- Always
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- Nov 07, 2020
America Quotes
America as pride, worry, and unfinished mission.
This collection holds contrasting feelings about the country: pride in being both African American and American, and a more anxious sense that the America someone loves is slipping away. For a wider view of national pride, see Country quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Beforehand
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I was filming 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer' in America, for a couple of weeks beforehand we would always fit in a family holiday in California.
- Only
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- Nov 07, 2020
I went on a long trip through South America with Prince Charles where I was the only journalist there - a couple of photographers but no other writers.
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have dual citizenship; it just so happens I live in America. I would like to go back to Wales. I'm obsessed with my childhood, and at least three times a week dream I am back there.
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
I am an optimist about America.
- Destinations
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- Nov 07, 2020
In America, there might be better gastronomic destinations than New Orleans, but there is no place more uniquely wonderful.
- Power
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- Nov 07, 2020
America has no real idea of the extent to which it abuses its authority and power.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
You need money to have advocacy in America. People that don't have money don't have advocacy.
- Moment
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- Nov 07, 2020
My favourite moment from the Oscars was when Brando didn't attend and sent a Native American woman to talk about Wounded Knee. She delivered a very unpopular and lengthy monologue about the injustice for indigenous people in North America. It was one of the greatest moments in American television.
- Healthy
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- Nov 07, 2020
There are so many things to be lucky for. Lucky to be healthy, lucky to be, like, beautiful. Lucky to be living in America.
- Last
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- Nov 07, 2020
Whether Trump knew it or not, his strong language tapped into evangelical beliefs about the 'last days' and America's role in biblical prophecy.
- Nostalgia
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- Nov 07, 2020
Trump, despite his shallow depth of biblical knowledge, plays into both the apocalyptic end-time fears of evangelicals and their nostalgia for a 'small town' America.
- Free
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- Nov 07, 2020
Our founding documents didn't just protect the right to bear arms: they were designed to protect all the principles upon which America was founded - and the first among those were freedom of worship, peaceful assembly, and the right to free speech.
- Forgave
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- Nov 07, 2020
Historically, narratives of forgiveness were part of both the anti-slavery movement and the civil rights movement in America. 'Uncle Tom's Cabin,' for instance, was based loosely on the life of the Rev. Josiah Henson, who forgave his master that wanted to sell him and beat him after Henson begged him not to.
- History
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- Nov 07, 2020
The Charleston shooting is a result of an ingrained culture of racism and a history of terrorism in America. It should be covered as such.
- Enforcing
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- Nov 07, 2020