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"To the world, you are America."
Charlton Heston
"To the world, you are America."
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"Let the grand errand into America never be forgotten."
Ezra Stiles
"Let the grand errand into America never be forgotten."
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"Gary Smith, when I came to America, taught me a great deal about racing."
Emerson Fittipaldi
"Gary Smith, when I came to America, taught me a great deal about racing."
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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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"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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"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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"What is going on in America is extreme. The youth cult, they worship youth so much it's almost paranoid. And LA is the Mecca of it all; they're taking it to the hilt."
Billie Joe Armstrong
"What is going on in America is extreme. The youth cult, they worship youth so much it's almost paranoid. And LA is the Mecca of it all; they're taking it to the hilt."
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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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"I've quoted Lost in America several times."
Robin Tunney
"I've quoted Lost in America several times."
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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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"That's the last thing I want to do is go on up there and mess up, you know, in front of America."
Scotty McCreery
"That's the last thing I want to do is go on up there and mess up, you know, in front of America."
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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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"I've broken my nose, I've broken ribs. You name it. In fact, we just got back from South America, and I fell over a monitor speaker on the stage and almost ended up in the front row of the audience. I managed to sprain my wrist on that one but luckily nothing was broken."
Keith Emerson
"I've broken my nose, I've broken ribs. You name it. In fact, we just got back from South America, and I fell over a monitor speaker on the stage and almost ended up in the front row of the audience. I managed to sprain my wrist on that one but luckily nothing was broken."
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"America is ready for intelligent talk. I am ready to bring some humanity to TV."
John Walsh
"America is ready for intelligent talk. I am ready to bring some humanity to TV."
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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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"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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"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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"The great Jewish scientists and philosophers of the last few generations - Spinoza, Einstein, Freud, Robert Oppenheimer and others - were natives of Europe and America."
David Ben Gurion
"The great Jewish scientists and philosophers of the last few generations - Spinoza, Einstein, Freud, Robert Oppenheimer and others - were natives of Europe and America."
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"The social and industrial structure of America is founded upon an enlightened citizenship."
Bainbridge Colby
"The social and industrial structure of America is founded upon an enlightened citizenship."
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"America is the country where you can buy a lifetime supply of aspirin For one dollar and use it up in two weeks."
John Barrymore
"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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"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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"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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"A lot of names in America and Europe have their roots in Latin and Greek words. A lot of them go back to archetypes and their stories."
Maynard James Keenan
"A lot of names in America and Europe have their roots in Latin and Greek words. A lot of them go back to archetypes and their stories."
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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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"If America had been discovered as many times as I have, no one would remember Columbus."
Sean Connery
"If America had been discovered as many times as I have, no one would remember Columbus."
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"America can't beat anyone anymore."
George Clooney
"America can't beat anyone anymore."
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"America is huge."
Ace Frehley
"America is huge."
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"I knew I'd conquered America when Mike Tyson told me I was one mean lady."
Anne Robinson
"I knew I'd conquered America when Mike Tyson told me I was one mean lady."
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"I think arriving at or departing from any airport in America is just horrendous these days."
Roger Moore
"I think arriving at or departing from any airport in America is just horrendous these days."
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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 was a star in England, but I've never been a star in America. Now I am."
Anna Lee
"I was a star in England, but I've never been a star in America. Now I am."
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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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"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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"Saturdays and Sundays, America in the year 2009 does not in some ways differ significantly from the country that existed almost 50 years ago. This is truly sad."
Eric Holder
"Saturdays and Sundays, America in the year 2009 does not in some ways differ significantly from the country that existed almost 50 years ago. This is truly sad."
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"America wants its respect."
Tupac Shakur
"America wants its respect."
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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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"I have Tourettes and Aspergers, but Tourrets and Aspergers don't have me. You know, I'm doing what I can to suppress it and I don't let it take advantage of me. It's not who I am. You know, I'm James Durbin. Like I said in the beginning, I am here to show America who I am, and it is what it is."
James Durbin
"I have Tourettes and Aspergers, but Tourrets and Aspergers don't have me. You know, I'm doing what I can to suppress it and I don't let it take advantage of me. It's not who I am. You know, I'm James Durbin. Like I said in the beginning, I am here to show America who I am, and it is what it is."
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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 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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"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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"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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"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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"So when they come around and say they want to do our stuff in America, it's compliment really."
Sean Booth
"So when they come around and say they want to do our stuff in America, it's compliment really."
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"In America, with all of its evils and faults, you can still reach through the forest and see the sun. But we don't know yet whether that sun is rising or setting for our country."
Dick Gregory
"In America, with all of its evils and faults, you can still reach through the forest and see the sun. But we don't know yet whether that sun is rising or setting for our country."
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"One thing I congratulate everyone on is the great explosion which has occurred in Washington's Black House and the very important scandal which has gripped leaders of America."
Ayatollah Khomeini
"One thing I congratulate everyone on is the great explosion which has occurred in Washington's Black House and the very important scandal which has gripped leaders of America."
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"All the ills from which America suffers can be traced to the teaching of evolution."
William Jennings Bryan
"All the ills from which America suffers can be traced to the teaching of evolution."
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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 got hate letters from girls all over America because I wouldn't go to the prom with them."
Davy Jones
"I got hate letters from girls all over America because I wouldn't go to the prom with them."
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"Europe is weird songs that would never make it in America."
Mike Myers
"Europe is weird songs that would never make it in America."
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"In America everything's about who's number one today."
Bruce Springsteen
"In America everything's about who's number one today."
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