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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
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- Nov 07, 2020
New York - that unnatural city where every one is an exile, none more so than the American.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've got a collection of songs that I've had, I keep adding to and they're all great American composers. I wanted to showcase American composers and I've done that on a lot of my records and played things by American composers that I really respect.
- Doing
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm currently doing Undeclared an American TV show set in a college. It just got aired and got massive ratings so hopefully that'll screen in the UK soon.
- Crime
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- Nov 07, 2020
The murder of John Kennedy in broad daylight in the streets of an American city remains, to me, an unsolved crime.
- Military
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- Nov 07, 2020
American foreign policy and military might have opened an opportunity for the Gospel in the land of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.
- Powerful
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think diversity and multiculturalism on TV and on the screen is such a powerful thing. And to be honest, it's a very American thing.
- Defer
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- Nov 07, 2020
I defer to all these other American poets who, for some reason, I both envy and admire.
- History
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- Nov 07, 2020
Any of the social changes in American history are because people thought there was injustice. We have to show that this corporate welfare and cronyism is unjust - and that it's not only rigging the system so people get wealthy who don't deserve to get wealthy.
- Nature
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- Nov 07, 2020
Trump's behavior is deeply disturbing but hardly surprising. His mercurial nature is not the product of a post-inaugural adder sting at Mar-a-Lago. It's been there all along. And the American electorate chose him nonetheless.
- Golf
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- Nov 07, 2020
Atrazine - a herbicide often used on corn fields, golf courses and even lawns - has become one of the most common contaminants in American drinking water.
- Economy
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- Nov 07, 2020
Between 1857 and 1929, while regulators largely stood idle, the American economy swung through 19 national boom-and-bust gyrations that sometimes threatened to wipe out whole industries within months.
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- Nov 07, 2020