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“The great thing about America is I always come back with more books and more tip-offs of who to read. It's a country in love with crime fiction.” quote by Ian Rankin — Download Open image

“The great thing about America is I always come back with more books and more tip-offs of who to read. It's a country in love with crime fiction.”

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In 1991, I won the Chandler Fulbright Prize, which came with $20,000 and the stipulation of spending six months in the U.S.

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When I was in my early 20s and still at uni, I won a short-story competition: £200 was the prize.

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“went to take a look at it. A plaque”

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“...despite rumors to the contrary, you're on the side of the angels. (...) Whether you like it or not.”

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The costs of the Bush-Obama wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are now estimated to run as high as $4.4 trillion - a major victory for Osama bin Laden, whose announced goal was to bankrupt America by drawing it into a trap. The 2011 military budget - almost matching that of the rest of the world combined - is higher in…

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So here's what I want you to know, and here's what I want all our men and women in uniform to know: Because of…

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Today, the world looks to America for leadership. And America looks to its Corps of Marines.

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The image of blacks usually is one of people who are suffering from hunger, unemployment, and poverty. The idea of them as agents and activists - as starting revolutions - does not exist in most people's minds. And I think it's very, very important that folks understand how much this country was founded on the enslavement of blacks, and how…

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I'll smoke, I'll cough, I'll get the tumors, I'll die, deal? Thank you America. [salutes]

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America is a democracy and has no Hitler, but I am afraid for her future; there are hard times ahead for the American people,…

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I'm gonna bring America together.

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In the nineteenth century some parts of the world were unexplored, but there was almost no restriction on travel.:; Up to 1914 you did not need a passport for any country except Russia.:; The European emigrant, if he could scrape together a few pounds for the passage, simply set sail for America or Australia, and when he got there no…

We need a system that serves our needs, not the needs of others. Remember, under a Trump administration it's called America first. Remember that.

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America, you're sending girls a mixed message. On one hand, you're saying to have positive body image and love who we are; on the…

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