- 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
- History
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- Nov 07, 2020
The social and economic impact of innovative American researchers, companies, and workers over the course of U.S. history have been enormous.
- Because
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- Nov 07, 2020
I always serve the writer first because I'm English trained, even though I'm American.
- British
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've never been embedded with American soldiers or British soldiers or Iraqi soldiers or any other.
- Politics
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- Nov 07, 2020
American politics is theatre. There is a frightening emotionalism at national conventions.
- Make
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- Nov 07, 2020
As president of the American Historical Association, I started a programme to make dissertations into e-books in 1999. Before I knew it, I was involved in other electronic projects. Harvard invited me to become director of the libraries in 2007.
- Money
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- Nov 07, 2020
It is money, money, money! Not ideas, not principles, but money that reigns supreme in American politics.
- Constitution Of The United States
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- Nov 07, 2020
It is the Constitution of the United States that has been undermined, undercut, and is under attack. It is the American people's liberties that is in jeopardy. That is why I wrote 'Losing America.'
- Hegemony
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- Nov 07, 2020
There has been talk in Europe about American hegemony being somehow based upon the use of the dollar in the world. I just don't see that connection at all.
- Lonely
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- Nov 07, 2020
'American Horror' is the debasement of the suburban family, the way a lonely kid would have imagined it in the Seventies.
- Comedy
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- Nov 07, 2020
'Buncha Losers' comedy is one of those homegrown American art forms, up there with infomercials and Elvis-shaped soap carvings. No other civilization could have invented it. The French took a stab with Sartre's 'No Exit,' but then they had to ruin it with a lesson at the end.
- Cannot
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- Nov 07, 2020
When it is fair, American workers can compete and win. I cannot support the TPP in its current form because it doesn't provide that level playing field.
- Comedy
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I first started out, I kinda just wanted to do comedy stuff, and thankfully, I had a fair amount of success. I've been able to be on, I think, almost virtually every American sitcom.
- Design
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- Nov 07, 2020
The best American manufacturers customize products to meet customer needs, reduce the time required to make them and constantly improve their design.
- Bogged
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- Nov 07, 2020