#erica

America does not want vulgarity and sexual exploitation to be our values and we do not want the world to think those are our standards. We want to be a better nation and a better people, with better standards. ↗

— Charles W. Pickering

#better #does #exploitation #nation #our

It could be my British need for discipline that makes me admire the American appetite for freedom and passion. ↗

— Steve Winwood

#american #appetite #british #could #discipline

In spite of all this noise, customers are still definitely buying in North America, and they're really, really buying internationally. ↗

— Jim Balsillie

#buying #customers #definitely #internationally #noise

The amount of U.S. debt held by countries such as China and Japan is at a historic high, with foreign investors holding half of America's publicly held debt. This dependence raises the specter that other nations will be able to influence our policies in ways antithetical to American interests. ↗

— Evan Bayh

#america #american #american interests #amount #antithetical

I'm the whitest guy you will ever meet. The first time I saw an African-American, my dad had to tell me to stop staring. ↗

— Glenn Beck

#dad #ever #first #first time #guy

I think if you're writing from the heart, very often, the subject matter will adjust as you age... but you try to write the best song you can possibly write. For us, we have the same basic elements that make up the America sound. ↗

— Gerry Beckley

#age #america #basic #basic elements #best

The first time probably people really were aware of me, I unfortunately had the title of Showtime's Funniest Person in America. And that's a really tough title to travel around with when you're not even known. ↗

— Ellen DeGeneres

#around #aware #even #first #first time

In the United States there is more space where nobody is than where anybody is. That is what makes America what it is. ↗

— Gertrude Stein

#anybody #makes #more #nobody #space

Anything may be possible in America, but a Palin presidency is virtually implausible. ↗

— Ron Fournier

#anything #implausible #may #palin #possible

Native Americans had only stone and wooden weapons and no animals that could be ridden. Those military advantages repeatedly enabled troops of a few dozen mounted Spaniards to defeat Indian armies numbering in the thousands. ↗

— Jared Diamond

#armies #could #defeat #dozen #enabled