Famous Quotes: American

To be converted you have to destroy your past, destroy your history. You have to stamp on it, you have to say 'my ancestral culture does not exist, it doesn't matter.'
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There's definitely evidence that capitalism at its most ruthless rewards psychopathic behavior. When you look at the worst corners of the American health insurance industry or the sub-prime banking market, it really feels like the more psychopathically someone behaves, the more it's rewarded.
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Black history is American history.
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The US military still blames the media for stories and images that turned the American public against the war in Vietnam.
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It is tragic that people who are incarcerated are unable to vote. They are probably the most important voices to listen to because they can tell us what we need to change.
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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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The American flag is the most recognized symbol of freedom and democracy in the world.
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The school made it very clear that women were entitled to positions of authority. That sense of entitlement allowed us to feel that we have a natural place in leadership in the world. That gave me a mental and emotional confidence.
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Canadians can easily 'pass for American' as long as we don't accidentally use metric measurements or apologize when hit by a car.
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Everybody knows about Pearl Harbor. The thing that really fascinated me is that through this tragedy there was this amazing American heroism.
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I was very interested in American poetry for many years. Much less now.
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Whoever decides to dedicate their life to politics knows that earning money isn't the top priority.
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People who insist on telling their dreams are among the terrors of the breakfast table.
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My dream remains to inform and entertain through fiction in the form of novels and movies that compete in the marketplace of ideas.
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Health care costs blunt the competitive edge of American entrepreneurs, from the auto industry to internet start-ups.
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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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Here's a proposal, offered only partly in jest: no resident of the United States, whether born here or abroad, should get to be a citizen until age 18, at which time each such resident has to take a test.
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I don't think of my books as being biographies. I never had any interest in doing a book just to write the life of a great man. I had zero interest in that. My interest is in power. How power works.
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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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If our freedom is taken, the American dream will wither and die.
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