#erica

For my constituents, owning a home is the culmination of many years of hard work and the realization of the American Dream. At no time should a local entity take those years of hard work solely to increase their tax revenue. ↗

— Solomon Ortiz

#american dream #constituents #culmination #dream #entity

In addition to serving overseas, the Peace Corps' Crisis Corps Volunteers have helped their fellow Americans. ↗

— Solomon Ortiz

#corps #crisis #fellow #fellow americans #helped

When no other schools in the Southeastern Conference or the former Southwestern Conference would award them athletic scholarships, African Americans had been recruited by and playing for Texas Western since the 1950s. ↗

— Solomon Ortiz

#african americans #athletic #award #been #conference

Oh that's very English, that's probably why. They just go "LOL" in America. ↗

— Kelly Osbourne

#english #go #just #oh #probably

Country music has become the music that best represents the reality of American life. ↗

— Brad Paisley

#american life #become #best #country #country music

You stuff somebody into the American dream, and it becomes a prison. ↗

— Craig L. Thomas

#american dream #becomes #dream #into #prison

I think America is just so in love with conflict. ↗

— Chuck Palahniuk

#conflict #i #i think #just #love

I believe in the American Dream because I have lived the American Dream. ↗

— Carl Paladino

#american dream #because #believe #dream #i

Personal identity seems like it's just such an American archetype, from Holly Golightly re-inventing herself in 'Breakfast At Tiffany's' to Jay Gatsby in 'The Great Gatsby.' It seems like the sort of archetypal American issue. If you're given the freedom to be anything, or be anyone, what do you do with it? ↗

— Chuck Palahniuk

#anyone #anything #archetypal #breakfast #freedom

The world of American politics is more contentious than it has ever been in my lifetime. ↗

— Chuck Palahniuk

#american politics #been #contentious #ever #lifetime