#rican

I don't believe that the American dream should be reserved for those who are born into the elite or somehow have been given an advantage over others. My growing-up experience is probably the most important thing that guides my priorities and my work today. ↗

— Ken Salazar

#american #american dream #been #believe #born

I think FoxNews ratings are a reliable guide to the attitudes of the American electorate. ↗

— Reese Schonfeld

#attitudes #electorate #guide #i #i think

And as you point out, for American families who struggle every day to figure out how do they pay, we talk about gasoline prices. That throws budgets into a real problem when you have budgeted really tight. ↗

— Allyson Schwartz

#american #american families #budgets #day #every

I am trying to make my accent so it won't bother anyone, but I am not going to drive myself crazy trying to pretend I am an American girl when I am from Colombia. ↗

— Shakira

#am #american #anyone #bother #colombia

So far this spring, 59 American communities have been flattened by tornadoes. Nobody has helped. ↗

— Gordon Sinclair

#been #communities #far #flattened #helped

You destroy the initiative of the working people if they don't feel they have a fighting chance to be a part of the American Dream. ↗

— James Sinegal

#american dream #chance #destroy #dream #feel

I was making films about American society, and it is true that I never felt at home there, except perhaps when my wife and I lived on a farm in the San Fernando Valley. ↗

— Douglas Sirk

#american #american society #except #farm #felt

It is vital that Iraq and the United States together send the clearest possible signal that those who commit acts of violence against American military forces and American civilians will not be rewarded with amnesty. ↗

— Ike Skelton

#against #american #american military #amnesty #civilians

Never met Levinson. Ever. He directed those American Express spots for us for Seinfeld, and I was off on some guest spot that I didn't even want to do... and I got talked into doing it. ↗

— Patrick Warburton

#american express #directed #doing #even #ever

Being black, I'm involved in the reparations movement. It's focused toward the African-American audience. We could begin to heal. ↗

— Cassandra Wilson

#american audience #audience #begin #being #black