"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."

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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."

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"Americans are very friendly and very suspicious, that is what Americans are and that is what always upsets the foreigner, who deals with them, they are so friendly how can they be so suspicious they are so suspicious how can they be so friendly but they just are."

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"So in our pride we ordered for breakfast an omelet, toast and coffee and what has just arrived is a tomato salad with onions, a dish of pickles, a big slice of watermelon and two bottles of cream soda."

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

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"The only difference between the Bel Air of the '90s and the Bel Air of my childhood is that now the nannies are Latina instead of British, and the cars European instead of American."

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"American shows don't always translate, but this one has and speaking for myself I'm quite glad for it."

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"Before, we may have taken part in it without even thinking it was American Jewish, but in this case, I think, you have now perhaps pointed us in a direction of a new interest in this repertoire."

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"I was on TV for almost sixteen weeks during American Idol. It's at the point now where it's old."

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"There is nothing wrong with America that cannot be cured with what is right in America."

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"I'd cap the total amount of income taxes paid by Americans to no more than 25 percent and tax all income only once."

Cesar Conda, American Consultant

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