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By ignoring a lot of American culture you can write more interesting stories. Unfortunately, if you were writing about America as it is, you’d be writing about a lot of people sitting in front of television sets.

Richard Russo

American novelist, short story writer and screenwriter

The generosity of the American public toward the victims of Hurricane Katrina and the Tsunami has been reflected in the outpouring of support for the Pakistani earthquake victims.

Jon Porter

American politician

There’s probably more in the American tradition than people give the place credit for.

Donald Judd

American minimalist artist (1928-1994)

So I am getting a little bored with defining one type of film as American and the other European or from somewhere else because the division is no longer true.

Wim Wenders

German filmmaker

Italian girls are famous for being snobby and expecting men to make the first move. In America, if I don’t make eye contact, the guys won’t come over and talk. American girls just go for it. You men are spoiled.

Silvia Colloca

Italian singer, actress, author and TV cooking personality

The people like the American Legion Post that gave us a chance to play. A place to play and a chance to play.

Dave Winfield

American baseball player

The feminine mystique has succeeded in burying millions of American women alive.

Betty Friedan

American feminist writer and activist (1921-2006)

And the reason I really appreciated this is because after the picture came out, I was invited by the American Psychiatric Association to give a lecture. I couldn’t believe it!

Rod Steiger

American actor (1925-2002)

I went to professional men’s soccer games, the old North American soccer league at that time, and I used to be a ticket holder with my family and family friends. We would go every weekend and I thought it was great, but I just thought of it as recreation, as family fun.

Brandi Chastain

American soccer player

I have often thought that if a rational Fascist dictatorship were to exist, then it would choose the American system.

Noam Chomsky

American linguist and activist (born 1928)

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