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I write the black experience in America, and contained within that experience, because it is a human experience, are all the universalities.

~August Wilson

Topics: America Because Black Contained Experience Human Human Experience Within Write I Write

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Blacks in America want to forget about slavery - the stigma, the shame. If you can't be who you are, who can you be? How can you know what to do? We have our history. We have our book, and that is the blues.

~August Wilson

Topics: About America Blacks Blues Book Forget History How Know Our Shame Slavery Stigma Want Who You

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The blues are important primarily because they contain the cultural expression and the cultural response to blacks in America and to the situation that they find themselves in. And contained in the blues is a philosophical system at work. And as part of the oral tradition, this is a way of passing along information.

~August Wilson

Topics: Along America Because Blacks Blues Contain Contained Cultural Expression Find Important Information Oral Part Passing Philosophical Primarily Response Situation System Themselves Tradition Way Work

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Most of black America is in housing projects, without jobs, living on welfare. And this is not the case in 'The Cosby Show,' because all the values in that household are strictly what I would call white American values.

~August Wilson

Topics: America American American Values Because Black Call Case Cosby Household Housing Jobs Living Most Projects Show Strictly Values Welfare White Without Would

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Part of what our problem as blacks in America is that we don't claim that. Partly, you see, because of the linguistic environment in which we live.

~August Wilson

Topics: America Because Blacks Claim Environment Linguistic Live Our Part Partly Problem See Which You

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We now enter a new age of American history, and the question to be answered is this: Will we restore the republic our forefathers created, or will we allow it to be annihilated by those who hate America, its history, and all it stands for?

~Augustus Sol Invictus

Topics: Age Allow America American American History Answered Created Enter Forefathers Hate History New New Age Now Our Question Republic Restore Stands Those Who Will

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The roles that I feel I get, or handed to me, or whatever, are not that interesting. I don't think it's a problem that's specific to black women. I think it's a problem that's specific to movie-making in America.

~Aunjanue Ellis

Topics: America Black Feel Get Handed Interesting Me Problem Roles Specific Think Whatever Women I Think I Feel

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I love the U.K. It's so different over there from America, you know, the culture and stuff. It's pretty awesome.

~Austin Mahone

Topics: America Awesome Culture Different Know Love Over Pretty Stuff You I Love

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When I was 3, my mom sent in a video of me singing George Strait to 'America's Funniest Home Videos.'

~Austin Mahone

Topics: America Funniest George Home Me Mom Sent Singing Strait Video Videos

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House music originated in America, and it has always been around, but I guess it just got a tighter hold on Europe and other parts of the world.

~Avicii

Topics: Always America Around Been Europe Got Guess Hold House Just Music Originated Other Parts World

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