#america

For a long time in American history, people didn't even come up before the Senate. They didn't come before the Judiciary Committee, and up until about 1923, something like that. ↗

— Fred Thompson

#american #american history #before #come #committee

In all honesty, I'm not able to talk about contracts. It's nothing with 'American Idol' in particular, it's just things I really need to take care of in my life. ↗

— Mario Vazquez

#about #american #american idol #care #contracts

In Latin America, women are supposed to be voluptuous. They don't believe that you have to be skinny to be attractive. ↗

— Sofia Vergara

#attractive #believe #latin #latin america #skinny

Being an American is about having the right to be who you are. Sometimes that doesn't happen. ↗

— Herb Ritts

#americans #civil-rights #expression #gay-rights #homosexuality

Yes, but another writer I read in high school who just knocked me out was Theodore Dreiser. I read An American Tragedy all in one weekend and couldn't put it down - I locked myself in my room. Now that was antithetical to every other book I was reading at the time because Dreiser really had no style, but it was powerful. ↗

— Joan Didion

#another #antithetical #because #book #down

There's something about an American soldier you can't explain. They're so grateful for anything, even a film actress coming to see them. ↗

— Marlene Dietrich

#actress #american #anything #coming #even

Our country is not in crisis; there are no tanks in the streets. No matter what the outcome of the president's situation, life in America will go on. Our lives will continue to be filled with practical matters, not constitutional ones. ↗

— Jennifer Dunn

#constitutional #continue #country #crisis #filled

I've always liked country music. It's a certain aspect of America that goes back to the British Isles and the influence is very native to America. ↗

— Robert Duvall

#america #aspect #back #british #certain

It's a cyclical thing. When they make one, everyone loves them. Different genres come around in succession. People always welcome the western. It's America's genre. ↗

— Robert Duvall

#america #around #come #cyclical #different

Some Russian ballet master woman said there's no culture in America, but if you look you can find interesting stuff in this country, don't you think? ↗

— Robert Duvall

#ballet #country #culture #find #interesting