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Is there something wrong with being a Muslim in this country? The answer's no. That's not America. Is there something wrong with some seven-year-old Muslim American kid believing that he or she could be president?

~Colin Powell

Topics: America American Answer Being Believing Could Country He He Or She Kid Muslim President She Some Something Wrong

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I've been to Japan, I've been to China, I've been to Africa, I've been to the Middle East, I've been to Europe a little bit. I've never been to South America.

~Colin Quinn

Topics: Africa America Been Bit China East Europe Japan Little Little Bit Middle Middle East Never South South America

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My wife is French, and so I get to see America through her eyes, which informs a lot of little moments. It means I can poke fun at very particular things about us.

~Colin Trevorrow

Topics: About America Eyes French Fun Get Her Informs Little Lot Means Moments Particular Poke See Things Through Us Very Which Wife I Can

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'Jurassic Park' doesn't belong to America; it belongs to the whole world.

~Colin Trevorrow

Topics: America Belong Belongs Jurassic Jurassic Park Park Whole World

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I said that when I looked at photographs of the firefighters who went into the Twin Towers, their faces looked to me like Irish faces. I hadn't yet learnt how careful outsiders have to be when talking about race in America, and I'd put my foot in it. Someone stood up and said aggressively, 'What do you mean by Irish faces?'

~Colm Toibin

Topics: About America Careful Faces Firefighters Foot How Irish Learnt Like Looked Me Mean Outsiders Photographs Put Race Said Someone Stood Talking Towers Twin Up Who You

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Everyone who's in America spends the first few years not experiencing it. The person is frightened by the newness of the place and doesn't see things. Her emotional universe becomes the entire universe. And then when she thinks of home, her distance in space can seem like a distance in time.

~Colm Toibin

Topics: America Becomes Distance Emotional Entire Everyone Experiencing Few First Frightened Her Home Like Newness Person Place See Seem She Space Then Things Thinks Time Universe Years

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From afar, I have cried watching my nation, sore with prejudice, slowly heal itself. I hurt along with America, my phantom pains only alleviated by work I do every day - art.

~Colman Domingo

Topics: Afar Along America Art Cried Day Every Every Day Heal Hurt Itself Nation Only Pains Phantom Prejudice Slowly Sore Watching Work

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In America, when you hear about the Underground Railroad, it's so evocative. You think it's a literal subway for a few minutes before your teacher goes on and describes where it actually was.

~Colson Whitehead

Topics: About Actually America Before Evocative Few Goes Hear Literal Minutes Railroad Subway Teacher Think Underground Where You Your

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I am not sure the issue of race in America will ever be completely solved.

~Colson Whitehead

Topics: Am America Ever Issue Race Solved Sure Will I Am

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If you want to understand America, it's slavery.

~Colson Whitehead

Topics: America Slavery Understand Want You

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