succeed.
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Maybe every other American movie shouldn't be based on a comic book. Other countries will think Americans live in an infantile fantasy land where reality is whatever we say it is and every problem can be solved with violence.
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The truth is that there is no actual stress or anxiety in the world; it's your thoughts that create these false beliefs. You can't package stress, touch it, or see it. There are only people engaged in stressful thinking.
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Simply stated, girls want role models and mentors.
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Nothing is over until we decide it is! Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor? Hell, no!
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As always, the British especially shudder at the latest American vulgarity, and then they embrace it with enthusiasm two years later.
