Most of the more celebrated names among African-American authors, poets, and artists are known to the world because of their association with specific cultural arts movements.
A bad liver is to a Frenchman what a nervous breakdown is to an American. Everyone has had one and everyone wants to talk about it.
With the single exception of the American Revolution, the aftermath of all revolutions from 1789 on only worsened the human condition.
It is the will of the American people that we have a right to protect our flag and this can only be accomplished by passing a Constitutional amendment.
The Americans stabbed in the back the forces that worked to bring about the collapse of Saddam's regime and wanted to keep Iraq a sovereign country.
While the form of treachery varies slightly from case to case, liberals always manage to take the position that most undermines American security.
In Australia, we point out a person's weaknesses as a way of saying 'I see you and I accept you'. If you do that with Americans, they instantly take offence.
There's an appeal to the American sense of exceptionalism, that we're morally superior, as way to not be self-critical. I think that's a bit dangerous.
Inspired by the purse rather than the soul, the mercenary side fairly screams in many of the works put out by every day American publishers.
Just because I like to suck cock doesn't make me any less American than Jesse Helms.
I see myself as part English and part American, with a dash of Irish thrown in, and a pinch of Italian from my mother's ancestry.
I don't care if you're Republican or a Democrat or a Liberal, getting crucified for the way you think or believe, obviously if it's not hurting anyone, it's just Un-American.
Americans easily forget that the air they breathe is the same as those in Europe or Africa or Asia; it's the same air as Jesus breathed. I would like them to remember that connection.
The first principle of a free society is an untrammeled flow of words in an open forum." (Adlai E. Stevenson, 1900-1965, American Lawyer, Politician)
In 2001, Katie Couric told 'Today Show' audiences that 7 percent of Americans doubt the moon landing happened - that it was staged in the Nevada desert.
Americans in general have a lot of compassion, we just don't always have the same view of how that compassion is implemented.
For the most part, the American film market has become very corporatised, even independent film to a degree, and because of the corporate management mentality, they want to take the safe way.
Is it 'left' to insist that presidents and CIA directors adhere to the law? I don't think so. I think it's American.
Whether they will or not, Americans must now begin to look outward. The growing production of the country demands it.
Caterham realises corporate America and the American consumer market... is the largest consumer market in the world and it is something that needs to be part of Formula One.
I'm definitely more influenced by European writers than I am by American writers, there's no doubt about that.
