#erica

America is rather like life. You can usually find in it what you look for. It will probably be interesting, and it is sure to be large. ↗

— E. M. Forster

#find #interesting #large #life #like

'Red Dawn' was very resonant with a lot of people - they love that movie. I always thought it was a little hysterical. ↗

— Lea Thompson

#dawn #hysterical #i #i always #little

That which makes people dissatisfied with their condition, is the chimerical idea they form of the happiness of others. ↗

— James Thomson

#condition #dissatisfied #form #happiness #idea

In dealing with the China problem, the British and American side, which had particularly strong interests in China, should have based its judgments about the origins of the problem on direct observation of the actual circumstances at the time. ↗

— Hideki Tojo

#actual #american #based #british #china

The main American naval forces were shifted to the Pacific region and an American admiral made a strong declaration to the effect that if war were to break out between Japan and the United States, the Japanese navy could be sunk in a matter of weeks. ↗

— Hideki Tojo

#american #between #break #could #declaration

I got into radio when I was eight, and I was one of the busiest child dramatic actors in America. ↗

— Mel Torme

#busiest #child #dramatic #eight #got

Look, if America - if being an American means anything, it means not having to lie under oath, not even for the president. ↗

— Linda Tripp

#american #anything #being #even #having

Numerical quantities focus on expected values, graphical summaries on unexpected values. ↗

— John Tukey

#focus #graphical #numerical #quantities #unexpected

I heard stories from my mother's mother who was an American Indian. She was spiritual, although she did not go to church, but she had the hum. She used to tell me stories of the rivers. ↗

— Tina Turner

#american #church #did #go #had

American poetry, like American painting, is always personal with an emphasis on the individuality of the poet. ↗

— Diane Wakoski

#american #emphasis #individuality #like #painting