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title: "10 Really America Quotes by 10 authors"
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> [If I were still twenty years old, I would really move to America.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/theo-van-gogh/if-i-were-still-twenty-years-old-i-would-really-move-to-america/)

[Theo Van Gogh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/theo-van-gogh/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e7f/theo-van-gogh-42429_america_if-i-were-still-twenty-years-old-i-would_2928643.jpg)

> [This is really America in therapy, people trying to get themselves together and be whole.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-viscott/this-is-really-america-in-therapy-people-trying-to-get-themselves/)

[David Viscott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-viscott/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/600/david-viscott-17389_america_this-is-really-america-in-therapy-people_1346989.png)

> [I've never really been America's sweetheart, but for a minute I think that's what they wanted me to be.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/katherine-heigl/i-ve-never-really-been-america-s-sweetheart-but-for-a-minute-i-think/)

[Katherine Heigl](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/katherine-heigl/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ae0/katherine-heigl-3953_america_i-ve-never-really-been-america-s-sweethe_428820.jpg)

> [We don't need to go back in time and make America great again, because really, America was only great for certain people.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kerby-jean-raymond/we-don-t-need-to-go-back-in-time-and-make-america-great-again-because/)

[Kerby Jean-Raymond](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kerby-jean-raymond/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/797/kerby-jean-raymond-14009_america_we-don-t-need-to-go-back-in-time-and-mak_1384574.jpg)

> [You should absolutely get involved, especially those local politics like school board seats. That's really where America happens.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-crenshaw/you-should-absolutely-get-involved-especially-those-local-politics/)

[Dan Crenshaw](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-crenshaw/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7d6/dan-crenshaw-7233_america_you-should-absolutely-get-involved-espec_941294.jpg)

> [Progressives really do see America as guilty of crimes against humanity, and to them, our 'greatness' must be abandoned to atone for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-tancredo/progressives-really-do-see-america-as-guilty-of-crimes-against/)

[Tom Tancredo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-tancredo/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1fe/tom-tancredo-3606_america_progressives-really-do-see-america-as-gu_134649.png)

> [We're not living in a school-of-Paris world, you know, and the things we really see in America are like this. It's McDonald's,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roy-lichtenstein/we-re-not-living-in-a-school-of-paris-world-you-know-and-the-things/)

[Roy Lichtenstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roy-lichtenstein/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2db/roy-lichtenstein-8803_america_we-re-not-living-in-a-school-of-paris-wo_2007683.jpg)

> ['The Purge' is really about America's crazy relationship to guns and guns gone wild, essentially, and it kind of laid the groundwork…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jason-blum/the-purge-is-really-about-america-s-crazy-relationship-to-guns-and/)

[Jason Blum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jason-blum/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/919/jason-blum-2829_amendment_the-purge-is-really-about-america-s-craz_2397226.jpg)

> [We have to start processing what we're really made of in America. American character is not dead. American integrity and honesty are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/josh-fox/we-have-to-start-processing-what-we-re-really-made-of-in-america/)

[Josh Fox](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/josh-fox/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b05/josh-fox-10700_against_we-have-to-start-processing-what-we-re-r_29984.png)

> [Heroes are not giant statues framed against a red sky. They are people who say: This is my community, and it is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/studs-terkel/heroes-are-not-giant-statues-framed-against-a-red-sky-they-are-people/)

[Studs Terkel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/studs-terkel/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bba/studs-terkel-3020_america_heroes-are-not-giant-statues-framed-agai_950553.jpg)

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