American Quotes
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I was around in 1970, and now I am around in 2015 ... there is no poetry and very little romance in anything anymore, so it is really like the last phase of 'American Pie.'
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When we talk about the decline of the American family, I think we have to go back to the Industrial Revolution.
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I was looking for excellence in any color or gender it comes in. Some of my top people are African American but not all of them.
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American capitalists, enthralled by the doctrines of finance, have put their income statements in service of the balance sheet.
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The standardization of world culture, with local popular or traditional forms driven out or dumbed down to make way for American television, American music, food, clothes and films, has been seen by many as the very heart of globalization.
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If you look at national economies today, for example, the American economy, the European economy, the Indians, the Chinese, we're all tied together. If one of them sinks, the rest are going to sink with them and if one floats, the rest are lifted up. I find that very interesting.
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My experiences growing up in both a Chinese American household and the Catholic Church define much of who I am.
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There is a constant in the average American imagination and taste, for which the past must be preserved and celebrated in full-scale authentic copy; a philosophy of immortality as duplication. It dominates the relation with the self, with the past, not infrequently with the present, always with History and, even, with the European tradition.
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I want all of the blue collar American working class people to know that I'm out there fighting for them.
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In a world of inhumanity, war and terrorism, American citizenship is a very precious possession.
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For Latin American countries seeking to play a bigger role in global trade, effectively implementing trade-facilitating reforms could be an important tool in their toolkits.
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I have two sons. Both served. One as a marine officer in Iraq, one as an army officer in Afghanistan. I do not see - want to see one parent or loved one worrying about getting a call in the middle of the night. I would not place one American life at risk unless it was absolutely necessary. But to destroy ISIS, it is necessary.
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Less than 1 percent of American have served in 12 years of war, and serious public conversation about military policy is sorely lacking.
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American history is the story of Democratic malefactors and Republican heroes.
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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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Even the favorite reviews, the audience response is the movie is too slow, deliberately slow. But for the Chinese audience, the biggest complaint is it happens too quick. I think the historical background that build into our genes is different. American people has never been occupied. The deep sadness and sentimentality, the cultural background that relates to melodrama that we relate to and grow up with, the propaganda, I didn't imagine the difference is so big. It's a very interesting cultural phenomenon.
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You never look silly when you're defending the American people and their pocketbook.
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The early American arrived at a land of which he knew nothing.
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My take on rap is driven by straightforward American southern rock and blues.
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People didn't have the political guts to stand up against an American war.
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Most people in this country believe that the American Communist Party and its dupes are the chief internal enemy of our economic system and our form of government. This is a serious mistake.
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We think that we are close to making considerable acquisitions in the European and American markets.
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One of the many, many salutary aspects of Barack Obama's impending presidential nomination is the sea change his victory marks in the battle for the mind-set of the American foreign policy establishment.
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The American is said to become full-flavored, and in time a most all-round man, through the polish which Europe can impart.
