#erica

Certainly, jazz has become more of a niche, which is surprising, because it's our music. It's the national music of America. ↗

— Renee Fleming

#because #become #certainly #jazz #more

This foundational principle - that human beings derive their rights from God, rather than from the State, or any other source - is what made America different. ↗

— Ernie Fletcher

#any #beings #derive #different #foundational

As always, the British especially shudder at the latest American vulgarity, and then they embrace it with enthusiasm two years later. ↗

— Alistair Cooke

#american #british #embrace #enthusiasm #especially

People, when they first come to America, whether as travelers or settlers, become aware of a new and agreeable feeling: that the whole country is their oyster. ↗

— Alistair Cooke

#america #aware #become #come #country

Growing up training, I use to get up so early I would wave to the garbage men going by. So, I had this relationship with Blue Collar America and I really liked it. I felt that lots of those people looked forward to me winning. ↗

— Gerry Cooney

#blue #blue collar #collar #early #felt

What I wish I had, is that I wish I was a little more Greek, in that I wish I could lose my North American driven attitude and that I could be a little bit more poetic and laissez faire. ↗

— Nia Vardalos

#attitude #bit #could #driven #greek

There's a focus that hasn't been there for ages and ages and some American bands are sounding quite English like they did in the late 70s and early 80s. ↗

— Graham Coxon

#american #bands #been #did #early

It came home to me indelibly that I was never going to change anything in America by walking around carrying a sign. It was a great revelation. It saved me a lot of anxiety and a lot of wasted energy. ↗

— Peter Coyote

#anxiety #anything #around #came #carrying

In America, we have to learn to be patient enough to figure out what somebody is saying. Somebody might actually be saying something. ↗

— Stanley Crouch

#america #be patient #enough #figure #learn

It's more like can I build a group of characters and can I tell some universal truths that feel real and aren't formulaic in the spirit of filmmakers gone by who've told American stories that were personal and universal as well. ↗

— Cameron Crowe

#build #characters #feel #filmmakers #formulaic