American Quotes
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I wish reporters were more in tune to the difference between the Asian experience and the Asian-American experience. I think often they lump the two together and think that when I talk about Asian-American narratives that they can cite 'Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon' or 'Mulan' as proof of concept when it's a different experience.
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So my character on 'Tyrant' is a chap called Barry Al Fayeed, and he is the second son of a fictional Middle Eastern dictator. But, he has grown up since he was young in America. He's trained as a doctor. He's married a beautiful American girl, had two kids, so he's very much an American.
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The power of the American system of republicanism lies in its capacity to allow religious belief to be a competing, not a controlling, factor in American life.
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The American people are tired of the out-of-control spending, and they want Washington to get their act in order and stop spending money we don't have.
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When a dish really hits a nerve with the American palate, it can really take off across the entire country, facilitated by food vendors' freedom to copy good ideas.
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We stand firmly behind Tom DeLay and ask that he be afforded the same rights as every other American -- that is innocent until proven otherwise.
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They have persuaded the American people we can't win, because they don't level. They've persuaded people we can't win.
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I don't like when an Asian-American actor says, 'I'm entering this business to change Hollywood.' It feels like the wrong reason - I would prefer they entered the business for artistic reasons, because they need to do it.
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But having made my decision as Commander-in-Chief based on what I am convinced is our national security interests, I will seek authorization for the use of force from the American people's representatives in Congress.
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The outlaw, in the American imagination, is a subject of romance - a 'good' bad man, he is typically a master of escape, a crack shot, a ladies' man.
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The Millennial Generation - the biggest American generation in history - is reversing the migration into rural areas and moving back to city centers.
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Part of the American dream is to live long and die young. Only those Americans who are willing to die for their country are fit to live.
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After working for 14 years on Wall Street and growing up in a family with strong roots in small business, I know how important the entrepreneurial spirit is to attaining the American dream.
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The American child is a highly intelligent human being - characteristically sensitive, humorous, open-minded, eager to learn, and has a strong sense of excitement, energy, and healthy curiosity about the world in which he lives. Lucky indeed is the grown-up who manages to carry these same characteristics into adult life. It usually makes for a happy and successful individual.
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I'm standing up for the American people.
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I'm an American songwriter, and I write from a very American perspective, and so did the records I grew up listening to.
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Somebody should tell the president of Mexico that when he appears on American television, he should speak English.
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I love watching American League games, you know what I mean?
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Trump's behavior is deeply disturbing but hardly surprising. His mercurial nature is not the product of a post-inaugural adder sting at Mar-a-Lago. It's been there all along. And the American electorate chose him nonetheless.
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The American male doesn't mature until he has exhausted all other possibilities.
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For an American president to be aiding America's enemy in developing nuclear weapons technology is unprecedented, absolutely.
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Well, I actually wrote her a letter a couple of days ago congratulating her. The tone I tried to convey in the letter is, look, you are a part of a great American historical process.
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Mystical groups such as the Theosophical Society and the Rosicrucians turned tarot into an American fad during the early 1900s. Many American tarot practitioners use a set of cards known as the Waite-Smith deck, created in 1909 by A.E. Waite, a British member of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn, and the artist Pamela Colman Smith.
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The American patriots of today continue the tradition of the long line of patriots before them, by helping to promote liberty and freedom around the world.
