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American Quotes
"I was raised Irish Catholic, but I don't consider myself Irish Catholic: I consider myself me, an American."
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"The Constitution gives every American the inalienable right to make a damn fool of himself."
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"For if the Germans do not help defend the West, American and Canadian troops must cross the seas to do the job, and I venture to believe that the troops - if not the statesmen - regard this as an interference at least in their own domestic affairs."
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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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"It has been said that on screen I personified the American woman."
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"If we had to choose one American Idol to go out to dinner with, it would be Fantasia. There are no airs and graces about her... I like her."
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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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"Less Than Zero and American Psycho were both really different, so I was just like, Okay, he's just really doesn't have anything pleasant to say, you know? But I get it. I get at least why it's difficult and what he's really doing."
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"I can say without hesitation that there is certainly no greater show to be a contestant on than 'Price' - the prizes can be huge, and the whole world loves and watches the show. It's an American institution!"
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"At the beginning of 1955 only about 60 percent of American homes had TVs."
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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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"I was on the state board of directors of the American Civil Liberties Union."
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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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"Not to be blasphemous, but I wonder if even the Holy Trinity understands the American tax code."
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"You've gotten words about those American and Iraqi deaths and mutilations, but precious few images."
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"The American Republic was bound - is still bound - to follow in the centuries to come the same course to destruction as did Rome."
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"I am proud to be an American. Because an American can eat anything on the face of this earth as long as he has two pieces of bread."
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"An American cannot converse, but he can discuss, and his talk falls into a dissertation. He speaks to you as if he was addressing a meeting; and if he should chance to become warm in the discussion, he will say "Gentlemen" to the person with whom he is conversing."
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"Americans may have no identity, but they do have wonderful teeth."
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"I started out as an opportunistic renegade. By now, I've lasted long enough to become sort of an American Original Respectable Renegade."
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"I'm not saying that there weren't other inherent problems with the score that couldn't have been overcome with a bit of remixing, but why did they ask me to do it, and why did Griffin ask me to do it this way, for a film that had nothing to do with American vernacular?"
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"Yes, and it's my third movie with Richard. American Gigolo was my first."
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"I have made more friends for American culture than the State Department. Certainly I have made fewer enemies, but that isn't very difficult."
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"America has faced much more difficult times, including potential national extinction, without flinching."
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"The Native American side was tragic. It's just unbelievable what has happened to them."
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"We as Americans of Latin descent are just as American as anyone else of any other descent."
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"This is America, where everything is still possible."
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"Let me tell you, it is still morning in America. It just happens to be kind of a head pounding, hung over for four hours in America - and it's shaping up to be a nasty day, but its still morning in America."
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"America, the temple of invention and industry, doesn't make things anymore."
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"Dick Clark is an American icon. I am honored that he has entrusted me with such a role in this national tradition."
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"To be honest, it's easier for me to speak with an American accent."
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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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"I believe we are now in a struggle over whether or not we are going to save America."
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