"In a sense I've made the same film over and over again. In all of them I've asked, 'Who are we as Americans?"

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"In a sense I've made the same film over and over again. In all of them I've asked, 'Who are we as Americans?"

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"She can't help it,' he said. 'She's got the soul of a poet and the emotional makeup of a junkyard dog."

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Stephen King, American Author

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"She looks like a very young old person, or a very old young person; but then, she's looked that way ever since she was two."

Margaret Atwood, Canadian Novelist

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"But there's something missing in them, even the nice ones. It's like they're permanently absent-minded, like that can't quite remember who they are."

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"We go to Europe to be Americanized."

Ralph Waldo Emerson, American Poet

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"She suddenly remembered studying the brain in science class- how a steel rod pierced a man's skull, and he opened his mouth to speak Portuguese, a language he'd never studied. Maybe it would be like this, now, for Josie. Maybe her native tongue, from here on in, would be a string of lies."

Jodi Picoult, American Novelist

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"Whether it is in the way you walk, talk, dress, or behave, your personal brand impacts how people react and respond to you. It is the essence of what makes you likable, knowable, and trustworthy. And it is what can make you memorable and sought after in the marketplace."

Susan C. Young, American Author

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"What is YOUR personal brand? How are you packaging your unique talents, style, personality and/or products to represent who you are, what you do, and how you show yourself to the world?"

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"Who you are in Christ is far more important and meaningful than whatever has taken place in your past."

Elizabeth George, American Author

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"I say that my value is based on my accomplishments. Christmas is God saying that I am His accomplishment and that will forever be enough."

Craig D. Lounsbrough, American Author

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"Jazz is a very accurate, curiously accurate accompaniment to 20th century America."

Society

"I have made all my films for my children with the exception of my first film because my oldest daughter wasn't born when I was making the film about the Brooklyn Bridge."

Family

"I record all of my music with authentic instruments in a studio before we start editing, doing many, many versions. The music shapes the film as we edit so it has an organic relationship to the content."

Music

"Wynton told us that Miles sold out, just wanted to make more money, just wanted to sell more records. I don't believe that Miles sold out but I'm not in a position to say."

Money

"One of the things I really like about Ford's films is how there is always a focus on the way characters live, and not just the male heroes."

Focus

"The genius of our country is improvisation, and jazz reflects that. It's our great contribution to the arts."

Genius

"You can learn as much about the history from reading about the present as you can vice versa, that is learning about the present through history, which is what I do for a living."

History

"History's just been made for sale to an inside deal."

History

"History is malleable. A new cache of diaries can shed new light, and archeological evidence can challenge our popular assumptions."

History

"Like a layer on a pearl, you can't specifically identify the irritant, the moment of the irritant, but at the end of the day, you know you have a pearl."

Identity