The great omission in American life is solitude; not loneliness, for this is an alienation that thrives most in the midst of… — Marya Mannes Copy Share Image
We now operate in a world in which we can assume neither competence nor good faith from the authorities. The consequences of… — Chris Hayes Copy Share Image
Like John Kennedy in 1960, Obama combines youth, vigor, and good looks with the promise of political change. Like Kennedy, he grew… — Virginia Postrel Copy Share Image
“I'd left them because I'd loved them. Beth and my parents and my friends and my life-my free, American life. I loved… — Andrew Klavan Copy Share Image
In grades 1 through 4 these books introduce the child to U.S. society - to family life, community activities, ordinary economic transactions,… — Paul Vitz Copy Share Image
Unfettered, creative, and enthusiastic entrepreneurship is one of the hallmarks of American life, and it has allowed us to attract the best… — Naveen Jain Copy Share Image
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Ralph Ellison is a classic work of erudition, grace, and elegance. Rampersad offers us an Ellison whose gifts and warts orbit the… — Michael Eric Dyson Copy Share Image
Here, the churches seemed to shrink away into eroding corners. They seem to have ceased to be essential parts of American life.… — Sean O'Casey Copy Share Image
My evaluation of President George W. Bush is nothing personal. He's a lovely person. Sadly, I believe he will be remembered for… — Nancy Pelosi Copy Share Image
The '90s were a time when not just the movie business, but every aspect of American life, became a lot more corporate.… — Matthew Specktor Copy Share Image
We are a people of many races, many faiths, creeds, and religions. I do not think that the men who made the… — John Dewey Copy Share Image
It's like our go-to notion of innocent and secure mythology of American life. I was always amazed when people would come up… — Todd Haynes Copy Share Image
I produced a play in New York that got nominated for an Outer Critics Circle Award for Best American Play.The play is… — Adam Richman Copy Share Image
When I left the theater… I was thinking that I’d seen a classic of American dance. It confers a mythic dimension on… — Arlene Croce Copy Share Image
Excellent Sheep is likely to makea lasting mark for three reasons. One, Mr. Deresiewicz spent twenty-four years in the Ivy League, graduating… — Dwight Garner Copy Share Image
I voted for Nader, and I have no doubts at all that it was the right thing to do because the Nader… — Norman Finkelstein Copy Share Image
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Primarily, we need to change 100 years of thinking, where we try to extend the promise of American life by moving things… — Lamar Alexander Copy Share Image
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The American Legion has been a cornerstone of American life from the local to the federal level since the beginning, and serves… — Mike Braun Copy Share Image
American life is a powerful solvent. It seems to neutralize every intellectual element, however tough and alien it may be, and to… — George Santayana Copy Share Image
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Now I would say at any given moment in American life, there are probably 45 poets in airplanes vectoring across the country… — Billy Collins Copy Share Image
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The death of anti-gay hate speech is no doubt being hastened by the head-spinning speed with which gays as a group -… — Jeffrey Kluger Copy Share Image
That does not mean we won't experience the tragedy of the loss of some American lives. We will have an opportunity to… — John McCain Copy Share Image
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. . . what happened, of course, was that I was writing a play set in the 1940's that was supposed to… — August Wilson Copy Share Image
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The unions are the first feeble effort to conquer the industrial jungle for democratic life. They may not succeed, but if they… — Walter Lippmann Copy Share Image
We must see the great distinction between a reform movement and a revolutionary movement. We are called upon to raise certain basic… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
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The view of how America speaks is reflected in our laws. And one of the laws is fair housing. It very clearly… — Walter F. Mondale Copy Share Image
We are saving American lives every single day. The court system has not made it easy for us. We've even created a… — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
A serious problem in America is the gap between academe and the mass media, which is our culture. Professors of humanities, with… — Camille Paglia Copy Share Image
I, with other Americans, have perhaps unduly resented the stream of criticism of American life... more particularly have I resented the sneers… — Herbert Hoover Copy Share Image
Because of the terrorist threat, the FBI and CIA have become as important as the military in preserving our freedom. Yet while… — Ronald Kessler Copy Share Image
Countless innocent American lives have been stolen because our politicians have failed in their duty to secure our borders and enforce our… — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
Yale is a crucible in American life for the accommodation of intellectual achievement, of wisdom, of refinement, with the democratic ideals of… — Benno C. Schmidt, Jr Copy Share Image
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