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"I'm a misplaced American, but don't know where I was misplaced."

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"The American who first discovered Columbus made a bad discovery."

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"We were from totally different social backgrounds. This is what is very hard for an American to understand, but we could have been five guys from Mars."

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"The American invasion did not succeed in Vietnam, and will never succeed in Iraq."

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"In matters large and small, many people seemed concerned about churlishness, an ugliness in our relationships that appears to be increasing rather than decreasing."

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