American Quotes
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If you stop and think about our history, one of the reasons we had an American century and there is an American dream was because at key points in our history we made very bold decisions about making sure that there was very broad, universal access to quality education.
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I did a little bit to raise the dignity and recognition of the greatness of African-American music.
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It was a huge deal, a huge musical discovery that became life lessons learned. You can't return from having an experience like that. The Blind Boys are truly the deepest well of American musical heritage you can discover.
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The three great American vices seem to be efficiency, punctuality, and the desire for achievement and success. They are the things that make the Americans so unhappy and so nervous.
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The contempt for law and the contempt for the human consequences of lawbreaking go from the bottom to the top of American society.
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I'm often loose with my tongue. I may have said something about the NAACP being un-American or Communist, but I meant no harm by it.
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I have a Prius, but I'd love to have a white convertible like Richard Gere's in 'American Gigolo.'
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The American Constitution was designed to make it hard to have too much government.
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The American public, especially the people of the Gulf Coast region, deserve to know what happened in the early days of the storm. At every level of government - local, state and federal - the initial response was simply unacceptable, ... push for answers.
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The Pledge of Allegiance simply reinforces the beliefs that led to the birth of our great nation. It is an oath of our fidelity to our country, and I am disappointed that the court chose to rule against this American treasure.
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We are going through a period of profound political and economic change around the world, and American citizens showed that deep desire for change in voting to elect Donald Trump as the 45th President of the United States.
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It was an amazing adventure, it was my dream to be in an American musical... I really hope you are going to love what you are going to see.
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African American women, and moms in particular, are evicted at disproportionately high rates.
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I had applied to become French - or, rather, Franco-American, as I'm now a dual citizen - partly because I could: I'd lived and paid taxes here for long enough.
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There's something about an American soldier you can't explain. They're so grateful for anything, even a film actress coming to see them.
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I'm not a very good advertisement for the American school system.
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One of the main reasons that the landscape of financial stuff in America is different is that gambling is illegal there. So there's a kind of sport-like aspect to the American coverage of finance.
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One of the things I've been taught by Native American elders is the importance of patience, of waiting to do things when the time is right.
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Our country, if you read the 'Federalist Papers,' is about disagreement. It's about pitting faction against faction, divided government, checks and balances. The hero in American political tradition is the man who stands up to the mob - not the mob itself.
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I'd rather do theatre and British films than move to L.A. in hopes of getting small roles in American films.
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Call me All-American, but I love Ham and Cheese sandwiches. And not just any old ham and cheese sandwich... My mother's is the best. I've tried many times to make these sandwiches on my own, but it's never the same.
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The seed for my novel 'Half Brother' was planted in my mind over twenty years ago, but didn't germinate until late 2007 when I came across the obituary for Washoe, an extraordinary chimpanzee who had learned over 250 words of American Sign Language.
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The Body of an American, **1919* 1932
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And the bottom line is, is that they are illegal aliens entering our country. And we simply cannot sustain that kind of activity. Bottom line is it's a backdoor to amnesty and I don't believe the American people support that.
