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American Quotes
"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?"
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"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."
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"And the reason I really appreciated this is because after the picture came out, I was invited by the American Psychiatric Association to give a lecture. I couldn't believe it!"
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"Fortunately, no country was ever more suited for anarchist agitation than present-day America."
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"President Obama should be championing American prominence, not apologizing for it."
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"Without that assured American largesse Israel would have been obliged to come to an accommodation with her neighbours."
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"My parents found what I was interested in and encouraged me. They didn't put me in front of a television and buy lots of toys, the way some American parents do."
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"America is not only big and rich, it is mysterious; and its capacity for the humorous or ironical concealment of its interests matches that of the legendary inscrutable Chinese."
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"In spite of the polls, the fact is that American Muslims are very happy and they thrive in this country."
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"I have one yardstick by which I test every major problem - and that yardstick is: Is it good for America?"
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"Regis has a great rapport with the American public."
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"Both of our wars in Iraq were, on American television, largely bloodless."
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"Let's be careful when we start comparing American to European tolerance because there isn't necessarily a lot of European tolerance."
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"At the beginning of 1955 only about 60 percent of American homes had TVs."
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"I think The Exorcist is the best American horror movie ever made. Friedkin was at the top of his game."
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"America has faced much more difficult times, including potential national extinction, without flinching."
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"There was never a golden era of American radio as far as I can tell."
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"No, I'm not interested in developing a powerful brain. All I'm after is just a mediocre brain, something like the President of the American Telephone and Telegraph Company."
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"I felt privileged to be a facet of such a jewel in the crown of American cinema."
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"The only reason I made a commercial for American Express was to pay for my American Express bill."
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"Being an American musician means being adventurous."
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"The Constitution gives every American the inalienable right to make a damn fool of himself."
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"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."
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"I had the notion that I wanted to write the great dirty American novel, so I went to Roanoke College on the GI Bill."
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"An Englishmen thinks seated; a Frenchmen standing; an American pacing, an Irishman, afterwards."
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"I guess when I first started speaking with an American accent, there's a tendency to create a caricature of the accent because you just exaggerate the pieces that stand out to you."
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"To be honest, it's easier for me to speak with an American accent."
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"I have got an anthology album out. The American version has got the same mixes but the European version, I remixed them in the studio and added a couple of things that I have always wanted to add."
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"I'm a great believer in the competitive system, and think that competition will bring us greater innovation and put American industry in information ahead of everyone also."
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"The whole Indian thing, I always say it's really the American holocaust. It's something we need to look at."
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"As long as I live, I will never forget that day 21 years ago when I raised my hand and took the oath of citizenship. Do you know how proud I was? I was so proud that I walked around with an American flag around my shoulders all day long."
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