American Quotes
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It's been so long since a talented writer last occupied the White House; no wonder, then, that American writers have been among the most prominent of all the demographic groups claiming a piece of Barack Obama for themselves.
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If I grew up in a truly color-blind society, I would not be a black American.
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I grew up within Italian-American neighborhoods, everybody was coming into the house all the time, kids running around, that sort of stuff, so when I finally got into my own area, so to speak, to make films, I still carried on.
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The American education system couldn't be more badly directed or poorly funded if the Secretary of Education were Ed Wood.
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Putin's Russia is our adversary and moral opposite. It is committed to the destruction of the post-war, rule-based world order built on American leadership and the primacy of our political and economic values.
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I've been called communist, socialist, anti-American.
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Our trade negotiations should ensure that American workers are protected and that there are mechanisms in place to deal with other countries cheating.
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You don't have to be African American to really enjoy 'Frisky Business'. But as far as being black, a lot of people in New York have been stopped and frisked, so that hits home for them.
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Mother's interest in contemporary American artists emerged during the 1920s.
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It's about time that we create first class citizenship for every American plain and simple. Every New Jersey-ian. This should not be a popular vote. This is something we should do now.
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Podcasts immersed me in colloquial English and put me back in the American zeitgeist.
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I work on everything, whether it's a film or TV show - I wouldn't even consider 'American Gods' a TV show. I don't even know what it is.
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One of the most beautiful sights in dance is American Ballet Theatre in full flight.
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I'm just trying the American dream. To work here in the U.S., you have to commit and be here. For many years, it was back and forth, back and forth, and it didn't work. But I'm always open to working in Spanish.
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There was a very serious communist strain among American intellectuals before the war. America was a more tolerant place in those days, and Communists were not treated as pariahs. That ended with the McCarthy era.
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It would seem that the Watergate story from beginning to end could be used as a primer on the American political system.
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The most heinous shift in American films is that they reinforce good things like 'couples' and 'relationships.'
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I believe, and this is perhaps too nationalistic a view, that the American style of acting puts actors quickly in touch with each other, so that their continuous presence in a company, as in England, is not absolutely necessary.
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Everyone in America thinks I'm American - and everyone in England seems to think I'm American.
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The American system is set up to have two parties competing for votes. But Americans have not had the same two parties to choose from since the beginning.
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My take on rap is driven by straightforward American southern rock and blues.
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Seeking the invisible through the imagery of the visible, the Americans never can get quite all the way to the end of the American dream.
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I don't watch 'American Idol.' I don't watch any of that stuff.
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Delayed energy projects and regulatory hurdles to domestic oil production not only cost the United States economy billions of dollars and millions of jobs, but they also stand in the way of an elusive goal: true American energy security.
