"There's something about an American soldier you can't explain. They're so grateful for anything, even a film actress coming to see them."

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"There's something about an American soldier you can't explain. They're so grateful for anything, even a film actress coming to see them."

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"There's something about an American soldier you can't explain. They're so grateful for anything, even a film actress coming to see them."

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"The Germans and I no longer speak the same language."

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"How do you know love is gone? If you said that you would be there at seven and you get there by nine, and he or she has not called the police yet - it's gone."

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"I'm worth more dead than alive. Don't cry for me after I'm gone; cry for me now."

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"Think twice before burdening a friend with a secret."

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"They want you to bring out your intestines."

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"I dress for the image. Not for myself, not for the public, not for fashion, not for men."

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"America took me into her bosom when there was no longer a country worthy of the name, but in my heart I am German - German in my soul."

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"I am not a myth."

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"To be completely woman you need a master, and in him a compass for your life. You need a man you can look up to and respect. If you dethrone him it's no wonder that you are discontented, and discontented women are not loved for long."

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"There's something with the physical size of America... American writers can write about America and it can still feel like a foreign country."

Mark Haddon, English Novelist

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"This is due partly to the fact that Americans are much better fed than Europeans, and partly to the undeveloped resources of a new country, but more largely to our climate, which acts as a constant stimulus."

Josiah Strong, American Clergyman

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"We teach young kids from 8 to 14 or 15 about their musical heritage through great songs written by American songwriters. We don't do too many modern composers, although we include songs from Billy Joel and other writers like him."

Margaret Whiting, American Musician

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"I believe we are now in a struggle over whether or not we are going to save America."

Newt Gingrich, American Politician

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"I am an American citizen and feel I am entitled to the same rights as any other citizen."

Nat King Cole, American Musician

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"So, if I were arrested or if I were killed, then after me the issues that American fears about me wouldn't exist anymore - and I couldn't tell you what those issues are."

Muqtada al Sadr, Iraqi Clergyman

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"America is not only big and rich, it is mysterious; and its capacity for the humorous or ironical concealment of its interests matches that of the legendary inscrutable Chinese."

David Riesman, American Sociologist

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"Then on to all the terrific american songwriters, from Tin Pan Alley to the Beatles, from Bob Dylan to Paul Simon. Whoever wrote and sang in the song form I have appreciated."

Tom Chapin, American Musician

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"Americans can pretty much sing anything, whereas foreign singers are often limited in style, language, even composer."

Marilyn Horne, American Musician

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"Since when have we Americans been expected to bow submissively to authority and speak with awe and reverence to those who represent us?"

William O. Douglas, American Judge

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