- 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
- Humor
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was born in England - though both of my parents are American - and there's something about the 'Muppets' where they have this combination of English and American humor.
- History
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- Nov 07, 2020
President Obama is the most successful food stamp president in American history. I would like to be the most successful paycheck president in American history.
- Keep
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- Nov 07, 2020
But the United States did not keep its word. Is an American's word reliable these days?
- Music
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- Nov 07, 2020
One of the great virtues, apart from the pleasure of performing these works, is that it's opened up an entirely new, expansive repertoire of American Jewish music.
- Government
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's a uniquely American thing that we as individuals not relying on government but we as individuals pitch in to make our communities better.
- Most
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- Nov 07, 2020
Following the attack on Pearl Harbor, the United States uprooted more than 100,000 people of Japanese descent, most of them American citizens, and confined them in internment camps. The Solicitor General was largely responsible for the defense of those policies.
- Government
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- Nov 07, 2020
Think of Bitcoin as a bank account in the cloud, and it's completely decentralized: not the Swiss government, not the American government. It's all the participants in the network enforcing.
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
I am a first-generation American of Chinese decent. My parents were both born and raised in China and moved to the U.S. in their 20s.
- Dream
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- Nov 07, 2020
Moving to L.A. when I was 11 was when my entrepreneurialism started because it's the land of the American dream.
- Go
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- Nov 07, 2020
I enjoy watching Fear Factor, Newlyweds and American Idol as far as reality TV shows go.
- Czechoslovakia
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- Nov 07, 2020
Italy in the 1920s, Germany in the '30s, East Germany in the '50s, Czechoslovakia in the '60s, the Latin American dictatorships in the '70s, China in the '80s and '90s - all dictatorships and would-be dictators target newspapers and journalists.
- Dream
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- Nov 07, 2020