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- Nov 07, 2020
American Quotes
Many voices, one word.
These American quotes range from wry commentary on press culture to reflections on civic duty at the ballot box, plus lighter notes on dance companies and a television series praised as a genuine American classic. For more on the country itself, visit our America page.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Korea
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- Nov 07, 2020
My goal in Korea is to win. There's no timetable when to set the American record.
- Most
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- Nov 07, 2020
I always felt slightly grubbier than most American people.
- Kind
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- Nov 07, 2020
I kind of resent the idea that the whole world has to be interested in the American elections.
- Doing
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- Nov 07, 2020
No one will burn out doing aerobic running. It is too much anaerobic running, which the American scholastic athletic system tends to put young athletes through, that burns them out.
- Influence
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- Nov 07, 2020
It would be hard to exaggerate Ernest Hemingway's influence over American literature, but his influence on our lives is probably larger still.
- Culture
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- Nov 07, 2020
Most American Jews came from the lower middle classes, and therefore they brought with them not a lot of Jewish culture. The American Jewish story starts with Ellis Island, and the candy store in the Bronx.
- Nov 07, 2020
The Rockwell magazine cover was more a part of the American reality than a record of it.
- Everyone
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- Nov 07, 2020
A bad liver is to a Frenchman what a nervous breakdown is to an American. Everyone has had one and everyone wants to talk about it.
- America
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- Nov 07, 2020
Who cares about that stuff? This is America, not Jerusalem. I'm an American. Let Harry be a Jew.
- Confirming
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- Nov 07, 2020
Well, I believe that when you are confirming a United States Supreme Court Justice, that it really isn't Democratic or Republican; it's American.
- Disarmed
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- Nov 07, 2020
Iran, Libya and Syria are irresponsible states, which must be disarmed of weapons of mass destruction, and a successful American move in Iraq as a model will make that easier to achieve.
- Mysterious
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- Nov 07, 2020
I had a dialect coach to get an American accent, and then another dialect coach to come off it a bit. There is something deep and mysterious in the voice when it isn't too high-pitched American.
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- Nov 07, 2020
Rap actually took root in the Negro community, and then in the Hispanic community, long before it impacted on the larger American community as a whole.
- Director
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- Nov 07, 2020
I graduated from the American Film Institute in 2010, where I studied as a director, and came out with a few features I really wanted to make.
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- Nov 07, 2020