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"I'm very aware when I'm speaking to the English of how flat my Mid-Atlantic American voice is."
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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."
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"I believe we are now in a struggle over whether or not we are going to save America."
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"I am an American citizen and feel I am entitled to the same rights as any other citizen."
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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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"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."
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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?"
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"The income tax has made liars out of more Americans than golf."
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"Dick Clark is an American icon. I am honored that he has entrusted me with such a role in this national tradition."
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"I'm an American before any party preference."
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"American future lies in the East. The great free markets of the Pacific Rim are the American destiny."
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"If you take the contempt some Americans have for yuppies and multiply it by 10 you might come close to understanding their attitude towards the City, as they call it - London, the people of the south."
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"I'm very aware when I'm speaking to the English of how flat my Mid-Atlantic American voice is."
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"I never thought I would just be doing Arkady books."
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"I feel very bad about getting things wrong."
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"Most people - and particularly people whose lives have nothing to do with books at all - are intrigued by the idea that somebody wants to listen to them and get it right."
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"I've always been struck by how unsuspicious people are in general, if you tell them what you're about."
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"The fact is that I loved being in England."
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"Then there was the whole concept of coal mining, which is a culture unto itself, the most dangerous occupation in the world, and which draws and develops a certain kind of man."
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"I have another Russian idea, too, with a place and a period, so I guess I have enough to keep me busy for quite some time, especially considering that I'm such a slow writer."
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"I hate to be categorized."
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