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My hunch is that pop culture began to stagnate the moment Americans started to love the past more than they did the future. — Graydon Carter
I think being Canadian helps you as a journalist in America, because you're sort of on the outside watching this big party going on, and… — Graydon Carter
It could safely be said that Iraqis are dying at a faster clip since the American-led invasion and occupation than they did during the last… — Graydon Carter
It's very difficult for the American people to believe that our government, one of the richest on Earth, is also one of the stingiest on… — Jimmy Carter
I think all Americans believe in human rights. And health is an often overlooked aspect of basic human rights. And it's one that's easily corrected.… — Jimmy Carter
I think an overwhelming portion of the intensely demonstrated animosity toward President Barack Obama is based on the fact that he is a black man,… — Jimmy Carter
What has happened at Guantanamo Bay... does not represent the will of the American people. I'm embarrassed about it, I think its wrong. I think… — Jimmy Carter
In a typical history book, black Americans are mentioned in the context of slavery or civil rights. There's so much more to the story. — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
A 1990 Gallup poll found that 77 percent of Americans polled said abortion was the taking of human life. I agree, and believe that taking… — Robert Casey
I am so sick of reading about another car bomb, another suicide bomber, another 10, 20, 30, 70, 100 people dead in a day, both… — Rosanne Cash
During the days of segregation, there was not a place of higher learning for African Americans. They were simply not welcome in many of the… — Michael N. Castle
Maya Angelou, the famous African American poet, historian, and civil rights activist who is hailed be many as one of the great voices of contemporary… — Michael N. Castle
North Americans don't understand... that our country is not just Cuba; our country is also humanity. — Fidel Castro
I felt that a number of people might have questioned my loyalty, but I continue to be a patriotic American. — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
I'm an Australian, and when I grew up much of my influences were American - blues music and country music, all that sort of thing. — Nick Cave
It's an Australian thing to be dismissive. We find that endearing. Americans don't. They believe what you say. — Nick Cave
The concept of God in America is very different than it is in England. Because we see the horrendous outcome of religion as being an… — Nick Cave
Guns are part of the American psyche, aren't they? This is collateral damage for having a Wild West mentality. It's intrinsic to the American psyche.… — Nick Cave
OK, I'll put it like this: I doubt if we will see another All-American basketball athlete who is a Rhodes Scholar. — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
American stuntmen are smart - they think about safety. When they do a jump in a car, they calculate everything: the speed, the distance... But… — Jackie Chan
Every time I make American film I just trust American directors and American writers. — Jackie Chan
I make American films for American audiences and Asian films for Asian audiences. — Jackie Chan
I now have two different audiences. There's the one that has been watching my action films for 20 years, and the American family audience. American… — Jackie Chan
Very difficult to understand American audience, what they like, what they don't like. Some movie I like very much, it doesn't work. Some movie I… — Jackie Chan
When I'm making an American film, it's more safe because there are so many people on the set to watch me. Whatever I do, they… — Jackie Chan

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