#erica

I've been as bad an influence on American literature as anyone I can think of. ↗

— Dashiell Hammett

#american literature #anyone #bad #been #i

There are really two types of laughter on the part of the spectator. There is the laughter of recognition - which means seeing things you're familiar with and laughing at yourself. But there's also hysterical laughter - a way of dealing with the things we see that upset us. ↗

— Michael Haneke

#dealing #familiar #hysterical #laughing #laughter

Is the president purposefully using propaganda and hyperbole to garner the American public for support? ↗

— Sean Hannity

#american public #garner #hyperbole #president #propaganda

First of all, there's no mention of political parties in the Constitution, so you begin American history with not only no political conventions but also no parties. ↗

— Michael Beschloss

#american #american history #begin #constitution #conventions

I'm obviously an American citizen. My parents are American citizens. But I'm not looked at as an American. ↗

— Ana Castillo

#american citizen #american citizens #citizen #citizens #i

I am a gay American. ↗

— James McGreevey

#american #gay #i #i am

If the truth be known, we are on the verge of losing an entire generation of our young people, killing and dying in the streets of America. ↗

— Ron Dellums

#dying #entire #entire generation #generation #killing

It doesn't serve an American interest. It really doesn't really serve Israeli interests - it serves the interests of the political party that's getting the votes of the settlers on the West Bank. ↗

— Chris Matthews

#bank #getting #interest #interests #israeli

I let the American people down. ↗

— Richard M. Nixon

#american people #down #i #people

As an American citizen, one has to vote. ↗

— Jason Mraz

#american citizen #citizen #vote