#american

Most of the time I spent in America, I was having a love affair with some American or other. I was just passing through but stayed because of these chaps. ↗

— Julie Christie

#america #american #because #chaps #having

I believe keeping our promises should be our highest priority and that means saving Social Security and Medicare while preserving the American dream for our children and grandchildren. ↗

— Tom Coburn

#american dream #believe #children #dream #grandchildren

The Federal Government is exploiting public fear to redefine the relationship between the rulers and the American people. ↗

— James Bovard

#american people #between #exploiting #fear #federal

American League teams don't bunt very often. National League teams bunt a lot. ↗

— George Brett

#american league #bunt #league #lot #national

I'm a chairperson for 'No Kid Hungry', a campaign for poor American children. ↗

— Jeff Bridges

#american children #campaign #children #hungry #i

In Jefferson's mind great historical leaps forward were almost always the product of a purging, which freed societies from the accumulated debris of the past and thereby allowed the previously obstructed natural forces to flow forward into the future. Simplicity and austerity, not equality or individualism, were the messages of his inaugural march. It was a minimalist statement about a purging of excess and a recovery of essence. ↗

— Joseph J. Ellis

#thomas-jefferson #equality

If we are wondering why only 19 percent of the American people feel that the Congress is in tune with their priorities, the cuts in Amtrak is one blatant reason why. ↗

— Corrine Brown

#american people #amtrak #blatant #congress #cuts

I say violence is necessary. It is as American as cherry pie. ↗

— H. Rap Brown

#cherry #i #necessary #pie #say

The Washingtonian said it shouldn't be built. The gallery's East Building is now considered a triumph, and members of the American Association of Architects have voted it one of the best buildings of all time. ↗

— J. Carter Brown

#architects #association #best #building #buildings

Still, American composers working in France have had a pretty hard time. ↗

— Gavin Bryars

#composers #france #had #hard #hard time