#eric

I think that America in general is piratical. Every time we accept a paycheck for doing almost nothing, allowing us to live above the poverty line, we're engaging in piracy. ↗

— Will Oldham

#accept #allowing #almost #america #doing

I'm still a member of the Empire! Although I sometimes feel like an American with a British accent - you get contaminated after so long. ↗

— Gary Oldman

#after #although #american #british #contaminated

Tobacco is America's greatest gift to the world! ↗

— David Hockney

#gift #greatest #greatest gift #tobacco #world

I came to America with a dream and I made it. The dream became reality. America is built for success. ↗

— Jean Claude Van Damme

#became #built #came #dream #i

'The Help' sheds light on a certain truth in America, but the tragedy is if we don't get a chance to contrast it with other points of views. 'The Butler' does that, 'Red Tails' does that and that's what '96 Minutes' does. ↗

— David Oyelowo

#butler #certain #chance #contrast #does

You cannot drive a system that's going to be aiming at preventing illness if everyone is not in it. The whole gaming of health insurance and health care in America is based on that fundamental principle: insure people who aren't sick and you don't have to pay more money on them. ↗

— Mehmet Oz

#america #based #cannot #care #drive

Well look, CIA is an agency that has to collect intelligence, do operations. We have to take risks and it's important that we take risks and that we know that we have the support of the government and we have the support of the American people in what we're doing. ↗

— Leon Panetta

#american #american people #cia #collect #doing

I always wrote; my first story was published in the magazine The American Girl when I was 11. ↗

— Sara Paretsky

#american #first #girl #i #i always

The best source for finding an agent is called Literary Agents of North America. It's a complete list of agents, not only by name and address, but by type of book they represent and by what their submission criteria are. ↗

— Sara Paretsky

#agent #agents #america #best #book

White-collar crime gets more outrageous by the second in America. ↗

— Sara Paretsky

#crime #gets #more #outrageous #second