America Quote by Junot Diaz

I think that America is such an incredibly dynamic place because of immigration. We fundamentally have been a culture that's been put together from…

— Junot Diaz

This country has such little sense of itself sometimes, I'm astonished. America is one of the biggest myth-making countries, whether we're talking about how…

— Junot Diaz

The popular story is that America was built by immigrants and that, therefore, everything about immigration is good and leads to a more successful…

— James Howard Kunstler

“There is no one story that will replace the American dream, but stories like this one—and there are thousands—can inform the myth or myths…

— Carolyn Baker

The conventional wisdom is that people come to the United States, and immigration is so great, and they say, 'America, what a great country.'…

— James Gray

The American story is a story of immigration. I would be the last person who would say immigrants are not important to America.

— Phil Gramm

I think the American Dream is kind of a myth, especially for millennials.

— Weyes Blood

In the United States, the immigrant experience occupies a very central place in American mythology. And sometimes, that place wavers between acceptance and rejection.

— Nguyen Viet Thang

A myth is more powerful - and more lasting - than reality.

— Gloria Naylor

I think the greatest thing about America is the American Dream.

— Wyclef Jean

Myths and legends die hard in America.

— Hunter S. Thompson

America was and is the immigrant's dream.

— Don DeLillo