- Family
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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
- My Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've been watching 'American Idol' half my life, and I wanted to audition since I was 8.
- Find
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- Nov 07, 2020
What I do find enormously gratifying is the reviews my books get from the American press. They are so on the ball compared to anywhere else. It's so satisfying to get a review that conveys the reader understood precisely what I was trying to get at.
- Nation
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm actually an equestrian, and I showed in the American Paint Horse Association and competed for top 20 in the nation.
- Nov 07, 2020
I'd rather do theatre and British films than move to L.A. in hopes of getting small roles in American films.
- Lot
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- Nov 07, 2020
I read a lot of thrillers, especially American crime novels.
- Family
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- Nov 07, 2020
I started in movies in Mexico and started doing telenovelas in Mexico. 'American Family' was the first thing I did in English.
- Government
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- Nov 07, 2020
As both a First Amendment absolutist and as an American, I want to keep our government as far away from our press as possible.
- I Can
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- Nov 07, 2020
I spent four years doing a doctorate in postmodern American literature. I can recognize it when I see it.
- Nov 07, 2020
I grew up in a unique environment where I was immersed in both Japanese and American cultures equally.
- Characterized
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- Nov 07, 2020
Vaudeville was characterized by sunny optimism, acts that were uplifting, cheerful, and clean. It provided a fanciful, magical escape, but after Black Friday, the tone of American entertainment changed almost overnight.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't consider 'American Rose' to be a biography so much as a microcosm of 20th-century America, told through Gypsy's tumultuous life - it's 'Horatio Alger meets Tim Burton.'
- Marriage
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- Nov 07, 2020
Most of the well-known American feminists of the 19th century did not come out against the institution of marriage.
- Law
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- Nov 07, 2020
American policies toward Asians reached a nadir in 1924, with the implementation of a law that sought 'to preserve the idea of American homogeneity' and denied admission to the country to most non-whites. Immigration from Asia was banned completely, with the establishment of an 'Asiatic Barred Zone.'
- Loyalty
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- Nov 07, 2020
I felt that a number of people might have questioned my loyalty, but I continue to be a patriotic American.
- Carry
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- Nov 07, 2020