#erica

I must try and break through the cliches about Latin America. Superpowers and other outsiders have fought over us for centuries in ways that have nothing to do with our problems. In reality we are all alone. ↗

— Gabriel Garcia Marquez

#alone #america #break #centuries #cliches

If Obama fails to win reelection, let the blame be first laid at the door of Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, who at a pivotal point threw gasoline on the flames by comparing angry American citizens to Nazis. ↗

— Camille Paglia

#american citizens #angry #blame #citizens #comparing

I came up with American Splendor. Some people think it's American Squalor. ↗

— Harvey Pekar

#came #i #i came #people #some

Let's go tell everyone we meet that, when the American dream is at stake, you want Barack Obama in charge. ↗

— Deval Patrick

#american dream #barack #barack obama #charge #dream

It's tough to figure out how do we compete in Europe and North America, when obviously a living wage for us is very different than a living wage in Indonesia. ↗

— John Malkovich

#compete #different #europe #figure #how

It's hard for a Jew of my generation, an American Jew, who is philo-Zionistic, not to romanticize Israel. ↗

— David Mamet

#generation #hard #israel #jew #my generation

A lot of American actors I work with are in character all day long. You can't talk to them. It's Method and the whole thing. ↗

— Norman Jewison

#american #american actors #character #day #i

As we embrace the American dream and the freedoms it represents, we must also ensure that those who wish to enjoy those freedoms become a part of our society and learn to speak our language. ↗

— Bobby Jindal

#american #american dream #become #dream #embrace

No matter where you go and what you do in America, you turn the tele on and you're confronted with violence. ↗

— Steve Irwin

#confronted #go #matter #tele #turn

I didn't grow up in the typical happy American home, but music was always a safe and wonderful place for me to go. ↗

— Chris Isaak

#american #go #grow #grow up #happy