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America Quotes
"I came to America to become an architect. And somewhere along the line while I was still in school, I was lured into theater, and that's how I became interested in theater. My first play was something called "A Banquet for the Moon." It was a weird play."
110
"I was the first person to come into New York with a Latin American point of view which was also very much influenced by political happenings in Latin America."
78
"There are two types of Chinese growing up in America. One is the kind that does really well in school, with thick, thick glasses. And the other is involved with the gangs."
68
"The peoples of Asia, Africa, and Latin America have common interest and are in the position to support each other in their anti-imperialist and anti-U.S. struggle. As long as Africa and Latin America are not free."
61
"We have no quarrel with America. We all know NATO is the strongest military machine in the world. We simply want them to stop being so busy with our country and worry about their own problems."
61
"In America, you watch TV and think that's totally unreal, then you step outside and it's just the same."
59
"Jamaica has problems; America has problems; everywhere has problems."
53
"I have dual citizenship, it just so happens I live in America."
50
"In America the President reigns for four years, and Journalism governs forever and ever."
41
"There are reasons for believing that the English increase will far surpass others, and that the diffusion of the United States will ultimately produce the general population of America."
41
"America gets the politicians they deserve. That's it. And you keep struggling."
38
"When you poll all of the economists, uh, across America that I think are intellectually honest they would all, or maybe not all, but 95% of them 96% of them would say you know we really have got a powerful economy."
38
"We are always going to be influenced by America... I watched the word 'bum' go out and 'butt' come in. And part of me says, oh that's a shame, but Aussie boys are still Aussie boys."
38
"It seems to me monstrous that anyone should believe that the jazz rhythm expresses America. Jazz rhythm expresses the primitive savage."
38
"San Francisco has just blown us all away. I also understand Angels in America didn't do well there."
37
"No matter where you go and what you do in America, you turn the tele on and you're confronted with violence."
33
"I remember that coming to America was scary for me because everything here is just bigger, better, shinier, you know?"
32
"When I came to America Al Unser, Jr. was very difficult. And Bobby Unser."
31
"In spite of all this noise, customers are still definitely buying in North America, and they're really, really buying internationally."
31
"I mean, the Constitution of this country was written 200 years ago. The house I was living in in Madrid is 350 years old! America is still a project, and you guys are working on it and bringing new things to it every day. That is beautiful to watch."
30
"I can recognize the calls of practically every bird in North America. There are some in Africa I don't know, though."
30
"Oh that's very English, that's probably why. They just go "LOL" in America."
30
"Henry Fonda's son: That's how everybody identified me until Easy Rider came along. Good old Captain America."
29
"Gary Smith, when I came to America, taught me a great deal about racing."
29
"A declaration of the independence of America, and the sovereignty of the United STates was drawn by the ingenious and philosophic pen of Thomas Jefferson, Esquire, a delegate from the state of Virginia."
29
"My focus is that firearms are handled safely and that we can continue to enjoy them here in North America."
29
"When I began we did not really have a lot of First Amendment law. It is really surprising to think of it this way, but a lot of the law - most of the law that relates to the First Amendment freedom of the press in America - is really within living memory."
28
"The great Jewish scientists and philosophers of the last few generations - Spinoza, Einstein, Freud, Robert Oppenheimer and others - were natives of Europe and America."
27
"America is the country where you can buy a lifetime supply of aspirin For one dollar and use it up in two weeks."
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