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"I came to America to become an architect. And somewhere along the line while I was still in school, I was lured into theater, and that's how I became interested in theater. My first play was something called "A Banquet for the Moon." It was a weird play."

"I came to America to become an architect. And somewhere along the line while I was still in school, I was lured into theater, and that's how I became interested in theater. My first play was something called "A Banquet for the Moon." It was a weird play."

Mako, Japanese Actor

America, First, Moon, Play

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"To have a film in America means precisely nothing if you don't have a distributor who stands behind it."

"To have a film in America means precisely nothing if you don't have a distributor who stands behind it."

Arthur Cohn, Swiss Producer

America, Film, Nothing

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"I was the first person to come into New York with a Latin American point of view which was also very much influenced by political happenings in Latin America."

"I was the first person to come into New York with a Latin American point of view which was also very much influenced by political happenings in Latin America."

Ruben Blades, Panamanian Musician

America, American, First

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"There are two types of Chinese growing up in America. One is the kind that does really well in school, with thick, thick glasses. And the other is involved with the gangs."

"There are two types of Chinese growing up in America. One is the kind that does really well in school, with thick, thick glasses. And the other is involved with the gangs."

Donnie Yen, Chinese Actor

America, Growing up, School

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"It was very hard to get any records, so the only source for us to really hear what was happening was listening to the Voice of America. We would be taping all the broadcast and then sharing the tapes and talking about it."

"It was very hard to get any records, so the only source for us to really hear what was happening was listening to the Voice of America. We would be taping all the broadcast and then sharing the tapes and talking about it."

Jan Hammer, Czech Musician

America, Listening, Sharing, Talking

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"We have no quarrel with America. We all know NATO is the strongest military machine in the world. We simply want them to stop being so busy with our country and worry about their own problems."

"We have no quarrel with America. We all know NATO is the strongest military machine in the world. We simply want them to stop being so busy with our country and worry about their own problems."

Slobodan Milosevic, Yugoslavian Criminal

America, Being, Country, Machine

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"Jamaica has problems; America has problems; everywhere has problems."

"Jamaica has problems; America has problems; everywhere has problems."

Ziggy Marley, Jamaican Musician

America, Problems

33

"In America, you watch TV and think that's totally unreal, then you step outside and it's just the same."

"In America, you watch TV and think that's totally unreal, then you step outside and it's just the same."

Joan Armatrading, St. Kittsian Musician

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"The peoples of Asia, Africa, and Latin America have common interest and are in the position to support each other in their anti-imperialist and anti-U.S. struggle. As long as Africa and Latin America are not free."

"The peoples of Asia, Africa, and Latin America have common interest and are in the position to support each other in their anti-imperialist and anti-U.S. struggle. As long as Africa and Latin America are not free."

Kim Il Sung, North Korean Leader

America, Interest, Struggle, Support

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"We are succeeding in Iraq. Thank you, America."

"We are succeeding in Iraq. Thank you, America."

Iyad Allawi, Iraqi Statesman

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"I have dual citizenship, it just so happens I live in America."

"I have dual citizenship, it just so happens I live in America."

Anthony Hopkins, Welsh Actor

America, Citizenship

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"When you poll all of the economists, uh, across America that I think are intellectually honest they would all, or maybe not all, but 95% of them 96% of them would say you know we really have got a powerful economy."

"When you poll all of the economists, uh, across America that I think are intellectually honest they would all, or maybe not all, but 95% of them 96% of them would say you know we really have got a powerful economy."

Donald Evans, American Public Servant

America, Economy

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"We are always going to be influenced by America... I watched the word 'bum' go out and 'butt' come in. And part of me says, oh that's a shame, but Aussie boys are still Aussie boys."

"We are always going to be influenced by America... I watched the word 'bum' go out and 'butt' come in. And part of me says, oh that's a shame, but Aussie boys are still Aussie boys."

Bryan Brown, Australian Actor

America, Boys, Shame, Word

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"San Francisco has just blown us all away. I also understand Angels in America didn't do well there."

"San Francisco has just blown us all away. I also understand Angels in America didn't do well there."

Chita Rivera, Puerto Rican Actress

America, Angels

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"In America the majority raises formidable barriers around the liberty of opinion; within these barriers an author may write what he pleases, but woe to him if he goes beyond them."

"In America the majority raises formidable barriers around the liberty of opinion; within these barriers an author may write what he pleases, but woe to him if he goes beyond them."

Alexis de Tocqueville, French Scientist

America, Liberty, Majority, May

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"In spite of all this noise, customers are still definitely buying in North America, and they're really, really buying internationally."

"In spite of all this noise, customers are still definitely buying in North America, and they're really, really buying internationally."

Jim Balsillie, Canadian Businessman

America, Buying

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"I'm not trying to disrespect anybody by saying this - I'm not sure I feel any interaction with Asian America in any collective sense. - It's like, when you're telling me this right now, my reaction is, Really? Asian America knows about me?"

"I'm not trying to disrespect anybody by saying this - I'm not sure I feel any interaction with Asian America in any collective sense. - It's like, when you're telling me this right now, my reaction is, Really? Asian America knows about me?"

Chad Hugo, American Musician

America, Now, Right, Saying

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"In America the President reigns for four years, and Journalism governs forever and ever."

"In America the President reigns for four years, and Journalism governs forever and ever."

Oscar Wilde, Irish Dramatist

America, Journalism, President, Years

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"Who wants to shake the hand of the first man to put it to America's sweetheart."

"Who wants to shake the hand of the first man to put it to America's sweetheart."

John Agar, American Actor

America, First, Man

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"Well, the common enemy in North America is the Western consumer. The consumer has driven oil up to $50 a barrel so we have to have these wars. I think it's incumbent upon us to."

"Well, the common enemy in North America is the Western consumer. The consumer has driven oil up to $50 a barrel so we have to have these wars. I think it's incumbent upon us to."

Dan Aykroyd, Canadian Comedian

America, Enemy, Oil

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"Why is America such a great country. It is because we stand united."

"Why is America such a great country. It is because we stand united."

Martin Yan, Chinese Celebrity

America, Country, United

14

"America stopped making vinyl and phased out the single but Germany held out and refused. Warner's never phased out vinyl in Germany. Now America imports it!"

"America stopped making vinyl and phased out the single but Germany held out and refused. Warner's never phased out vinyl in Germany. Now America imports it!"

Peter Hook, English Musician

America, Germany, Now

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"I know of no country in which there is so little independence of mind and real freedom of discussion as in America."

"I know of no country in which there is so little independence of mind and real freedom of discussion as in America."

Alexis de Tocqueville, French Scientist

America, Country, Freedom, Independence

14

"My focus is that firearms are handled safely and that we can continue to enjoy them here in North America."

"My focus is that firearms are handled safely and that we can continue to enjoy them here in North America."

Steve Kanaly, American Actor

14

"It seems to me monstrous that anyone should believe that the jazz rhythm expresses America. Jazz rhythm expresses the primitive savage."

"It seems to me monstrous that anyone should believe that the jazz rhythm expresses America. Jazz rhythm expresses the primitive savage."

Isadora Duncan, American Dancer

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"In 1998, I founded the American Center for Law and Justice, probably the premier public interest law firm in America defending the rights of believers."

"In 1998, I founded the American Center for Law and Justice, probably the premier public interest law firm in America defending the rights of believers."

Pat Robertson, American Clergyman

America, Rights, Interest

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"I remember that coming to America was scary for me because everything here is just bigger, better, shinier, you know?"

"I remember that coming to America was scary for me because everything here is just bigger, better, shinier, you know?"

Ryan Reynolds, Canadian Actor

13

"America gets the politicians they deserve. That's it. And you keep struggling."

"America gets the politicians they deserve. That's it. And you keep struggling."

Al Lewis, American Actor

America, Politicians

13

"In this case it appealed to me partly because it felt close to me in some ways. This is about a confused, bewildered middle class Englishman adrift in smalltown America and that has definitely been me."

"In this case it appealed to me partly because it felt close to me in some ways. This is about a confused, bewildered middle class Englishman adrift in smalltown America and that has definitely been me."

Colin Firth, British Actor

America, Class, Middle class

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"There are reasons for believing that the English increase will far surpass others, and that the diffusion of the United States will ultimately produce the general population of America."

"There are reasons for believing that the English increase will far surpass others, and that the diffusion of the United States will ultimately produce the general population of America."

Ezra Stiles, American Clergyman

America, English, Population, states

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"That's the last thing I want to do is go on up there and mess up, you know, in front of America."

"That's the last thing I want to do is go on up there and mess up, you know, in front of America."

Scotty McCreery, American Musician

12

"In America the young are always ready to give to those who are older than themselves the full benefits of their inexperience."

"In America the young are always ready to give to those who are older than themselves the full benefits of their inexperience."

Oscar Wilde, Irish Dramatist

America, Benefits

12

"Racism may be as systemic as it always was. It is the great problem of America. It's the one stumbling block that I don't believe was ever smoothed over."

"Racism may be as systemic as it always was. It is the great problem of America. It's the one stumbling block that I don't believe was ever smoothed over."

Robert Guillaume, American Actor

America, May, Racism

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"No matter where you go and what you do in America, you turn the tele on and you're confronted with violence."

"No matter where you go and what you do in America, you turn the tele on and you're confronted with violence."

Steve Irwin, Australian Scientist

America, Violence

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"I was nuts about Elvis, like every girl in America."

"I was nuts about Elvis, like every girl in America."

Brenda Lee, American Musician

11

"Perhaps more than any other disease before or since, syphilis in early modern Europe provoked the kind of widespread moral panic that AIDS revived when it struck America in the 1980s."

"Perhaps more than any other disease before or since, syphilis in early modern Europe provoked the kind of widespread moral panic that AIDS revived when it struck America in the 1980s."

Peter Lewis Allen, American Author

America, Disease, Europe

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"I have no further use for America. I wouldn't go back there if Jesus Christ was President."

"I have no further use for America. I wouldn't go back there if Jesus Christ was President."

Charlie Chaplin, English Actor

America, Christ, President

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"Even in political considerations, now-a-days, you have stronger motives to feel interested in the fate of Europe than in the fate of the Central or Southern parts of America."

"Even in political considerations, now-a-days, you have stronger motives to feel interested in the fate of Europe than in the fate of the Central or Southern parts of America."

Lajos Kossuth, Hungarian Lawyer

America, Europe, Fate, Motives

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"I received an OBE from the Queen, which probably doesn't mean anything in America but is quite nice in England - the Order of the British Empire for services to drama."

"I received an OBE from the Queen, which probably doesn't mean anything in America but is quite nice in England - the Order of the British Empire for services to drama."

Joan Collins, American Actress

America, Drama, England, Order

10

"Cancun is the only place I've ever visited outside America."

"Cancun is the only place I've ever visited outside America."

Jason Behr, American Actor

10

"What is going on in America is extreme. The youth cult, they worship youth so much it's almost paranoid. And LA is the Mecca of it all; they're taking it to the hilt."

"What is going on in America is extreme. The youth cult, they worship youth so much it's almost paranoid. And LA is the Mecca of it all; they're taking it to the hilt."

Billie Joe Armstrong, American Musician

America, Extreme, Worship, Youth

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"My answer to the racial problem in America is to not deal with it at all. The founding fathers dealt with it when they made the Constitution."

"My answer to the racial problem in America is to not deal with it at all. The founding fathers dealt with it when they made the Constitution."

James Meredith, American Celebrity

America, Constitution, Fathers, Founding

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"Vegas is everything that's right with America. You can do whatever you want, 24 hours a day. They've effectively legalized everything there."

"Vegas is everything that's right with America. You can do whatever you want, 24 hours a day. They've effectively legalized everything there."

Drew Carey, American Actor

America, Day, Right, Want

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"So when they come around and say they want to do our stuff in America, it's compliment really."

"So when they come around and say they want to do our stuff in America, it's compliment really."

Sean Booth, English Musician

America, Compliment, Want

10

"In America, with all of its evils and faults, you can still reach through the forest and see the sun. But we don't know yet whether that sun is rising or setting for our country."

"In America, with all of its evils and faults, you can still reach through the forest and see the sun. But we don't know yet whether that sun is rising or setting for our country."

Dick Gregory, American Comedian

America, Country, Faults, Sun

10

"America? They had a good girl singer, Janis Joplin."

"America? They had a good girl singer, Janis Joplin."

Maurice Gibb, Australian Musician

10

"Lynda Carter, I think the reason I liked her was because she was so down to earth. Even though she was a big star and she was Miss America, she was very approachable."

"Lynda Carter, I think the reason I liked her was because she was so down to earth. Even though she was a big star and she was Miss America, she was very approachable."

Thuy Trang, Vietnamese Actress

America, Earth, Reason

10

"We've had a number 1 album in the UK and that was a really big thing for me. So now all we've got to do is do it in America and that will have the domino effect of doing it across the rest of the world."

"We've had a number 1 album in the UK and that was a really big thing for me. So now all we've got to do is do it in America and that will have the domino effect of doing it across the rest of the world."

Dan Hawkins, English Musician

America, Effect, Now, Rest

10

"I've broken my nose, I've broken ribs. You name it. In fact, we just got back from South America, and I fell over a monitor speaker on the stage and almost ended up in the front row of the audience. I managed to sprain my wrist on that one but luckily nothing was broken."

"I've broken my nose, I've broken ribs. You name it. In fact, we just got back from South America, and I fell over a monitor speaker on the stage and almost ended up in the front row of the audience. I managed to sprain my wrist on that one but luckily nothing was broken."

Keith Emerson, British Musician

America, Fact, Name, Nothing

10

"America makes up its own mind about what it wants to see."

"America makes up its own mind about what it wants to see."

Ajay Naidu, American Actor

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