#erica

The last man in the world who should have been criticized was the American soldier. They should have criticized me. ↗

— William Westmoreland

#been #criticized #last #man #me

We teach young kids from 8 to 14 or 15 about their musical heritage through great songs written by American songwriters. We don't do too many modern composers, although we include songs from Billy Joel and other writers like him. ↗

— Margaret Whiting

#although #american #billy #billy joel #composers

It's the movies that have really been running things in America ever since they were invented. They show you what to do, how to do it, when to do it, how to feel about it, and how to look how you feel about it. ↗

— Andy Warhol

#about #america #been #ever #feel

What's great about this country is that America started the tradition where the richest consumers buy essentially the same things as the poorest. ↗

— Andy Warhol

#america #buy #consumers #country #essentially

Once you 'got' Pop, you could never see a sign again the same way again. And once you thought Pop, you could never see America the same way again. ↗

— Andy Warhol

#america #could #got #never #once

I'm a misplaced American, but don't know where I was misplaced. ↗

— Ruby Wax

#american #i #know #misplaced #where

In known history, nobody has had such capacity for altering the universe than the people of the United States of America. And nobody has gone about it in such an aggressive way. ↗

— Alan Watts

#aggressive #altering #america #capacity #gone

I'm looking forward to the day when America will mature to the point that we are a color-blind society. I'm not so sure that in politics that will ever be reality, because politics has a way of separating us based on skin color. ↗

— J. C. Watts

#based #because #color #day #ever

Like any group that has endured much, African Americans have created a strong and mutually reinforcing sense of group identity. That's not a bad thing in and of itself. ↗

— J. C. Watts

#african americans #any #bad #bad thing #created

I do think, however, that there's a very diverse point of view in the African-American community. There's a lot of different voices that need to be heard. I don't claim and pretend to know the thoughts and opinions and ideas of all African-Americans. ↗

— J. C. Watts

#african-american community #claim #community #different #diverse