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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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"So this is America. They must be out of their minds."
Ringo Starr
"So this is America. They must be out of their minds."
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"I spent my last year of high school in Latin America, and there's a edge of salsa under all of my rhythms."
Stephen Stills
"I spent my last year of high school in Latin America, and there's a edge of salsa under all of my rhythms."
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"I reject the notion that America is in a well-deserved decline, that she and her citizens are unexceptional. I do not believe America is the problem in the world. I believe America is the solution to the world's problems."
Rush Limbaugh
"I reject the notion that America is in a well-deserved decline, that she and her citizens are unexceptional. I do not believe America is the problem in the world. I believe America is the solution to the world's problems."
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"Everybody in America is angry about something."
Anthony Braxton
"Everybody in America is angry about something."
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"First of all, when you live in a country like Canada, it's quite different from America in the sense that it's very tied to traditions that were born in Britain."
Geddy Lee
"First of all, when you live in a country like Canada, it's quite different from America in the sense that it's very tied to traditions that were born in Britain."
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"In America it's live by the sword of freedom of expression and be will to die by it as well."
Vince McMahon
"In America it's live by the sword of freedom of expression and be will to die by it as well."
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"To be black and an intellectual in America is to live in a box. On the box is a label, not of my own choosing."
Stephen Carter
"To be black and an intellectual in America is to live in a box. On the box is a label, not of my own choosing."
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"Discussion in America means dissent."
James Thurber
"Discussion in America means dissent."
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"My grandfather was a chef for a Baron in Sicily before he came to America. I grew up with him. I used to do my homework at one end of the kitchen table while he cooked at the other end."
Vincent Schiavelli
"My grandfather was a chef for a Baron in Sicily before he came to America. I grew up with him. I used to do my homework at one end of the kitchen table while he cooked at the other end."
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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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"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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"Sometime during the many millions of years that have elapsed since mammalian faunas came into existence, some sort of island crossed from West Africa to South America."
Louis Leakey
"Sometime during the many millions of years that have elapsed since mammalian faunas came into existence, some sort of island crossed from West Africa to South America."
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"America has a relationship with Bobby and Whitney."
Jenifer Lewis
"America has a relationship with Bobby and Whitney."
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"America? They had a good girl singer, Janis Joplin."
Maurice Gibb
"America? They had a good girl singer, Janis Joplin."
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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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"But from what I can see all around me today, that America is fading fast, if it's not already gone."
John Ratzenberger
"But from what I can see all around me today, that America is fading fast, if it's not already gone."
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"America's best buy is a telephone call to the right man."
Ilka Chase
"America's best buy is a telephone call to the right man."
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"I would like to do a part that would stretch me. In America it seems to me that you just take your clothes off and that helps, but I wouldn't want to do that."
Courteney Cox
"I would like to do a part that would stretch me. In America it seems to me that you just take your clothes off and that helps, but I wouldn't want to do that."
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"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."
Mercy Otis Warren
"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."
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"What is jazz? It, It's almost like asking, What is French? Jazz is a musical language. It's a musical dialect that actually embodies the spirit of America."
Branford Marsalis
"What is jazz? It, It's almost like asking, What is French? Jazz is a musical language. It's a musical dialect that actually embodies the spirit of America."
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"Where else but in America could a schoolteacher from Kansas City end up the governor of her adopted state?"
Jane D. Hull
"Where else but in America could a schoolteacher from Kansas City end up the governor of her adopted state?"
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"We are witnessing a slow, steady takeover of our true freedoms. We are becoming a socialist nation, and whoever can't see this is probably hoping it isn't true. If we permit Mr. Obama to take over all our industries, if we permit him to raise our taxes to support unconstitutional causes, then we will be in default. This great America will become a paralyzed nation."
Jon Voight
"We are witnessing a slow, steady takeover of our true freedoms. We are becoming a socialist nation, and whoever can't see this is probably hoping it isn't true. If we permit Mr. Obama to take over all our industries, if we permit him to raise our taxes to support unconstitutional causes, then we will be in default. This great America will become a paralyzed nation."
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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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"America has the longest prison sentences in the West, yet the only condition long sentences demonstrably cure is heterosexuality."
Bruce Jackson
"America has the longest prison sentences in the West, yet the only condition long sentences demonstrably cure is heterosexuality."
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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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"When you're born you get a ticket to the freak show. When you're born in America, you get a front row seat."
George Carlin
"When you're born you get a ticket to the freak show. When you're born in America, you get a front row seat."
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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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"In 1960, when I came out of prison as an ex-convict, I had more freedom under parolee supervision than there's available... in America right now."
Merle Haggard
"In 1960, when I came out of prison as an ex-convict, I had more freedom under parolee supervision than there's available... in America right now."
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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 stands for individual liberty, but that means an ordered liberty."
Bainbridge Colby
"America stands for individual liberty, but that means an ordered liberty."
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"Henry Fonda's son: That's how everybody identified me until Easy Rider came along. Good old Captain America."
Peter Fonda
"Henry Fonda's son: That's how everybody identified me until Easy Rider came along. Good old Captain America."
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"America has never seen itself as a national state like all others, but rather as an experiment in human freedom and democracy."
Brent Scowcroft
"America has never seen itself as a national state like all others, but rather as an experiment in human freedom and democracy."
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"According to USA today, the average length of an attention span of a man in America is 23 minutes."
Robert Fripp
"According to USA today, the average length of an attention span of a man in America is 23 minutes."
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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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"When you're writing these things, you're in a room making each other laugh, you really have very little sense of political correctness or incorrectness. This is a question that Europe tends to ask and America doesn't."
Mike Myers
"When you're writing these things, you're in a room making each other laugh, you really have very little sense of political correctness or incorrectness. This is a question that Europe tends to ask and America doesn't."
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"There is extraordinary similarities between the Midwest in America and Europe in that there is this sense of vast, open sky and loneliness and cold."
Ajay Naidu
"There is extraordinary similarities between the Midwest in America and Europe in that there is this sense of vast, open sky and loneliness and cold."
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"The first rule to living in America is 'Stop tap dancing, you fool!'."
Ryan Stiles
"The first rule to living in America is 'Stop tap dancing, you fool!'."
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"We're shooting for the title of hardest-working band in America."
Chester Bennington
"We're shooting for the title of hardest-working band in America."
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"Taking the entire globe, if North America and Western Europe can be called the 'cities of the world', then Asia, Africa and Latin America constitute 'the rural areas of the world'."
Lin Biao
"Taking the entire globe, if North America and Western Europe can be called the 'cities of the world', then Asia, Africa and Latin America constitute 'the rural areas of the world'."
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"We cannot, with good conscience, expect the British to set up an orderly schedule for the liberation of India before we have decided for ourselves to make all who live in America free."
Wendell Willkie
"We cannot, with good conscience, expect the British to set up an orderly schedule for the liberation of India before we have decided for ourselves to make all who live in America free."
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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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"In America, through pressure of conformity, there is freedom of choice, but nothing to choose from."
Peter Ustinov
"In America, through pressure of conformity, there is freedom of choice, but nothing to choose from."
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"I don't cry America. I do not cry. That was a once in a lifetime event. I do not cry, do you understand? I don't cry, okay?"
Jacob Lusk
"I don't cry America. I do not cry. That was a once in a lifetime event. I do not cry, do you understand? I don't cry, okay?"
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"If you give me any problem in America I can trace it down to domestic violence. It is the cradle of most of the problems, economic, psychological, educational."
Salma Hayek
"If you give me any problem in America I can trace it down to domestic violence. It is the cradle of most of the problems, economic, psychological, educational."
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"We're talking about the lawyers for the United States of America. And I think it's very, very important that the lawyers be comfortable being very candid and open about their views on very sensitive issues affecting the United States."
Alberto Gonzales
"We're talking about the lawyers for the United States of America. And I think it's very, very important that the lawyers be comfortable being very candid and open about their views on very sensitive issues affecting the United States."
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"Everybody in Spain is sick of me. But in America, there's curiosity about the new kid on the block who doesn't speak English very well. The attention makes me feel vulnerable, which is something I hadn't felt in a while. But I like it."
Javier Bardem
"Everybody in Spain is sick of me. But in America, there's curiosity about the new kid on the block who doesn't speak English very well. The attention makes me feel vulnerable, which is something I hadn't felt in a while. But I like it."
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"Who says I'm gonna marry another guy? In Europe it's not like in America, where you set a date."
Brigitte Nielsen
"Who says I'm gonna marry another guy? In Europe it's not like in America, where you set a date."
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"Many of my friends were blacklisted. America should be ashamed of it forever."
Richard Widmark
"Many of my friends were blacklisted. America should be ashamed of it forever."
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"But this is the great danger America faces. That we will cease to be one nation and become instead a collection of interest groups: city against suburb, region against region, individual against individual. Each seeking to satisfy private wants."
Barbara Jordan
"But this is the great danger America faces. That we will cease to be one nation and become instead a collection of interest groups: city against suburb, region against region, individual against individual. Each seeking to satisfy private wants."
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