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"I would like to see America some day."
Hanoi Hannah
"I would like to see America some day."
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"My focus is that firearms are handled safely and that we can continue to enjoy them here in North America."
Steve Kanaly
"My focus is that firearms are handled safely and that we can continue to enjoy them here in North America."
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"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."
Floyd Abrams
"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."
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"Cancun is the only place I've ever visited outside America."
Jason Behr
"Cancun is the only place I've ever visited outside America."
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"The citizens of America expect more. They deserve and they want more than a recital of problems."
Barbara Jordan
"The citizens of America expect more. They deserve and they want more than a recital of problems."
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"I have no further use for America. I wouldn't go back there if Jesus Christ was President."
Charlie Chaplin
"I have no further use for America. I wouldn't go back there if Jesus Christ was President."
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"I had this odd sibling rivalry with America."
Patti Davis
"I had this odd sibling rivalry with America."
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"You're not anyone in America unless you're on TV."
Nicole Kidman
"You're not anyone in America unless you're on TV."
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"If I turn on the television, am I to believe that that is America? I'm sorry, I don't believe that's America."
Karen Black
"If I turn on the television, am I to believe that that is America? I'm sorry, I don't believe that's America."
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"I read in the newspapers they are going to have 30 minutes of intellectual stuff on television every Monday from 7:30 to 8. to educate America. They couldn't educate America if they started at 6:30."
Groucho Marx
"I read in the newspapers they are going to have 30 minutes of intellectual stuff on television every Monday from 7:30 to 8. to educate America. They couldn't educate America if they started at 6:30."
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"From the early days of European migration to America, in the 17th Century, the prototype of buildings was based on English precedent, even if mostly translated into the locally available material in abundance: timber."
Harry Seidler
"From the early days of European migration to America, in the 17th Century, the prototype of buildings was based on English precedent, even if mostly translated into the locally available material in abundance: timber."
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"Talking about a materialistic thing, I get about 13 times more royalties from Europe than I do from America."
Elliott Carter
"Talking about a materialistic thing, I get about 13 times more royalties from Europe than I do from America."
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"I just read that 81 percent of Americans are ready to vote for a woman. So it sounds like America is ready."
Geena Davis
"I just read that 81 percent of Americans are ready to vote for a woman. So it sounds like America is ready."
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"If I read not amiss, this powerful race will move down upon Mexico, down upon Central and South America, out upon the islands of the sea, over upon Africa and beyond. And can any one doubt that the results of this competition of races will be the "survival of the fittest?""
Josiah Strong
"If I read not amiss, this powerful race will move down upon Mexico, down upon Central and South America, out upon the islands of the sea, over upon Africa and beyond. And can any one doubt that the results of this competition of races will be the "survival of the fittest?""
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"Everybody in America is angry about something."
Anthony Braxton
"Everybody in America is angry about something."
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"I don't believe in quotas. America was founded on a philosophy of individual rights, not group rights."
Clarence Thomas
"I don't believe in quotas. America was founded on a philosophy of individual rights, not group rights."
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"My answer to the racial problem in America is to not deal with it at all. The founding fathers dealt with it when they made the Constitution."
James Meredith
"My answer to the racial problem in America is to not deal with it at all. The founding fathers dealt with it when they made the Constitution."
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"What I like about playing America is you can be pretty sure you're not going to get hit with a full can of beer when you're singing and I really enjoy that!"
Joe Strummer
"What I like about playing America is you can be pretty sure you're not going to get hit with a full can of beer when you're singing and I really enjoy that!"
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"I didn't realize how many true Rockabilly fans there were here in America."
Wanda Jackson
"I didn't realize how many true Rockabilly fans there were here in America."
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"In this case it appealed to me partly because it felt close to me in some ways. This is about a confused, bewildered middle class Englishman adrift in smalltown America and that has definitely been me."
Colin Firth
"In this case it appealed to me partly because it felt close to me in some ways. This is about a confused, bewildered middle class Englishman adrift in smalltown America and that has definitely been me."
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"All the forms of civil polity have been tried by mankind, except one, and that seems to have been reserved in Providence to be realized in America."
Ezra Stiles
"All the forms of civil polity have been tried by mankind, except one, and that seems to have been reserved in Providence to be realized in America."
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"The thing that impresses me most about America is the way parents obey their children."
Edward VIII
"The thing that impresses me most about America is the way parents obey their children."
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"I'll fly Away took place in the 50's and 60's in America's South, and there are a couple of scenes where me and my friends are supposed to be skinny dipping with these girls."
Jeremy London
"I'll fly Away took place in the 50's and 60's in America's South, and there are a couple of scenes where me and my friends are supposed to be skinny dipping with these girls."
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"I think I came back from America a funnier and nicer person than I went."
Patrick Stewart
"I think I came back from America a funnier and nicer person than I went."
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"America can't beat anyone anymore."
George Clooney
"America can't beat anyone anymore."
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"Is America truly a democracy? Has America ever been a democracy with the institution of slavery?"
Tatyana Ali
"Is America truly a democracy? Has America ever been a democracy with the institution of slavery?"
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"Perhaps more than any other disease before or since, syphilis in early modern Europe provoked the kind of widespread moral panic that AIDS revived when it struck America in the 1980s."
Peter Lewis Allen
"Perhaps more than any other disease before or since, syphilis in early modern Europe provoked the kind of widespread moral panic that AIDS revived when it struck America in the 1980s."
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"I received an OBE from the Queen, which probably doesn't mean anything in America but is quite nice in England - the Order of the British Empire for services to drama."
Joan Collins
"I received an OBE from the Queen, which probably doesn't mean anything in America but is quite nice in England - the Order of the British Empire for services to drama."
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"The Smithsonian Festival of American Folklife, actually, was an effort to put something on the mall in Washington so American tourists could walk through America, and in their minds everything on the mall would be American."
Bernice Johnson Reagon
"The Smithsonian Festival of American Folklife, actually, was an effort to put something on the mall in Washington so American tourists could walk through America, and in their minds everything on the mall would be American."
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"America makes up its own mind about what it wants to see."
Ajay Naidu
"America makes up its own mind about what it wants to see."
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"I have to confess that a strong contributing factor was that I had just taken what was probably the first acid ever made, given to me by a guy called Johnny Fellows, who had just returned from America."
Jim Capaldi
"I have to confess that a strong contributing factor was that I had just taken what was probably the first acid ever made, given to me by a guy called Johnny Fellows, who had just returned from America."
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"I get all fired up about aging in America."
Willard Scott
"I get all fired up about aging in America."
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"I was nuts about Elvis, like every girl in America."
Brenda Lee
"I was nuts about Elvis, like every girl in America."
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"And I think that we in America need to understand that many schools need improvement, and particularly with respect to how they're serving minority children."
Margaret Spellings
"And I think that we in America need to understand that many schools need improvement, and particularly with respect to how they're serving minority children."
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"I believe in America. I'm one of those silly flag wavers."
Paul Prudhomme
"I believe in America. I'm one of those silly flag wavers."
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"I've quoted Lost in America several times."
Robin Tunney
"I've quoted Lost in America several times."
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"Our concept is not that America should operate alone or by itself in world affairs or in military affairs."
Douglas Feith
"Our concept is not that America should operate alone or by itself in world affairs or in military affairs."
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"Instead of explaining the sober facts of mechanics and electricity, I want to say a few words about the debt which we owe to youth; and with your permission I shall consider you as representing here not only the academic youth of Sweden nor even of Europe but also of America."
Felix Bloch
"Instead of explaining the sober facts of mechanics and electricity, I want to say a few words about the debt which we owe to youth; and with your permission I shall consider you as representing here not only the academic youth of Sweden nor even of Europe but also of America."
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"My Latin temper blows up pretty fast, but it goes down just as fast. Maybe that's why you seldom hear of ulcers in Latin America."
Desi Arnaz
"My Latin temper blows up pretty fast, but it goes down just as fast. Maybe that's why you seldom hear of ulcers in Latin America."
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"If a man is happy in America, it is considered he is doing something wrong."
Clarence Darrow
"If a man is happy in America, it is considered he is doing something wrong."
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"Slavery has never been abolished from America's way of thinking."
Nina Simone
"Slavery has never been abolished from America's way of thinking."
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"Lynda Carter, I think the reason I liked her was because she was so down to earth. Even though she was a big star and she was Miss America, she was very approachable."
Thuy Trang
"Lynda Carter, I think the reason I liked her was because she was so down to earth. Even though she was a big star and she was Miss America, she was very approachable."
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"Living in America, I became aware of many issues and went through a period of politicization."
Julie Christie
"Living in America, I became aware of many issues and went through a period of politicization."
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"I've done over 125 posters and I have worked with some of the best photographers in the world.They made me America's Number one Pin Up."
Cindy Margolis
"I've done over 125 posters and I have worked with some of the best photographers in the world.They made me America's Number one Pin Up."
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"I haven't had a big hit record in America since 1987."
Bonnie Tyler
"I haven't had a big hit record in America since 1987."
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"Esso has been the main one in America spreading the disinformation that there is no global warming problem."
James Lovelock
"Esso has been the main one in America spreading the disinformation that there is no global warming problem."
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"Vegas is everything that's right with America. You can do whatever you want, 24 hours a day. They've effectively legalized everything there."
Drew Carey
"Vegas is everything that's right with America. You can do whatever you want, 24 hours a day. They've effectively legalized everything there."
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"At this point the theater America is in such a precarious place."
Estelle Parsons
"At this point the theater America is in such a precarious place."
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"If you give me the chance, I'll destroy America for you."
Johnny Rotten
"If you give me the chance, I'll destroy America for you."
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"Anybody intelligent enough to realize what America is, is not going to sit around and do nothing about it. They're going to be the same way that I am. They're going to be the same way our fans are. They're going to be pissed."
Marilyn Manson
"Anybody intelligent enough to realize what America is, is not going to sit around and do nothing about it. They're going to be the same way that I am. They're going to be the same way our fans are. They're going to be pissed."
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