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There is a deep sadness to American poverty, greater than the sadness of any other kind. It's because America has such an ideology of success.
Will Self
If I were to live my life over again, I would be an American. I would steep myself in America, I would know no other land.
Henry James
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The courage of life is often a less dramatic spectacle than the courage of a final moment; but it is no less a magnificent mixture of triumph and tragedy.
John F. Kennedy
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One sweetly solemn thought, comes to me o'er and o'er; I am nearer home today, than I ever have been before.
Phoebe Cary
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Chicago gave me more music than any other city in America.


Dave Grohl
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Everybody in America who didn't come over the Bering Strait ice bridge stole his land from somebody else.
P. J. O'Rourke
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Art is the triumph over chaos.


John Cheever
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On September 11 2001, America felt its vulnerability even to threats that gather on the other side of the Earth. We resolved then, and we are resolved today, to confront every threat from any source that could bring sudden terror and suffering to America.
George W. Bush
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The human murder by poverty in Latin America is secret. Every year, without making a sound, three Hiroshima bombs explode over communities that have become accustomed to suffering with clenched teeth.
Eduardo Galeano
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Love is the triumph of imagination over intelligence.


H. L. Mencken
The greatness of America lies not in being more enlightened than any other nation, but rather in her ability to repair her faults.
Alexis de Tocqueville
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Poetry is nearer to vital truth than history.


Plato
There's been a shift: Country music is popular music now. Every other genre wants to come over to our land.
Miranda Lambert
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I don't see any justification for the federal government owning land, other than the Statue of Liberty and maybe a few parks, maybe a few refuges. But to just own land to do nothing with it I think is a disservice to the Constitution.
Don Young
I love America more than any other country in this world, and, exactly for this reason, I insist on the right to criticize her perpetually.
James A. Baldwin
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President Obama has expressed his commitment to responsible stewardship of our land, water, and other natural resources. And one way of restoring the land to its natural condition is what we are doing here today - breaking pavement for the People's Garden.
Tom Vilsack
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Wisdom is oftentimes nearer when we stoop than when we soar.


William Wordsworth
More people are killed by stray bullets every day in America than have been killed by Ebola here. More are dying because of poverty and hunger.
Robert Reich
To keep the heart unwrinkled, to be hopeful, kindly, cheerful, reverent that is to triumph over old age.
Amos Bronson Alcott
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The struggle is so great that the triumph over fascism alone is worth the sacrifice of our lives.


Federica Montseny
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