#eric

If our American way of life fails the child, it fails us all. ↗

— Pearl S. Buck

#american way #child #fails #life #our

It's funny how people who ain't never been down there can think that America is so fair and that we should be alright. It's funny that the people who have their foot on our neck are telling us, 'Get up. What's wrong with you?' ↗

— Ice Cube

#america #been #down #fair #foot

Certainly, jazz has become more of a niche, which is surprising, because it's our music. It's the national music of America. ↗

— Renee Fleming

#because #become #certainly #jazz #more

This foundational principle - that human beings derive their rights from God, rather than from the State, or any other source - is what made America different. ↗

— Ernie Fletcher

#any #beings #derive #different #foundational

I've never set out consciously to write American music. I don't know what that would be unless the obvious Appalachian folk references. ↗

— Carlisle Floyd

#american music #appalachian #consciously #folk #i

If you destroyed the underpinnings of this great American sport, you are a hated, ugly, detestable person. ↗

— Curt Flood

#destroyed #detestable #great #great american #hated

Remember when I told you about the American dream? That if you worked hard enough and tried hard enough and kicked yourself in the butt, you'd succeed? Well, I think I did, I think I did. ↗

— Curt Flood

#american #american dream #did #dream #enough

America tends to worship the modest talent because it doesn't put us in an uncomfortable position vis-a-vis the artist. ↗

— Carlisle Floyd

#artist #because #modest #position #put

I'm not expecting the American literary community to welcome me with open arms. To them I'm just some schmuck kid who wrote some book. ↗

— Macaulay Culkin

#arms #book #community #expecting #i

I think American actors are much more intimidated by Shakespeare. ↗

— Alan Cumming

#american actors #i #i think #intimidated #more