- History
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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
- Greatest Obstacle
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- Nov 07, 2020
The greatest obstacle to those who hope to reform American education is complacency.
- Ideas
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- Nov 07, 2020
American education has been littered with failed fads and foolish ideas for the past century.
- Back
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've been watching 'American Idol' since its debut season in 2002. Back then, America hadn't yet evolved into a gladiatorial cybernation of bloggers, tweeters, and self-ordained voice coaches.
- Nov 07, 2020
How can we salute - encourage the American spirit? That means many different things to many different people.
- Job
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- Nov 07, 2020
People read inevitability as entitlement, and the American people want their candidates to sweat for the job. They want them to actually make a case for the job.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
I write on sacred stories, symbols and rituals of all cultures - European, American and Chinese - but my audiences, typically, like me to focus on India.
- Heart
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think, at the heart of the idea of American democracy, there is something tender.
- High
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- Nov 07, 2020
Most American elementary schools and high schools, and nearly all colleges and universities, teach everything that is significant from a liberal/Left perspective.
- Giving
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- Nov 07, 2020
The whole American experiment has been predicated on giving individuals as much control over their own lives as possible.
- American Culture
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- Nov 07, 2020
I formulated the theme behind 'The Grand Illusion' album after observing how American culture creates illusions through advertising and entertainment to convince us that our lives our lacking, in order to sell products.
- Friend
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- Nov 07, 2020
I did a lot of films in Europe, in Spain. I went to Australia and did 'Mad Dog Morgan'; I did 'Apocalypse Now' in the Philippines; I did Wim Wenders' film 'The American Friend' in Germany.
- Dart
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- Nov 07, 2020
The average American's day planner has fewer holes in it than Ray Charles's dart board.
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- Nov 07, 2020