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"I shouldn't be saying this - high treason, really - but I sometimes wonder if Americans aren't fooled by our accent into detecting brilliance that may not really be there."

"I shouldn't be saying this - high treason, really - but I sometimes wonder if Americans aren't fooled by our accent into detecting brilliance that may not really be there."

Stephen Fry, British Comedian

American, Americans, May, Saying, Treason

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"Most Americans would agree that Plowshares is a Theatre of the Absurd."

"Most Americans would agree that Plowshares is a Theatre of the Absurd."

Daniel Berrigan, American Clergyman

American, Americans, Theatre

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"Perhaps Europeans are a bit more skeptic whereas Americans are more believers."

"Perhaps Europeans are a bit more skeptic whereas Americans are more believers."

Isabelle Huppert, French Actress

American, Americans

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"In the best days of our republic Americans were fiercely proud of the fact that rich and poor met on such equal terms in so many ways, and without the slightest trace of hostility."

"In the best days of our republic Americans were fiercely proud of the fact that rich and poor met on such equal terms in so many ways, and without the slightest trace of hostility."

Robert Welch, American Silversmith

American, Americans, Fact, Poor

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"Americans are like Pac Man. We just eat our way through the day. There's always something going into the mouth."

"Americans are like Pac Man. We just eat our way through the day. There's always something going into the mouth."

Diane Lane, American Actress

American, Americans, Day, Man

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"I know very few Americans, though I like the way they think. They think big."

"I know very few Americans, though I like the way they think. They think big."

Brigitte Bardot, French Actress

American, Americans

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"Though race-related issues continue to occupy a significant portion of our political discussion, and though there remain many unresolved racial issues in this nation, we, average Americans, simply do not talk enough with each other about things racial."

"Though race-related issues continue to occupy a significant portion of our political discussion, and though there remain many unresolved racial issues in this nation, we, average Americans, simply do not talk enough with each other about things racial."

Eric Holder, American Public Servant

American, Americans, Nation, Race, Talk

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"Television has made places look alike, and it has transformed the way we see. A whole generation of Americans, maybe two, has grown up looking at the world through a lens."

"Television has made places look alike, and it has transformed the way we see. A whole generation of Americans, maybe two, has grown up looking at the world through a lens."

Ronald Steel, American Historian

American, Americans, Television, World

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"We did not treat the Americans badly. They left Iran in a relaxed mood. The embassy was active here after the revolution. We didn't have any problem with them. They started it."

"We did not treat the Americans badly. They left Iran in a relaxed mood. The embassy was active here after the revolution. We didn't have any problem with them. They started it."

Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, Iranian Politician

American, Americans, Revolution

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"There's been an increase in the number of Iraqis in training, but more Americans are dying and violence is increasing."

"There's been an increase in the number of Iraqis in training, but more Americans are dying and violence is increasing."

Lawrence Korb, American Analyst

American, Americans, Dying, Training, Violence

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"There's a deep-seated paranoia that Americans have about not being Americans or something."

"There's a deep-seated paranoia that Americans have about not being Americans or something."

Billy Joel, American Musician

American, Americans, Being, Deep, Paranoia

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"Americans are so dedicated to their jobs."

"Americans are so dedicated to their jobs."

Jamelia, English Musician

American, Americans, Jobs

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"This is due partly to the fact that Americans are much better fed than Europeans, and partly to the undeveloped resources of a new country, but more largely to our climate, which acts as a constant stimulus."

"This is due partly to the fact that Americans are much better fed than Europeans, and partly to the undeveloped resources of a new country, but more largely to our climate, which acts as a constant stimulus."

Josiah Strong, American Clergyman

American, Americans, Climate, Country, Fact

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"Americans have different ways of saying things. They say 'elevator', we say 'lift'... they say 'President', we say 'stupid psychopathic git."

"Americans have different ways of saying things. They say 'elevator', we say 'lift'... they say 'President', we say 'stupid psychopathic git."

Alexei Sayle, British Comedian

American, Americans, Saying

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"I think in a sense this is a house that was built on a bad foundation. And the foundation was the Americans coming here and allowing the sacking, burning and plunder of Baghdad, for whatever reason."

"I think in a sense this is a house that was built on a bad foundation. And the foundation was the Americans coming here and allowing the sacking, burning and plunder of Baghdad, for whatever reason."

Jon Lee Anderson, American Author

American, Americans, Reason, Sense

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"A poll earlier this year showed that 42 per cent of Americans believe we're in the End Times."

"A poll earlier this year showed that 42 per cent of Americans believe we're in the End Times."

Andrew Denton, Australian Comedian

American, Americans, End

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"Americans adore me and will go on adoring me until I say something nice about them."

"Americans adore me and will go on adoring me until I say something nice about them."

George Bernard Shaw, Irish Dramatist

American, Americans, Will

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"The income tax has made liars out of more Americans than golf."

"The income tax has made liars out of more Americans than golf."

Will Rogers, American Actor

American, Americans, Tax, Golf, Income

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