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You know what the issue is? Do you want to know? It's what these guys have decided to call America. They have the audacity to say, 'There, you sons of bitches, don't lay a finger on it. That is a finished product.'" "But any country is still in the making. Always. That's just history, people have to see that.


Barbara Kingsolver


#diversity #kingsolver #lacuna #diversity

A citizen of America will cross the ocean to fight for democracy, but won't cross the street to vote in a national election.


Bill Vaughan


#citizen #cross #democracy #election #fight

The American appetite for loneliness impressed me, and there was something about this solitude that freed conversation. One night at a bar, I met a man, and within five minutes he explained that he had just been released from prison. Another drinker told me that his wife had passed away, and he had recently suffered a heart attack, and now he hoped that he would die within the year. I learned that there's no reliable small talk in America; at any moment a conversation can become personal.


Peter Hessler


#conversation #intimacy #loneliness #solitude #talk

There is a moment of sheer panic when I realize that Paul's apartment overlooks the park... and is obviously more expensive than mine.


Patrick Bateman


#christian-bale #comedy #cult #dark-humor #mayhem

It seems to me that if Mr. Obama wins the presidential election, then Messrs. Farrakhan, Wright, Ayers and Pfleger will gain power for their need to demoralize this country and help create a socialist America.


Jon Voight


#country #create #demoralize #election #gain

This American Jewish music is a new experience for us at least consciously.


Neville Marriner


#consciously #experience #jewish #least #music

This year, as we celebrate the 230th anniversary of America's independence, please remember the symbols that are sacred to this country. Fly Old Glory high and show your respect and admiration for this great nation and the values we hold dear.


Kenny Marchant


#america #anniversary #celebrate #country #dear

Before, we may have taken part in it without even thinking it was American Jewish, but in this case, I think, you have now perhaps pointed us in a direction of a new interest in this repertoire.


Neville Marriner


#before #case #direction #even #i

I am an American. I love this country.


Paul Tsongas


#american #country #i #i am #i love

Instead of plotting the demise of the traditional family, as some politicians and religious leaders would have you believe, gay people mow their lawns and watch 'American Idol' and video their children's concerts and have the same hopes and dreams that their straight counterparts do.


Jodi Picoult


#american idol #believe #children #concerts #counterparts