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title: "5 Talk America Quotes by 5 authors"
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> [I see people who talk about America, and then undermine it by not paying attention to its soul, to its poetry. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/azar-nafisi/i-see-people-who-talk-about-america-and-then-undermine-it-by-not/)

[Azar Nafisi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/azar-nafisi/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/57e/azar-nafisi-2001_america_i-see-people-who-talk-about-america-and_525239.png)

> [“If you travel internationally, you will feel shocked by contemptuous talk of America. To hear your fellow citizens characterized as barbarians who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hilary-thayer-hamann/if-you-travel-internationally-you-will-feel-shocked-by-contemptuous/)

[Hilary Thayer Hamann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hilary-thayer-hamann/)

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> [Well, I just don't want to talk to America about my family. Like, this is my baby. This isn't America's baby.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kanye-west/well-i-just-don-t-want-to-talk-to-america-about-my-family-like-this/)

[Kanye West](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kanye-west/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/02f/kanye-west-242_america_well-i-just-don-t-want-to-talk-to-americ_1663028.jpg)

> [“I like to talk about America. It's so mysterious.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-ashley/i-like-to-talk-about-america-it-s-so-mysterious/)

[Robert Ashley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-ashley/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/913/robert-ashley-53534_america_i-like-to-talk-about-america-it-s-so-mys_2465286.jpg)

> [“America has faced hardships in the past but we have always mounted a comeback! We defeated the Nazis, we defeated the Native…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-colbert/america-has-faced-hardships-in-the-past-but-we-have-always-mounted-a/)

[Stephen Colbert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-colbert/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/478/stephen-colbert-503_comeback_america-has-faced-hardships-in-the-past_2595760.png)

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