#eric

Irish Americans are no more Irish than Black Americans are Africans. ↗

— Bob Geldof

#black americans #irish #more #than

To be a slaveholder meant one had to regard the African American as inferior in every way. ↗

— Stephen Ambrose

#african american #american #every #had #inferior

I've got tonnes of aboriginal and Native American art, but I'd like even more. ↗

— Tori Amos

#american #art #even #got #i

There were also some cruel reviews by women, but the tone of the male reviewers, sometimes hysterical, was different. I have suffered, but I don't want to name names-but there have been men who have seemed to want to destroy me or my writing, men I don't even know. ↗

— Marguerite Young

#been #cruel #destroy #different #even

At the same time, I would add that the American people have a lot of courage. ↗

— Tadao Ando

#american #american people #courage #i #lot

You always want to try to make something new, and, of course, America is the world leader in economics today. ↗

— Tadao Ando

#america #course #economics #leader #make

The Africans know I'm not an African. I'm an American. ↗

— Whoopi Goldberg

#american #i #know

I don't believe America will justifiably make an unprovoked attack on another nation. It would not be consistent with what we have been as a nation or what we should be as a nation. ↗

— Dick Armey

#another #attack #been #believe #consistent

Isi, I’m trying to say that you’ve been… no, you’re so, you’re–” He stopped. "You are,” he said. His hand found hers, and he held her finger tightly, as though he did not dare to do any more than hold her one hand, and look at her, and breathe deeply. ↗

— Shannon Hale

#geric #isi #love #love

When bright young minds can't afford college, America pays the price. ↗

— Arthur Ashe

#america #bright #college #minds #pays