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There's no such thing as good news in America. ↗

— Steven Patrick Morrissey

#good #good news #news #such #thing

In becoming an American, from Europe, what one has in common with that other immigrant is contempt for me-it's nothing else but color. ↗

— Toni Morrison

#becoming #color #common #contempt #else

In this country American means white. Everybody else has to hyphenate. ↗

— Toni Morrison

#country #else #everybody #everybody else #means

Some Native American writers enjoy being called Native American writers. ↗

— Toni Morrison

#american writers #being #called #enjoy #native

It was really strange for me when I started to play concerts in America where the audiences were all sitting down. ↗

— Van Morrison

#audiences #concerts #down #i #me

Skiffle was a name that was attached to what was, in essence, American folk music with a beat. ↗

— Van Morrison

#attached #beat #essence #folk #folk music

I know I will never have a hit single in America. ↗

— Steven Patrick Morrissey

#hit #hit single #i #know #never

The real 1960s began on the afternoon of November 22, 1963. It came to seem that Kennedy's murder opened some malign trap door in American culture, and the wild bats flapped out. ↗

— Lance Morrow

#afternoon #american #american culture #bats #began

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

There are hardly five critics in America; and several of them are asleep. ↗

— Herman Melville

#asleep #critics #five #hardly #several