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I like motivational books, because I like the go-getting American spirit - your destiny is in your own hands, life is what you make it, don't accept your limitations, jump before you're pushed, leap before you look. ↗

— Louise Mensch

#american #american spirit #because #before #books

Wanted has gone into second, third and fourth printings of the individual issues and the north American printings of Wanted #1 are now close to 100,000. ↗

— Mark Millar

#close #fourth #gone #individual #into

In a way, 'Sin City''s designed to be paced somewhere between an American comic book and Japanese manga. Working in black and white, I realized that the eye is less patient, and you have to make your point, and sometimes repeat it. Slowing things down is harder in black and white, because there isn't as much for the eye to enjoy. ↗

— Frank Miller

#because #between #black #black and white #book

The administration is using the devastation of Hurricane Katrina to cut the wages of people desperately trying to rebuild their lives and their communities. ↗

— George Miller

#communities #cut #desperately #devastation #hurricane

Let us heed the voice of the people and recognize their common sense. If we do not, we not only blaspheme our political heritage, we ignore the common ties that bind all Americans. ↗

— Barbara Jordan

#bind #common #common sense #heed #heritage

Anyone who watches a lot of television, or listens to pop music, is familiar with a certain vision of America. If not exactly colorblind, this America is one in which different races easily interact, in which a white person might have an Asian boss, Hispanic stepson, or African-American frenemy. ↗

— Wesley Morris

#america #anyone #asian #boss #certain

The Constitution, as originally drawn, made no reference to the fact that all Americans wre considered equal members of society. ↗

— Constance Baker Motley

#considered #constitution #drawn #equal #fact

When we make college more affordable, we make the American dream more achievable. ↗

— William J. Clinton

#american #american dream #college #dream #make

Genius is an African who dreams up snow. ↗

— Vladimir Nabokov

#dreams #genius #snow #up #who

The banjo is truly an American instrument, and it captures something about our past. ↗