My dad's in banking, my mum manages the American branch of a Swiss vitamin company; they're really busy, but they still come to all my premieres.
It was to carry the American democratic journey beyond these failings that Black citizens and civil rights workers risked unemployment, violence and death.
We always think of a diet with a big groan. But I think diets are fun. I think it is an American pastime for a lot of women.
Eighteenth century American furniture and the design of the architects Greene and Greene are my special love.
'Intelligent Design,' the relabeled, repackaged form of American creationism, has always had a problem. It just can't seem to produce any evidence.
Urban design as a discipline barely exists in most American and Canadian cities. In Singapore, there are innovative transportation strategies at work.
I'm Canadian. The only difference between dating American and Canadian guys is whether you'll be watching football or hockey. I have no preference.
Unemployment rates among Americans who never went to college are about double that of those who have a postsecondary education.
Yes, many immigrants cherish the value of choice and opportunity and the value of education more than 7th or 8th generation Americans.
If we do not provide education for every single American, we are consigning those without an education to second-class status.
Earth Day 1970 was irrefutable evidence that the American people understood the environmental threat and wanted action to resolve it.
Americans increasingly understand that clean energy is more than just an environmental issue. It is crucial to reducing our dangerous dependence on foreign countries.
The word 'equality' shows up too much in our founding documents for anyone to pretend it's not the American way.
I'm a great believer in the competitive system, and think that competition will bring us greater innovation and put American industry in information ahead of everyone also.
Fortunately, in President Obama, the child of an African and an American, we finally have a leader who is uniquely positioned to bridge the great reparations divide.
One of the great things and one of the horrible things about the American character is this extraordinary optimism and arrogance that everything will continue to be great and keep looking up.
My approach to politics is that I'm not a Democrat or a Republican. I'm an American and I always support candidates I think are great for the country.
One of the great cliches of campaign journalism is the notion that American elections have long since ceased to be about issues and ideas.
I have no doubt that 'On the Road' is a Great American Novel. But I'm also certain my students will do fine without it.
I had the notion that I wanted to write the great dirty American novel, so I went to Roanoke College on the GI Bill.
For example, Americans seem reluctant to take on Shakespeare because you don't think you're very good at it - which is rubbish. You're missing out here.
