#eric

America was based on a poetic vision. What will happen when it loses its poetry? ↗

— Azar Nafisi

#based #happen #loses #poetic #poetry

I finally returned to Iran in 1979, when I got my degree in English and American literature, and stayed for 18 years in the Islamic republic. ↗

— Azar Nafisi

#american literature #degree #english #finally #got

The best work of literature to represent the American Dream is 'The Great Gatsby' by F. Scott Fitzgerald. It shows us how dreaming can be tainted by reality, and that if you don't compromise, you may suffer. ↗

— Azar Nafisi

#american dream #best #best work #compromise #dream

And of course in America you've got American football and baseball and all those other ball games, soccer has become a little niche that the women have kind of filled. ↗

— Parminder Nagra

#american #american football #ball #ball games #baseball

I got to go to Malaysia, Germany, Switzerland, Madrid, America. ↗

— Parminder Nagra

#germany #go #got #i #madrid

There is extraordinary similarities between the Midwest in America and Europe in that there is this sense of vast, open sky and loneliness and cold. ↗

— Ajay Naidu

#between #cold #europe #extraordinary #loneliness

One of the best kept secrets in America is that people are aching to make a commitment, if they only had the freedom and environment in which to do so. ↗

— John Naisbitt

#america #best #commitment #environment #freedom

And by the way, a piece of news, Israel is the one country in which everyone is pro-American, opposition and coalition alike. And I represent the entire people of Israel who say, 'Thank you, America.'' And we're friends of America, and we're the only reliable allies of America in the Middle East. ↗

— Benjamin Netanyahu

#allies #america #coalition #country #east

To be honest, it's easier for me to speak with an American accent. ↗

— Radha Mitchell

#american #american accent #easier #honest #me

Things on the whole are much faster in America; people don't 'stand for election', they 'run for office.' ↗

— Jessica Mitford

#election #faster #much #office #people