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		I'm from Port Arthur, Texas! Little guy! Little character guy from one of the saddest oil-refinery towns in America. And here I was driving over to Beverly Hills, to 20th Century Fox, to be on 'M*A*S*H!'
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				G. W. Bailey
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		It's a trap I've fallen into earlier in my career - trying to be liked. Don't do it. When I watch TV and I see someone trying to make me like them, acting cute or quirky or goofy, I'm not impressed. Don't act like America's watching you. Just latch onto your character. Characters are flawed. Be unlikeable. Be flawed. Be a person.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Nathan Fillion
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		An era that I specifically like is sort of late '50s, early '60s. I guess mid '50s, too. I like these types of films that deal with post-WWII America and this more complex leading man that kind of emerges from that.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Alden Ehrenreich
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		I think the Democrats are catering to them, but, you know, in the entire history of the United States of America, there has never been a judge who has been refused a vote when there was a majority of Senators willing to vote for his confirmation, never in history.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Pat Robertson
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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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
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		I'm resigned to the fact that the corseted history of America is not as exciting as that of Britain.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Felicia Day
			
		
	
	
  
	 
	
		
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		Where else but in America could a schoolteacher from Kansas City end up the governor of her adopted state?
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Jane D. Hull
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		I came to America to become an architect. And somewhere along the line while I was still in school, I was lured into theater, and that's how I became interested in theater. My first play was something called 'A Banquet for the Moon.' It was a weird play.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Mako
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		America may be the best country, but that's like being the prettiest Denny's waitress. Just because you're the best doesn't mean you're good.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Doug Stanhope
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		Here in France, I've seen some very good young designers, but they don't have this ability to be good businessmen, too. I think America gives you this.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Carine Roitfeld
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		America makes prodigious mistakes, America has colossal faults, but one thing cannot be denied: America is always on the move. She may be going to Hell, of course, but at least she isn't standing still.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				e. e. cummings
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		Discourse has ended in America. It's all just shouting and ranting and demonization. Do you know how the rest of the world laughs at you guys? Have you got any idea? They're just rocking with laughter night and day.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Felix Dennis
			
		
	
	
  
	 
	
		
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		Perhaps there has been, at some point in history, some great power whose elevation was exempt from the violent exploitation of other human bodies. If there has been, I have yet to discover it. But this banality of violence can never excuse America, because ... America believes itself exceptional, the greatest and noblest nation ever to exist.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Ta-Nehisi Coates
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		In America, we're trying to find a peaceful solution in the Middle East and we're not going to be divided along any lines, including religious lines, including ethnic backgrounds.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Darrell Issa
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		Scientists at MIT and engineering schools all across America say that they could improve the fuel economy standards for the existing set of vehicles by 10 miles per gallon using existing technology, without compromising safety or comfort at all.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Ed Markey
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		If you're an English actor and turn up in America, they don't have an opinion about where you sit. They have no idea what auditions to send you to, so they send you to everything.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Eddie Redmayne