Famous Quotes: America

My mom was scared of the old Times Square so I was never allowed to go. Now I'm scared of the new Times Square, so I still never go.
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Whatever else an American believes or disbelieves about himself, he is absolutely sure he has a sense of humor.
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All really great lovers are articulate, and verbal seduction is the surest road to actual seduction.
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American officials have bent over backwards to show how sensitive they are to Muslim culture. It didn't seem very effective. They seem to be worried about winning the respect of other people.
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I think that is where poetry reading becomes such an individual thing. I mean I have friend who like poets who just don't say anything to me at all, I mean they seem to me rather ordinary and pedestrian.
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Some say that I should settle down, go slower and not push so hard, so quickly for such transformational change. To them, I say that you misunderstand the size of the problems we face, the strength of the status quo and the urgency of the people's desire for change.
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I think the best American poetry is the poetry that utilizes the resources of poetry rather than exploits the defects or triumphs of the poet's personality.
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By making bold cuts in spending and commonsense entitlement reforms, we will make our government simpler, smaller, and smarter.
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When you raise taxes on small business, from 35% to 40%, you will kill jobs.
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The sources of poetry are in the spirit seeking completeness.
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Sometimes, because of my success, I am afraid that I was not a good father. With the first two I was too strong, and with the other three I was too weak.
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Nature has never read the Declaration of Independence. It continues to make us unequal.
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Poetry is the art of substantiating shadows, and of lending existence to nothing.
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I am hopeful for the American people that we can actually improve the outlook for bringing down costs in health care.
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As we get closer to the end of this Congress, we should be addressing the urgent needs of the American people - the war in Iraq, affordable health care, a sensible energy policy, quality education for our children, retirement security, and a sound and fair fiscal policy.
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Even though I grew up as a Sephardic Jew in Brooklyn where we ate Syrian food and went to temple, it was still America.
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Money is something that can be measured; art is not. It's all subjective.
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The eventual place the American army should take on the western front was to a large extent influenced by the vital question of communication and supply.
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We can in fact first place the beam of rays of moving positive atomic ions in a plane perpendicular to the axis in which we see the spectral lines emitted by them.
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The beef industry has contributed to more American deaths than all the wars of this century, all natural disasters, and all automobile accidents combined.
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