#erica

The American attitude is 'We're the best'. That's why the NBA guys who come from other countries, the Europeans, all sort of stick together away from the game. ↗

— Andrew Bogut

#attitude #away #best #come #countries

Bill Gates wants people to think he's Edison, when he's really Rockefeller. Referring to Gates as the smartest man in America isn't right... wealth isn't the same thing as intelligence. ↗

— Larry Ellison

#bill #bill gates #edison #gates #intelligence

One out of every 100 American men is HIV positive. The rate of infection has reached epidemic proportions in 40 developing nations. ↗

— Philip Emeagwali

#american men #developing #epidemic #every #hiv

And if we think that laws designed to prevent crime can indeed make the world a safer place, we should ask ourselves this: How exactly, is the world made a safer place by making self-control and responsibility irrelevant? ↗

— Jeff Snyder (Nation of Cowards)

#constitution #politics #design

One ever feels his twoness - an American, a Negro; two souls, two thoughts, two unreconciled strivings; two warring ideals in one dark body, whose dogged strength alone keeps it from being torn asunder. ↗

— W. E. B. Du Bois

#american #asunder #being #body #dark

An American, a Negro... two souls, two thoughts, two unreconciled strivings; two warring ideals in one dark body, whose dogged strength alone keeps it from being torn asunder. ↗

— W. E. B. Du Bois

#american #asunder #being #body #dark

It's like everybody is obsessed with Hollywood movies worldwide. And even though everybody hates the Americans, they're still watching American movies. ↗

— Roland Emmerich

#american movies #even #everybody #hates #hollywood

I apologize to coalition forces and all the families, detainees, the families, America and all the soldiers. ↗

— Lynndie England

#apologize #coalition #coalition forces #detainees #families

America is practically owned by China. ↗

— Tom Winnifrith

#china #owned #practically

I'd love it if American kids were listening to Muslim music. ↗

— Brian Eno

#american kids #i #kids #listening #love