- Cannot
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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
- Short
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- Nov 07, 2020
There is no excitement anywhere in the world, short of war, to match the excitement of the American presidential campaign.
- Imagination
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- Nov 07, 2020
Cynicism and naivety lie cheek by jowl in the American imagination; if the United States is one of the most venal nations on Earth, it is also one of the most earnestly idealistic.
- Most
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- Nov 07, 2020
The United States is NATO's leading military power, and President Barack Obama has required NATO to align behind a doctrine that has amounted to the most disastrous American foreign-policy debacle since Vietnam.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I first met Steve, as an American tourist coming into the zoo, I fell desperately in love with him and married him immediately.
- Music
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- Nov 07, 2020
I like Celtic folk music, Native American music, and any kind of early music. There isn't a lot of music that I don't like... except for Show Tunes.
- Live
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- Nov 07, 2020
In more recent years, I've become more and more fascinated with the indigenous folklore of this land, Native American folklore, and also Hispanic folklore now that I live in the Southwest.
- Magic
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- Nov 07, 2020
Magic Realism is not new. The label's new, the specific Latin American form of it is new, its modern popularity is new, but it's been around as long as literature has been around.
- Nov 07, 2020
I'm an African American.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
Oh, I love labels, as long as they are numerous. I'm an American writer. I'm a Nigerian writer. I'm a Nigerian American writer. I'm an African writer. I'm a Yoruba writer. I'm an African American writer.
- Country
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm not willing to commit American taxpayers' money anymore or American troops on the ground in another Middle Eastern country.
- Generation
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think we're the first generation to successfully integrate American society.
- He Or She
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- Nov 07, 2020
America is a nation founded by immigrants and built on the ideal that anyone can be an American if he or she believes in the principles and values of the Constitution.
- Leader
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- Nov 07, 2020
If President Trump wants to actually prove he's a strong leader, he could start by championing American ideals even when they don't suit him personally.
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020