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It's crazy: the first black man to actually step foot in America came as a free man, as an explorer, with the Spaniards. That's something for me - as a black American, it gives me a little bit of pride because we were free and respected somewhere else before slavery became what it was.

~Aldis Hodge

Topics: Actually America American Became Because Before Bit Black Came Crazy Else Explorer First Foot Free Free Man Gives Little Little Bit Man Me Pride Respected Slavery Something Somewhere Somewhere Else Step Were

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There's a really great documentary called 'Many Rivers,' which documents the totality of slavery from its inception, and then it gives you a little history on how America came to prominence. It's crazy - the first black man to actually step foot in America came as a free man, as an explorer, with the Spaniards.

~Aldis Hodge

Topics: Actually America Black Came Crazy Documentary Documents Explorer First Foot Free Free Man Gives Great History How Inception Little Man Many Really Rivers Slavery Step Then Totality Which You

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You get into these executive offices, and people say, 'Oh, we have this project. Wait a minute, guys, we need diversity - let's choose a black actor for this; let's choose a Hispanic actor for this,' instead of saying, 'That's not diverse, that's just normal. That's what makes up America.'

~Aldis Hodge

Topics: Actor America Black Choose Diverse Diversity Executive Get Guys Hispanic Instead Just Makes Minute Need Normal Offices Oh People People Say Project Say Saying Up Wait You

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I hope people will learn more about agriculture in America. About locally grown farming and about water conservation. About how much pollution results from beef and pig farming.

~Alec Baldwin

Topics: About Agriculture America Beef Conservation Farming Grown Hope How How Much Learn Locally More Much People Pig Pollution Results Water Will

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The campaign finance scandal in America is the global warming of American political life - with cash substituting for deadly solar radiation.

~Alec Baldwin

Topics: America American Campaign Campaign Finance Cash Deadly Finance Global Global Warming Life Political Political Life Radiation Scandal Solar Warming

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America is competitive. We compete with each other every day.

~Alec Baldwin

Topics: America Compete Competitive Day Each Every Every Day Other

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The way America sees Mexico, if they have any sense of it, is like Taco Bell. Our countries are neighbors, and the only hard food to get in America is true Mexican. It's impossible to find, even in L.A. Why is that?

~Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu

Topics: America Any Bell Countries Even Find Food Get Hard Impossible Like Mexican Mexico Neighbors Only Our Sees Sense Taco True Way Why

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I grew up in the north of Chile, and this is why there are a lot of religious symbols in my pictures: because the Catholic Church in Latin America is very strong.

~Alejandro Jodorowsky

Topics: America Because Catholic Catholic Church Chile Church Grew Latin Latin America Lot North Pictures Religious Strong Symbols Up Very Why

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I'll take any life in which I can make choices and have agency, and America is not a bad place for all that.

~Aleksandar Hemon

Topics: Agency America Any Bad Choices Life Make Place Take Which I Can

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I did not intend to stay; I had no experience in the United States - I may have been here less than 24 hours - but I knew I would never get inside there. And 'there' not being America necessarily, but that harmonious mode of living that some people are lucky enough to have in this country.

~Aleksandar Hemon

Topics: America Been Being Country Did Enough Experience Get Had Harmonious Here Hours Inside Intend Knew Less Living Lucky May Mode Necessarily Never No Experience People Some Some People States Stay Than United United States Would 24 Hours

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