#erica

We discussed the history of postwar Japan and how Japan had missed an opportunity to build a more functional democracy because of the focus on fighting communism driven in large part by the American occupation. ↗

— Joichi Ito

#because #build #communism #democracy #discussed

It is possible to read the history of this country as one long struggle to extend the liberties established in our Constitution to everyone in America. ↗

— Molly Ivins

#constitution #country #established #everyone #extend

There's definitely a wave of Brits doing great work on American television, and I wouldn't mind being one of them! ↗

— Rob James-Collier

#american television #being #brits #definitely #doing

I think in order to keep America great, we have to keep America creative. ↗

— LL Cool J

#creative #great #i #i think #keep

We're going to raise a lot of money for cancer awareness, give some to the American Cancer Society and hopefully make a big difference. ↗

— LL Cool J

#awareness #big #big difference #cancer #difference

America is not a blanket woven from one thread, one color, one cloth. ↗

— Jesse Jackson

#blanket #cloth #color #thread #woven

I know I'm not known as method. By nature I'm not a brooder. What I continue to use is a mixture of the English school, which is traditionally outside-in, and the more American way of working from the inside out. ↗

— Hugh Jackman

#american way #continue #english #english school #i

I'm doing a new musical on Broadway, which opens in October called 'The Boy from Oz,' where I play Peter Allen. For those of you who don't know, he became first famous in America for marrying Liza Minelli. ↗

— Hugh Jackman

#america #became #boy #broadway #called

What is the American dream? The American dream is one big tent. One big tent. And on that big tent you have four basic promises: equal protection under the law, equal opportunity, equal access, and fair share. ↗

— Jesse Jackson

#american #american dream #basic #big #dream

I mean, the fight for a health care bill to cover all Americans and leave none behind is attacked as being a race appeal, which is not true, but then it's put out in the media as true. ↗

— Jesse Jackson

#appeal #attacked #behind #being #bill