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'Park Avenue: Money, Power and the American Dream' is an intentionally angry film. How could it not be when the chance of an infant dying is five times greater on the Bronx Park Avenue than on Manhattan's Park Avenue just across the Harlem River?

~Alex Gibney

Topics: Across American American Dream Angry Avenue Bronx Chance Could Dream Dying Film Five Greater Harlem How Infant Intentionally Just Manhattan Money Park Power River Than Times

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Americans will not buy irregular-looking or oddly shaped vegetables!

~Alex Guarnaschelli

Topics: American Buy Oddly Shaped Vegetables Will

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I am a vegetarian, and I sort of aspire to vegan-hood. So far I've noticed no difference at all in my climbing, but I feel a bit healthier overall. Though that's only because I'm eating more fruits and vegetables. I think the whole protein thing is overhyped. Most Americans eat far more than we need.

~Alex Honnold

Topics: Am American Aspire Because Bit Climbing Difference Eat Eating Far Feel Fruits Healthier More Most Need No Difference Noticed Only Overall Protein Sort Than Thing Think Though Vegetables Vegetarian Whole I Think I Am I Feel

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Most Americans don't even know that Minnie Driver is English or that Catherine Zeta Jones is Welsh, but people are reminded every time 'ER' is shown that I'm the British Dr. Corday.

~Alex Kingston

Topics: American British Catherine Dr Driver English Even Every Every Time Know Most People Reminded Shown Time Welsh

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American politicians are responsive almost solely to the interests and desires of their rich constituents and interest groups that primarily represent big business.

~Alex Pareene

Topics: Almost American Big Big Business Business Constituents Desires Groups Interest Interests Politicians Primarily Represent Responsive Rich Solely

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Please don't begin to believe that the American political establishment is anything but a corrupt puppet of oligarchy.

~Alex Pareene

Topics: American Anything Begin Believe Corrupt Establishment Oligarchy Please Political Puppet

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Tax expenditures for middle- and working-class Americans - like the earned income tax credit - aren't thought of as loopholes; they're just thought of as benefits.

~Alex Pareene

Topics: American Benefits Credit Earned Expenditures Income Income Tax Just Like Loopholes Middle Tax Thought Working-Class

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For most of the millions of people who watch TED videos at the office, it's a middlebrow diversion and a source of factoids to use on your friends. Except TED thinks it's changing the world, like if 'This American Life' suddenly mistook itself for Doctors Without Borders.

~Alex Pareene

Topics: American American Life Borders Changing Changing The World Diversion Doctors Except Friends Itself Life Like Millions Millions Of People Most Office People Source Suddenly Ted Thinks Use Videos Watch Who Without World Your

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We're getting the sort of 'compromise' American politics specializes in: the one where things are intentionally made worse for most people in the hopes that if things are made bad enough, the other side will cave.

~Alex Pareene

Topics: American American Politics Bad Cave Compromise Enough Getting Hopes Intentionally Made Most Other People Politics Side Sort Things Where Will Worse

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An American parliamentary system with proportional representation wouldn't immediately or inexorably lead to a flourishing social democracy, but it would at least correct the overrepresentation of an ideological minority and cut down on intentional tactical economic sabotage.

~Alex Pareene

Topics: American Correct Cut Democracy Down Economic Flourishing Ideological Immediately Intentional Lead Least Minority Parliamentary Proportional Representation Sabotage Social Social Democracy System Tactical Would

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