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The noun phrase straw man, now used as a compound adjective as in 'straw-man device, technique or issue,' was popularized in American culture by 'The Wizard of Oz.' ↗

— William Safire

#american #american culture #compound #culture #device

The universe seems neither benign nor hostile, merely indifferent. ↗

— Carl Sagan

#hostile #indifferent #merely #neither #nor

All of the books in the world contain no more information than is broadcast as video in a single large American city in a single year. Not all bits have equal value. ↗

— Carl Sagan

#american #bits #books #broadcast #city

Instead of kids just hearing about beads and baskets and fringe, and about what 'was' and 'were,' we present Native American culture as a living contemporary culture. ↗

— Buffy Sainte-Marie

#american #american culture #baskets #beads #contemporary

But in the old days, visual artists used to fall into two distinct categories: those of us who created images with cameras and those of us who applied stuff onto other stuff, with brushes or other tools. ↗

— Buffy Sainte-Marie

#artists #brushes #cameras #categories #created

Sweet mercy is nobility's true badge. ↗

— William Shakespeare

#mercy #nobility #sweet #true

Americans pay up to 1,000 percent more to fill their prescriptions than consumers in other countries - that is an alarming statistic. ↗

— Ken Salazar

#consumers #countries #fill #more #other

We need a president who understands the contributions and values of rural America, a president who understands the men and women who are up at 5 a.m. every day to grow the food that we put on our tables. ↗

— John Salazar

#contributions #day #every #every day #food

It's a new day at the Department of Interior, and we need to examine what makes the most sense for the American people. These are American resources and American treasures, and we need to make sure we're providing the right kind of protection, oversight and stewardship of these resources for the American people. ↗

— Ken Salazar

#american #american people #day #department #examine

Barack Obama was not born into wealth or privilege, yet today his is president of these United States of America. Barack Obama has lived the American Dream. He has walked in our shoes. ↗

— Ken Salazar

#american #american dream #barack #barack obama #born