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title: "16 Know American Quotes by 16 authors"
description: "Browse 16 Know American quotes by 16 authors. Discover the best Know American sayings and thoughts."
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> [I don't know any American rock bands.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rick-nielsen/i-don-t-know-any-american-rock-bands/)

[Rick Nielsen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rick-nielsen/)

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> [I do not know the American gentleman, God forgive me for putting two such words together.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-dickens/i-do-not-know-the-american-gentleman-god-forgive-me-for-putting-two/)

[Charles Dickens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-dickens/)

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> [You never know what the American public is going to do, but you know that they will do it all at once.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/l-william-seidman/you-never-know-what-the-american-public-is-going-to-do-but-you-know/)

[L. William Seidman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/l-william-seidman/)

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> [I don't know how you can be an All-American in this country and not be a good basketball player.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/willie-cauley-stein/i-don-t-know-how-you-can-be-an-all-american-in-this-country-and-not/)

[Willie Cauley-Stein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/willie-cauley-stein/)

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> [People don't realize how black people, minorities, women as well, all their lives, they have had to make the effort to understand…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/raoul-peck/people-don-t-realize-how-black-people-minorities-women-as-well-all/)

[Raoul Peck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/raoul-peck/)

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> [I don't know anything more piggish - I don't know anything more un-American than saying, 'Oh, I'm worried about my own little…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/todd-rokita/i-don-t-know-anything-more-piggish-i-don-t-know-anything-more-un/)

[Todd Rokita](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/todd-rokita/)

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> [Most of my family doesn't speak English. It's so important for the baby. He's going to know all his American roots, but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/camila-alves/most-of-my-family-doesn-t-speak-english-it-s-so-important-for-the/)

[Camila Alves](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/camila-alves/)

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> [What kind of people do we wish to become, and how do we know an American when we see one? Is it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lewis-h-lapham/what-kind-of-people-do-we-wish-to-become-and-how-do-we-know-an/)

[Lewis H. Lapham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lewis-h-lapham/)

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> [I know something about the civilization of China, with my background, obviously, and I think I know something about American history. But…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i-m-pei/i-know-something-about-the-civilization-of-china-with-my-background/)

[I. M. Pei](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/i-m-pei/)

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> [I know the American people. I've met a lot of them. I've met a lot more of them than any columnist has,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/i-know-the-american-people-i-ve-met-a-lot-of-them-i-ve-met-a-lot-more/)

[Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barack-obama/)

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> [I know this about the American people: We welcome competition. We'll match our ingenuity, our energy, our experience and technology, our spirit…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-h-w-bush/i-know-this-about-the-american-people-we-welcome-competition-we-ll/)

[George H. W. Bush](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-h-w-bush/)

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> [Inside Iran, people are actually quite well-educated about America. There are things they don't understand, particularly in the government, but the people,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hooman-majd/inside-iran-people-are-actually-quite-well-educated-about-america/)

[Hooman Majd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hooman-majd/)

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> [The truth is, everything we know about America, everything Americans come to know about being American, isn't from the news. I live…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-abani/the-truth-is-everything-we-know-about-america-everything-americans/)

[Chris Abani](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-abani/)

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> [You know that being an American is more than a matter of where your parents came from. It is a belief that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harry-s-truman-2/you-know-that-being-an-american-is-more-than-a-matter-of-where-your/)

[Harry S Truman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harry-s-truman-2/)

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> [We hear a lot in this country about family, and 'American Family' just shows us a portrait we haven't seen as much…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/esai-morales/we-hear-a-lot-in-this-country-about-family-and-american-family-just/)

[Esai Morales](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/esai-morales/)

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> [“We spend more per pupil than any other country, but among industrialized nations, American students rank near the bottom in science and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/glenn-beck/we-spend-more-per-pupil-than-any-other-country-but-among/)

[Glenn Beck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/glenn-beck/)

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