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In America few people will trust you unless you are irreverent. ↗

— Norman Mailer

#few #few people #irreverent #people #trust

Our authorities leave us no doubt that the trust lodged with the oligarchy was sometimes abused, but it certainly ought not to be regarded as a mere usurpation or engine of tyranny. ↗

— Henry James Sumner Maine

#certainly #doubt #engine #leave #lodged

The Roman Code was merely an enunciation in words of the existing customs of the Roman people. ↗

— Henry James Sumner Maine

#customs #existing #merely #people #roman

Pro basketball is a very mercenary endeavor. ↗

— Rick Majerus

#endeavor #mercenary #pro #very

'Government gets things right' does not encourage sales. 'Government makes another blunder' does encourage sales, so there's a commercial imperative that pushes sensationalism. ↗

— John Major

#blunder #commercial #does #encourage #gets

It's a really unfair world because life is, where I am; all day long we listen to American music. So I don't see why the radios in the U.S. cannot even put aside one hour a day just to play music that is not American. ↗

— Miriam Makeba

#am #american #american music #aside #because

I came to America to become an architect. And somewhere along the line while I was still in school, I was lured into theater, and that's how I became interested in theater. My first play was something called "A Banquet for the Moon." It was a weird play. ↗

— Mako

#america #architect #banquet #became #become

No matter what happens, we couldn't let people say Asian-American actors can't act. ↗

— Mako

#american actors #asian-american #happens #matter #people

I guess the majority of people who want to ban certain musicians are the ones who are so proud of everything America stands for. ↗

— Stephen Malkmus

#ban #certain #everything #guess #i

Nothing symbolizes American strength and vigor more than another unaccountable Washington bureaucrat. ↗

— Michelle Malkin

#another #bureaucrat #more #nothing #strength