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“There was no experience, I thought, quite as wonderful as being an American in Paris.”
“The American people don't believe politicians. They don't believe business leaders or Hollywood celebrities or athletes or other supposed role models. And they certainly don't believe the news media.”
“If you were successful, somebody along the line gave you some help... Somebody helped to create this unbelievable American system that we have that allowed you to thrive. Somebody invested in roads...”
“There's a certain elitism that has crept into the attitudes of some in journalism, and it played out perfectly over the issue of these little American flag lapel pins.”
“I think people feel threatened by homosexuality. The problem isn't about gay people, the problem is about the attitude towards gay people. People think that all gays are Hannibal Lecters. But gay p...”
“What I wish I had, is that I wish I was a little more Greek, in that I wish I could lose my North American driven attitude and that I could be a little bit more poetic and laissez faire.”
“An American orchestra doesn't want to play more than it has to. I respectfully disagree with that attitude.”
“I hope that no American will waste his franchise and throw away his vote by voting either for me or against me solely on account of my religious affiliation. It is not relevant.”
“Let's say I find a lot of current American fiction too overwritten for my tastes, too self-conscious; I like something that's simpler and more direct. The story is what matters to me. I hope to mak...”
“Anglo-Saxon civilization has taught the individual to protect his own rights American civilization will teach him to respect the rights of others. ”
“The whole world has American dreams. This country has people from all parts of the world. We have Irish who live here, we have Brazilians.”
“There are 320 million American dreams. Go get yours.”
“I think Canadian humor is a little less broad than American humor.”
“Wit - the salt with which the American humorist spoils his intellectual cookery by leaving it out.”
“Whatever else an American believes or disbelieves about himself, he is absolutely sure he has a sense of humor.”
“I mean, yeah, I'm sure that Python and the other things have paved the way for a greater understanding of the British sense of humor, but I don't think it's all that different than the American sen...”
“I think American guys tend to be a bit more forward, a bit more chatty and open than the Brits. The Brits seem to have a darker sense of humor, though I have met some Americans who have adopted bit...”
“I have been definitely influenced more by Latin American writers than by any other type of writer. They are very close in terms of voice - their humor, their fatalism, their... well, that over-used...”
“From infancy, I had been accustomed to hear pro and con discussions of slavery and the American Civil War. Although the British government finally decided not to recognise the Confederacy, public o...”
“In a world of inhumanity, war and terrorism, American citizenship is a very precious possession.”
