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"For 70 nights, right across America, I've been getting out there with two ex-lovers and we've been playing songs which are so specific about each of us, you just wouldn't know. We're friends now but we can't forget what happened between us."

"For 70 nights, right across America, I've been getting out there with two ex-lovers and we've been playing songs which are so specific about each of us, you just wouldn't know. We're friends now but we can't forget what happened between us."

Stevie Nicks, American Musician

America, Forget, Friends, Now

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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."

"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, American Actress

America, Drama, England, Order

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"The innovative spirit was America's strongest attribute, transforming everything into a brave new world, but there lingered an insecurity about the arts."

"The innovative spirit was America's strongest attribute, transforming everything into a brave new world, but there lingered an insecurity about the arts."

Arthur Erickson, Canadian Architect

America, Insecurity, Spirit, World

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"I think arriving at or departing from any airport in America is just horrendous these days."

"I think arriving at or departing from any airport in America is just horrendous these days."

Roger Moore, English Actor

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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."

"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, American Musician

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"The vote by the Judiciary Committee reflects the fact that John Roberts is an exceptional nominee with a conservative judicial philosophy - a philosophy that represents mainstream America."

"The vote by the Judiciary Committee reflects the fact that John Roberts is an exceptional nominee with a conservative judicial philosophy - a philosophy that represents mainstream America."

Jay Alan Sekulow, American Lawyer

America, Committee, Conservative, Fact

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"The social and industrial structure of America is founded upon an enlightened citizenship."

"The social and industrial structure of America is founded upon an enlightened citizenship."

Bainbridge Colby, American Public Servant

America, Citizenship

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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."

"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, Iranian Statesman

America, Leaders, Scandal, Washington

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"Even in political considerations, now-a-days, you have stronger motives to feel interested in the fate of Europe than in the fate of the Central or Southern parts of America."

"Even in political considerations, now-a-days, you have stronger motives to feel interested in the fate of Europe than in the fate of the Central or Southern parts of America."

Lajos Kossuth, Hungarian Lawyer

America, Europe, Fate, Motives

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"We of America are especially fitted to visualize and to understand the marvellous transformation of a wilderness into a land of splendid cities."

"We of America are especially fitted to visualize and to understand the marvellous transformation of a wilderness into a land of splendid cities."

James H. Breasted, American Archaeologist

America, Cities, Land, Wilderness

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"If all our comrades of Europe, America and other countries, who do not understand what we are doing to Spanish Anarchism, would come to Spain, we could then see how they would react."

"If all our comrades of Europe, America and other countries, who do not understand what we are doing to Spanish Anarchism, would come to Spain, we could then see how they would react."

Frederica Montseny, Spanish Politician

America, Countries, Europe, Spain

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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."

"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, American Comedian

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"I'd like to go to Brazil I think. Do a little South America trip."

"I'd like to go to Brazil I think. Do a little South America trip."

Kristanna Loken, American Actress

America, Brazil

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"America is huge."

"America is huge."

Ace Frehley, American Musician

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"No secular state ever existed and none would exist until the end of the French Revolution, and so we understand that America was built on the Judeo-Christian ethic and we believe that this nominee is going to see to it that those truths are upheld."

"No secular state ever existed and none would exist until the end of the French Revolution, and so we understand that America was built on the Judeo-Christian ethic and we believe that this nominee is going to see to it that those truths are upheld."

Rod Parsley, American Celebrity

America, End, Revolution, State

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"I began writing in the 4th grade. As a matter of fact, I produced a play for the entire school. It was about Leif Ericson and the discovery of America."

"I began writing in the 4th grade. As a matter of fact, I produced a play for the entire school. It was about Leif Ericson and the discovery of America."

Christopher Darden, American Lawyer

America, Discovery, Fact, Play

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"I think America right now is looking for somebody who appeals to every faction."

"I think America right now is looking for somebody who appeals to every faction."

Aaron Eckhart, American Actor

America, Now, Right

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"We beg you to save young America from the blight of race prejudice. Do not bind the children within the narrow circles of your own lives."

"We beg you to save young America from the blight of race prejudice. Do not bind the children within the narrow circles of your own lives."

Charles Hamilton Houston, American Lawyer

America, Children, Prejudice, Race

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"Laura Bush is the same way. I mean, they both, um, understand, they understand the challenges of the moment and understand the responsibilities, he understands the responsibilities he has to protect the national security of America as well as the economic security of America."

"Laura Bush is the same way. I mean, they both, um, understand, they understand the challenges of the moment and understand the responsibilities, he understands the responsibilities he has to protect the national security of America as well as the economic security of America."

Donald Evans, American Public Servant

America, National security

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"The artist is something of an outsider in America. I have always felt that America does not value its artists, certainly not in the sense that the Europeans do."

"The artist is something of an outsider in America. I have always felt that America does not value its artists, certainly not in the sense that the Europeans do."

Carlisle Floyd, American Composer

America, Artist, Artists, Sense

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"I have a very deep care for Latin America, and, of course, for what was going on in El Salvador."

"I have a very deep care for Latin America, and, of course, for what was going on in El Salvador."

Raul Julia, Puerto Rican Actor

America, Care, Deep

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"America is ready for intelligent talk. I am ready to bring some humanity to TV."

"America is ready for intelligent talk. I am ready to bring some humanity to TV."

John Walsh, American Entertainer

America, Humanity, Talk

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"Esso has been the main one in America spreading the disinformation that there is no global warming problem."

"Esso has been the main one in America spreading the disinformation that there is no global warming problem."

James Lovelock, English Scientist

America, Global warming

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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."

"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, Canadian Comedian

America, Europe, Question, Sense

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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."

"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, Mexican Actress

America, Problems, Violence

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"I said to myself, where are we living? In the United States of America where you're innocent until proven guilty, or Nazi Germany with the Gestapo calling?"

"I said to myself, where are we living? In the United States of America where you're innocent until proven guilty, or Nazi Germany with the Gestapo calling?"

Tommy Bond, American Actor

America, Germany, Living, states

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"The founders were very worried that if parties developed in America, you might have something like the modern Italian system, where you have 20 different parties that divide Congress and the country and can't govern."

"The founders were very worried that if parties developed in America, you might have something like the modern Italian system, where you have 20 different parties that divide Congress and the country and can't govern."

Michael Beschloss, American Historian

America, Congress, Country

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"I spend a good portion of my dinner-party conversation defending America because no matter what the political agenda, it's still a fantastic, amazing place."

"I spend a good portion of my dinner-party conversation defending America because no matter what the political agenda, it's still a fantastic, amazing place."

Gwyneth Paltrow, American Actress

America, Conversation

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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."

"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, American Comedian

America, Country, Faults, Sun

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"It was really strange for me when I started to play concerts in America where the audiences were all sitting down."

"It was really strange for me when I started to play concerts in America where the audiences were all sitting down."

Van Morrison, British Musician

America, Audiences, Play

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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."

"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, Canadian Musician

America, Canada, Country, First

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"There is no place, no country, more compassionate more generous more accepting and more welcoming than the United States of America."

"There is no place, no country, more compassionate more generous more accepting and more welcoming than the United States of America."

Arnold Schwarzenegger, Austrian Actor

America, Country, states, United

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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."

"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, American Lawyer

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"I got to go to Malaysia, Germany, Switzerland, Madrid, America."

"I got to go to Malaysia, Germany, Switzerland, Madrid, America."

Parminder Nagra, English Actress

America, Germany

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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."

"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, British Musician

America, Fact, Name, Nothing

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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."

"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, American Musician

America, Beginning

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"There's something almost adolescent about Whitman's paean to everything that was and remains good about America."

"There's something almost adolescent about Whitman's paean to everything that was and remains good about America."

Anita Diament, American Author

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"Liquor prohibition led to the rise of organized crime in America, and drug prohibition has led to the rise of the gang problems we have now."

"Liquor prohibition led to the rise of organized crime in America, and drug prohibition has led to the rise of the gang problems we have now."

Drew Carey, American Actor

America, Crime, Liquor, Now

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"Phish has never had anything to do with any trends at all in America."

"Phish has never had anything to do with any trends at all in America."

Jon Fishman, American Musician

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"Nowhere has specialization penetrated so deeply into the building professions as North America."

"Nowhere has specialization penetrated so deeply into the building professions as North America."

Arthur Erickson, Canadian Architect

America, Building

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"Communications is the number one major in America today. CNN had 25,000 applicants for five intern jobs this summer."

"Communications is the number one major in America today. CNN had 25,000 applicants for five intern jobs this summer."

Larry King, American Entertainer

America, Jobs, Summer, Today

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"I adore Chicago. It is the pulse of America."

"I adore Chicago. It is the pulse of America."

Sarah Bernhardt, French Actress

America, Chicago

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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."

"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, American Actor

America, End, Kitchen

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"I think historically America has been pretty tolerant. It seems when there's a mass influx from one place, that's when it becomes problematic for Americans."

"I think historically America has been pretty tolerant. It seems when there's a mass influx from one place, that's when it becomes problematic for Americans."

Billy Joel, American Musician

America, Americans, Pretty

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"In a few hundred years you have achieved in America what it took thousands of years to achieve in Europe."

"In a few hundred years you have achieved in America what it took thousands of years to achieve in Europe."

David McCallum, Scottish Actor

America, Europe, Years

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"America's best buy is a telephone call to the right man."

"America's best buy is a telephone call to the right man."

Ilka Chase, American Actress

America, Man, Right

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"The whole global warming thing is created to destroy America's free enterprise system and our economic stability."

"The whole global warming thing is created to destroy America's free enterprise system and our economic stability."

Jerry Falwell, American Clergyman

America, Global warming, Stability

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"It was a mystery to me, how the tuning was, or the style seemed to come out of nowhere, it obviously had roots in America going way back, there was nothing like it for me I'd ever seen before."

"It was a mystery to me, how the tuning was, or the style seemed to come out of nowhere, it obviously had roots in America going way back, there was nothing like it for me I'd ever seen before."

Eric Clapton, British Musician

America, Mystery, Nothing, Style

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"As you know, I'm an immigrant. I came over here as an immigrant, and what gave me the opportunities, what made me to be here today, is the open arms of Americans. I have been received. I have been adopted by America."

"As you know, I'm an immigrant. I came over here as an immigrant, and what gave me the opportunities, what made me to be here today, is the open arms of Americans. I have been received. I have been adopted by America."

Arnold Schwarzenegger, Austrian Actor

America, Americans, Open, Today

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"America makes up its own mind about what it wants to see."

"America makes up its own mind about what it wants to see."

Ajay Naidu, American Actor

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