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"America is woven of many strands. I would recognise them and let it so remain. Our fate is to become one, and yet many. This is not prophecy, but description."

"America is woven of many strands. I would recognise them and let it so remain. Our fate is to become one, and yet many. This is not prophecy, but description."

Ralph Ellison, American Author

American, America, Fate, Prophecy

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"I felt privileged to be a facet of such a jewel in the crown of American cinema."

"I felt privileged to be a facet of such a jewel in the crown of American cinema."

Tatum O'Neal, American Actress

American, Cinema

14

"I'm an American before any party preference."

"I'm an American before any party preference."

Lynn Anderson, American Musician

American, Party

14

"I have only one yardstick by which I test every major problem - and that yardstick is: Is it good for America?"

"I have only one yardstick by which I test every major problem - and that yardstick is: Is it good for America?"

Dwight D. Eisenhower, American President

American, America

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"The sentimentality of baseball is very deeply rooted in the American baseball fan. It is the one sport that is transmitted from fathers to sons."

"The sentimentality of baseball is very deeply rooted in the American baseball fan. It is the one sport that is transmitted from fathers to sons."

Michael Lewis, American Author

American, Baseball, Fathers, Sentimentality

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"Sure, I did a lot of things in excess. But if you look at the core, the foundation of what I pursued, what red-blooded young American male in my position wouldn't?"

"Sure, I did a lot of things in excess. But if you look at the core, the foundation of what I pursued, what red-blooded young American male in my position wouldn't?"

Charlie Sheen, American Actor

American, Excess

14

"The real American type can never be a ballet dancer. The legs are too long, the body too supple and the spirit too free for this school of affected grace and toe walking."

"The real American type can never be a ballet dancer. The legs are too long, the body too supple and the spirit too free for this school of affected grace and toe walking."

Isadora Duncan, American Dancer

American, Ballet, Body, Grace

14

"I shot this wonderful picture called American Saint a couple of years ago, which is still looking for release."

"I shot this wonderful picture called American Saint a couple of years ago, which is still looking for release."

Vincent Schiavelli, American Actor

American, Years

14

"I think The Exorcist is the best American horror movie ever made. Friedkin was at the top of his game."

"I think The Exorcist is the best American horror movie ever made. Friedkin was at the top of his game."

Jason Patric, American Actor

American, Horror

14

"We teach young kids from 8 to 14 or 15 about their musical heritage through great songs written by American songwriters. We don't do too many modern composers, although we include songs from Billy Joel and other writers like him."

"We teach young kids from 8 to 14 or 15 about their musical heritage through great songs written by American songwriters. We don't do too many modern composers, although we include songs from Billy Joel and other writers like him."

Margaret Whiting, American Musician

American, Composers, Kids, Songs

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"Both of our wars in Iraq were, on American television, largely bloodless."

"Both of our wars in Iraq were, on American television, largely bloodless."

Bruce Jackson, American Public Servant

American, Iraq, Television

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"Remember the valiant Iraqi peasant and how he shot down an American Apache with an old weapon."

"Remember the valiant Iraqi peasant and how he shot down an American Apache with an old weapon."

Saddam Hussein, Iraqi Criminal

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"You might expect that the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists would be there and they are."

"You might expect that the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists would be there and they are."

C. Everett Koop, American Public Servant

American, College

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"Maybe every other American movie shouldn't be based on a comic book. Other countries will think Americans live in an infantile fantasy land where reality is whatever we say it is and every problem can be solved with violence."

"Maybe every other American movie shouldn't be based on a comic book. Other countries will think Americans live in an infantile fantasy land where reality is whatever we say it is and every problem can be solved with violence."

Bill Maher, American Comedian

American, Americans, Countries, Fantasy

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"When I've seen my operas in Europe, they have always struck me as more American than when I hear them here. I can't tell you what that phenomenon is."

"When I've seen my operas in Europe, they have always struck me as more American than when I hear them here. I can't tell you what that phenomenon is."

Carlisle Floyd, American Composer

American, Europe

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"There's something with the physical size of America... American writers can write about America and it can still feel like a foreign country."

"There's something with the physical size of America... American writers can write about America and it can still feel like a foreign country."

Mark Haddon, English Novelist

American, America, Country, Writers

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"I began thinking there should be an American phrase book, 'cause I've got an Italian phrase book, and an Arabic one... now a British one. I think it'd be pretty good to have an American phrase book."

"I began thinking there should be an American phrase book, 'cause I've got an Italian phrase book, and an Arabic one... now a British one. I think it'd be pretty good to have an American phrase book."

Joe Strummer, English Musician

American, Now, Pretty, Thinking

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"I don't see America as a mainland, but as a sea, a big ocean. Sometimes a storm arises, a formidable current develops, and it seems it will engulf everything. Wait a moment, another current will appear and bring the first one to naught."

"I don't see America as a mainland, but as a sea, a big ocean. Sometimes a storm arises, a formidable current develops, and it seems it will engulf everything. Wait a moment, another current will appear and bring the first one to naught."

Jacques Maritain, French Philosopher

American, America, First, Ocean, Sea

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"I might be a Cuban American, but I'm also an Afro-Cuban American."

"I might be a Cuban American, but I'm also an Afro-Cuban American."

Jon Secada, Cuban Musician

13

"American shows don't always translate, but this one has and speaking for myself I'm quite glad for it."

"American shows don't always translate, but this one has and speaking for myself I'm quite glad for it."

Paul Guilfoyle, American Actor

13

"What I'd really like to give a try is cricket, because I grew up playing American baseball."

"What I'd really like to give a try is cricket, because I grew up playing American baseball."

Jeremy London, American Actor

American, Baseball, Cricket

13

"America is not a blanket woven from one thread, one color, one cloth."

"America is not a blanket woven from one thread, one color, one cloth."

Jesse Jackson, American Activist

American, America

13

"It's not a special taste. An American composer should have something to say to a cab driver."

"It's not a special taste. An American composer should have something to say to a cab driver."

Morton Gould, American Musician

American, Taste

13

"I didn't understand the American fascination with the Japanese schoolgirl. No, I don't think I can, really."

"I didn't understand the American fascination with the Japanese schoolgirl. No, I don't think I can, really."

Chiaki Kuriyama, Japanese Actress

13

"The human spy, in terms of the American espionage effort, had never been terribly pertinent."

"The human spy, in terms of the American espionage effort, had never been terribly pertinent."

Aldrich Ames, American Criminal

American, Effort

13

"I have one yardstick by which I test every major problem - and that yardstick is: Is it good for America?"

"I have one yardstick by which I test every major problem - and that yardstick is: Is it good for America?"

Dwight D. Eisenhower, American President

American, America

13

"When we write, we complement each other. We wrote six songs, Barry and I, while Robin was ill during the American tour, and they were terrible until Robin came back, and then everything worked out."

"When we write, we complement each other. We wrote six songs, Barry and I, while Robin was ill during the American tour, and they were terrible until Robin came back, and then everything worked out."

Maurice Gibb, Australian Musician

American, Songs

13

"I am an American citizen and feel I am entitled to the same rights as any other citizen."

"I am an American citizen and feel I am entitled to the same rights as any other citizen."

Nat King Cole, American Musician

American, Rights

13

"So, we went from being an Athens band to being a Georgia band to being a Southern band to being an American band from the East Coast to being an American band and now we're kind of an international phenomenon."

"So, we went from being an Athens band to being a Georgia band to being a Southern band to being an American band from the East Coast to being an American band and now we're kind of an international phenomenon."

Michael Stipe, American Musician

American, Athens, Being, Now

13

"American teachers have one indisputable advantage over foreign ones; they understand the American temperament and can judge its unevenness, its lights and its shadows."

"American teachers have one indisputable advantage over foreign ones; they understand the American temperament and can judge its unevenness, its lights and its shadows."

John Philip Sousa, American Musician

American, Shadows, Teachers, Temperament

13

"I prefer to remake flops. Dirty Rotten Scoundrels was a remake of a flop, and The Quiet American is a remake of a flop."

"I prefer to remake flops. Dirty Rotten Scoundrels was a remake of a flop, and The Quiet American is a remake of a flop."

Michael Caine, English Actor

American, Quiet

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"Sacrificing American soldiers or innocent civilians in an unprecedented preemptive attack on a separate sovereign nation may well prove itself a most temporary medicine."

"Sacrificing American soldiers or innocent civilians in an unprecedented preemptive attack on a separate sovereign nation may well prove itself a most temporary medicine."

Sean Penn, American Actor

American, May, Medicine, Nation

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"American is the first democratic nation-state."

"American is the first democratic nation-state."

Stephen Ambrose, American Historian

American, First, Nation

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"Rural American families who depend on firewood to heat their homes will be hit just as hard as those who use oil and natural gas."

"Rural American families who depend on firewood to heat their homes will be hit just as hard as those who use oil and natural gas."

Richard Pombo, American Politician

American, Oil, Will

12

"There was never a golden era of American radio as far as I can tell."

"There was never a golden era of American radio as far as I can tell."

Michael Stipe, American Musician

12

"I'm currently doing Undeclared an American TV show set in a college. It just got aired and got massive ratings so hopefully that'll screen in the UK soon."

"I'm currently doing Undeclared an American TV show set in a college. It just got aired and got massive ratings so hopefully that'll screen in the UK soon."

Charlie Hunnam, English Actor

American, College

12

"In the United States, there one feels free... Except from the Americans - but every pearl has its oyster."

"In the United States, there one feels free... Except from the Americans - but every pearl has its oyster."

Randall Jarrell, American Poet

American, Americans, States, United

12

"It was so much fun playing simple American bluegrass. I got to meet Doc Watson."

"It was so much fun playing simple American bluegrass. I got to meet Doc Watson."

Dan Fogelberg, American Musician

12

"In television, the audience has to be comfortable with you, and I've managed to prove that I can be in American homes to some degree, and not necessarily where everyone knows me, either."

"In television, the audience has to be comfortable with you, and I've managed to prove that I can be in American homes to some degree, and not necessarily where everyone knows me, either."

Bruce Boxleitner, American Actor

American, Television

12

"American audiences are just the same as any other audiences. Except a bit more boring."

"American audiences are just the same as any other audiences. Except a bit more boring."

Sid Vicious, English Musician

American, Audiences

12

"Students of American glass must always keep in mind that the creations they collect are truly examples of our American culture... and thus have historical significance."

"Students of American glass must always keep in mind that the creations they collect are truly examples of our American culture... and thus have historical significance."

James Lafferty, American Actor

American, Culture, Mind, Students

12

"Some guy refuses to fight and we call that the sin, but he's standing up for what he believes in and that seems pretty damned American to me."

"Some guy refuses to fight and we call that the sin, but he's standing up for what he believes in and that seems pretty damned American to me."

Iris Dement, American Musician

American, Fight, Pretty, Sin

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"I have found out in later years that we were very poor, but the glory of America is that we didn't know it then."

"I have found out in later years that we were very poor, but the glory of America is that we didn't know it then."

Dwight D. Eisenhower, American President

American, America, Glory, Poor, Years

12

"I have found that many other countries will buy off on anything American. As much as they hate us, they want to be us more than anything."

"I have found that many other countries will buy off on anything American. As much as they hate us, they want to be us more than anything."

April Winchell, American Actress

American, Countries, Hate, Want

12

"So I'm not really quite sure what Landis' plans were to make another one. The American Werewolf in Paris was a completely separate story."

"So I'm not really quite sure what Landis' plans were to make another one. The American Werewolf in Paris was a completely separate story."

Jenny Agutter, English Actress

American, Paris

12

"I'd rather do theater and British films than move to LA in hopes of getting small roles in American films."

"I'd rather do theater and British films than move to LA in hopes of getting small roles in American films."

Kate Winslet, British Actress

American, Theater

12

"Loneliness seems to have become the great American disease."

"Loneliness seems to have become the great American disease."

John Corry, American Journalist

American, Disease, Loneliness

12

"It would not be fair to the critics of Rotary, who include some of the most brilliant of the British and American writers, to charge them with prejudice."

"It would not be fair to the critics of Rotary, who include some of the most brilliant of the British and American writers, to charge them with prejudice."

Paul Harris, American Entertainer

American, Prejudice, Writers

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"I was raised Irish Catholic, but I don't consider myself Irish Catholic: I consider myself me, an American."

"I was raised Irish Catholic, but I don't consider myself Irish Catholic: I consider myself me, an American."

John Cusack, American Actor

American, Irish

12

"I keep forgetting I'm speaking in an American accent sometimes. The dangerous thing is that you end up forgetting what your real accent is after a while! It's really strange; I've never done a job in an American accent before."

"I keep forgetting I'm speaking in an American accent sometimes. The dangerous thing is that you end up forgetting what your real accent is after a while! It's really strange; I've never done a job in an American accent before."

Robert Pattinson, English Actor

American, End, Job

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