#america

I had no accomplishments except surviving. But that isn't enough in the community where I came from, because everybody was doing it. So I wasn't prepared for America, where everybody is glowing with good teeth and good clothes and food. ↗

— Frank McCourt

#america #because #came #clothes #community

I've had support from all sides, from people who call themselves Irish, from Northern Irish, to the whole of the UK, to people in America, and it would be terrible for me to segregate myself from one of those groups that support me so much. ↗

— Rory McIlroy

#call #groups #had #i #irish

I live in L.A. so I worry my kids aren't that connected to Britain, I suppose I don't want them to become American kids. We try to get back three or four times a year. When they go to school they speak with a British-American accent but when they come home to us they go back to their British accent. ↗

— Kevin McKidd

#american #american accent #american kids #back #become

In the late-'80s, there was a big push to make American football big in Scotland. The Super Bowl was on TV, but it didn't really catch on. When I was a kid, though, I became a big Miami Dolphins fan. I don't really know why - I just liked the logo, I guess. I didn't really know what was going on. ↗

— Kevin McKidd

#american football #became #big #bowl #catch

The American idea that everyone graduates high school at 18 is a good one. ↗

— David Miliband

#american idea #everyone #good #graduates #high

Unquestionably, there is progress. The average American now pays out twice as much in taxes as he formerly got in wages. ↗

— H. L. Mencken

#average #average american #formerly #got #much

Our challenge in this regard will be to broaden the scope of our federal funds in terms of international diplomacy, development aid, and international assistance. Many Latinos in the United States look at Latin America and see trouble brewing. ↗

— Robert Menendez

#america #assistance #broaden #challenge #development

And it was from Boston that one in every six American families began their journey into the land of the free. ↗

— Thomas Menino

#american families #began #boston #every #families

Likewise, I see no shame in writing Captain America or Wolverine. ↗

— Mark Millar

#captain #captain america #i #i see #likewise

I think American audiences are quite interesting in that they can handle almost any amount of violence, but the moment the violence becomes sexual violence it immediately becomes an issue. ↗

— Mark Millar

#american #american audiences #amount #any #audiences