The way I grew up playing, and the way most Americans have grown up, is that you hit the ball up in the air and then it stops where it lands.
A person has to ignore the larger social, economic, political, and religious climate of early North American colonialism to advance the Christian nation myth.
I've been as bad an influence on American literature as anyone I can think of.
That's what supporting the troops is really all about - making sure American grunts get the right stuff!
The problem is that Americans use the state as a moral compass. For libertarians, it is often frustrating to explain that advocating the decriminalization of x is not synonymous with endorsing x.
The tragedy of 9/11 galvanised the American superpower into action, leaving us in Europe divided in its wake.
Too often, a problem is allowed to fester until it reaches a crisis point... and the American people are left asking the question: what went wrong and why?
The American people have a right to except that the rule of law will guarantee that even if we don't like the policy, that it's done properly.
A lot of these American actors have this - in my view - misplaced view that they have to look like Action Man. The trouble is, they all run the risk of being interchangeable.
For many Native Americans across the land, the name of the Washington football team is a deeply personal reminder of a legacy of racism and generations of pain.
Well, I don't think so, because the president and members of Congress and governors have the same constituents. It's the American people who are hurting.
I don't really know Hollywood, but living and shooting in L.A. was very motivating, inspiring. The lights, the extras, their American faces, the energy, the Orpheum Theatre. It was all very inspiring.
Americans spend much of their adult lives paying taxes in various forms. We should end this practice of paying a tax that is triggered only by debt.
American businesses and upper incomes pay a larger portion of the federal taxes of our national taxes than any country in the world.
Americans are less selfish than some of our politicians believe and will respond with reason and resilience to passionate clarity.
I am an American. I adore Britain and have a strong English half, but my roots are here in the U.S. - it is not a matter of choice; it is simply fact.
After one year in the Texas League, the American League bought the rights to my contract. They optioned me back to the Texas League for the 1970 season.
Although most Americans don't know it, the U.S. gets more oil from Canada than it does from the entire Middle East.
To be honest, I've never been a huge fan of American soap operas. I grew up Spanish, so I grew up watching a lot of novellas.
Millions of Americans are struggling to pay their mortgages. They have a right to know whether members of Congress receive sweetheart deals in order to pay for theirs.
I watch 'The Voice' and 'American Idol,' and I sit in my Brookstone foot massager. It's so exciting at my house.
