- Idol
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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
- Heritage
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- Nov 07, 2020
My Native American heritage was not embraced by our family, and we grew up African-American, so I didn't have a lot of access or history to that line of my family.
- Powerful
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- Nov 07, 2020
American music is a powerful ingredient in international music, and as much as it comes from within, it also comes from without.
- Courage
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- Nov 07, 2020
At the same time, I would add that the American people have a lot of courage.
- Know
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- Nov 07, 2020
I guess the difference between the Korean hip-hop scene and the American hip-hop scene is that in the American hip-hop scene, you know, they have their Jay-Zs. They can become conglomerates through hip-hop. In Korea, it doesn't happen.
- Nov 07, 2020
I'm half Native American and half Mexican and I support all native peoples around the world.
- How
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- Nov 07, 2020
We're a direct mirror of the audience, and that shows how hip-hop has expanded. It's no longer just an urban thing, and it's no longer just an American thing, either. It's a universal thing.
- don't Care
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't care whether you use natural gas, ethanol, the battery. You can use anything, just so it's American.
- Nothing
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm from a little village in the south of Holland where there was nothing to do but watch American movies and television - I grew up with The 'A-Team,' 'Charlie's Angels,' and 'Edward Scissorhands.'
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
I speak Dutch, German, French, and English and have acted in all of those languages, but I love the American experience.
- Begin
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- Nov 07, 2020
I love American English, not least because a lot of it was ours to begin with. Indeed, many Americanisms can be found in the works of William Shakespeare.
- East Side
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- Nov 07, 2020
The Tiffany lamp is an American icon bridging the immigrants, settlement houses, and the slums of the Lower East Side and the wealthy industrialists of upper Manhattan, the Gilded Age and its excesses.
- Everyone
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- Nov 07, 2020
For a century, everyone assumed that the iconic Tiffany lamps were conceived and designed by that American master of stained glass. Not so! It was a woman!
- Dream
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- Nov 07, 2020
Success is the American Dream. And that success is not something to be ashamed of, or to demonize.
- First
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- Nov 07, 2020
I once walked through an exhibit in a large American museum that displayed First Nations artifacts in old dioramas, with mannequins that hadn't been changed since the 19th century.
- Leadership
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- Nov 07, 2020