#erica

America fell in love with the innocence of a kid who just was honest, saying, I did the best I could, and I had no formal training. ↗

— Paula Abdul

#best #could #did #fell #formal

'American Idol' has taken over my whole life. ↗

— Paula Abdul

#american idol #idol #life #over #taken

In a typical history book, black Americans are mentioned in the context of slavery or civil rights. There's so much more to the story. ↗

— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

#black americans #book #civil #civil rights #context

When I was 17, I worked in a mentoring program in Harlem designed to improve the community. That's when I first gained an appreciation of the Harlem Renaissance, a time when African-Americans rose to prominence in American culture. For the first time, they were taken seriously as artists, musicians, writers, athletes, and as political thinkers. ↗

— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

#american culture #appreciation #artists #athletes #community

If you look at military and intelligence positions from the 1950s, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has always been against American national interests. ↗

— King Abdullah II

#always #american #been #conflict #intelligence

America's future will be determined by the home and the school. The child becomes largely what he is taught; hence we must watch what we teach, and how we live. ↗

— Jane Addams

#becomes #child #determined #future #hence

And so I think that the idea of America working with other countries to solve problems is good for us, and it is part of digging us out of the 'my way or the highway' approach that was evident in the previous eight years. ↗

— Madeleine Albright

#approach #countries #digging #eight #evident

CNN International, Al-Jazeera and BBC are the same in how they report mostly that America is wrong and bad. ↗

— Roger Ailes

#bad #bbc #cnn #how #international

I am deeply concerned about America. ↗

— Todd Akin

#am #america #concerned #deeply #i

It is a rare American who does not have some story about how music has made our lives richer and more interesting, how it has changed our moods, brought out the best in our character and even sometimes helped us earn a living. ↗

— Lamar Alexander

#american #best #brought #changed #character