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While he was in the service, in the South and in Oklahoma, he was refused service at a couple of places where he was in uniform, and was told that African Americans, blacks, Negros, were not served. And in spite of that, I've never known a man who loved this country more than my father did. ↗

— Eric Holder

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American cinema tends to express a patriotic relationship to national identity on a regular basis. ↗

— Tom Hooper

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American movies are often very good at mining those great underlying myths that make films robustly travel across class, age, gender, culture. ↗

— Tom Hooper

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For us Africans, literature must serve a purpose: to expose, embarrass, and fight corruption and authoritarianism. It is understandable why the African artist is utilitarian. ↗

— Ama Ata Aidoo

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Unlike most major American cities, Honolulu is geographically insulated from the rest of the country. When disaster strikes we cannot call on neighboring states for assistance. ↗

— Daniel Akaka

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We have been filled with grief as we have witnessed the decline of the North American Church that was once filled with missionary zeal and yet now seems determined to bury itself in a deadly embrace with the spirit of the age. ↗

— Peter Akinola

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American critics are like American universities. They both have dull and half-dead faculties. ↗

— Edward Albee

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If it is widely assumed that the new President cannot move forward simply because of a narrow victory, there can easily develop a sense of unease and uncertainty, adversely affecting every sector of American society, our economy and the perception of other nations. ↗

— Richard V. Allen

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By giving every American access to quality, affordable health care, they will create a more competitive, a stronger and more secure America! ↗

— Tom Allen

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To be a slaveholder meant one had to regard the African American as inferior in every way. ↗

— Stephen Ambrose

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