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Wen wu contradicts the very American notion of John Wayne being the ideal of manhood. In the wen wu way of thinking, it's much more important to restrain rather than exert yourself through brute power.

~Alex Tizon

Topics: American Being Brute Exert Ideal Important John John Wayne Manhood More Much Notion Power Rather Restrain Than Thinking Through Very Way Wayne Yourself

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The thing is there have been American movies that are similar to Solaris, like Alien had a lot of things that are similar, although it's also got the horror element.

~Alex Winter

Topics: Alien Also Although American American Movies Been Element Got Had Horror Like Lot Movies Similar Thing Things

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I admire American women because they are really good at putting a look together that is sophisticated. As British girls, we lean toward being a bit more messy, a bit more undone, and maybe a little more eccentric.

~Alexa Chung

Topics: Admire American American Women Because Being Bit British Eccentric Girl Good Lean Little Look Maybe Messy More Putting Really Sophisticated Together Toward Undone Women

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The Narrator of 'A Sport and a Pastime' is an American photographer living in a borrowed house in what he calls 'the real France,' Autun, a small town where he hopes to take some career-changing photographs in the spirit of Atget.

~Alexander Chee

Topics: American Borrowed Calls France He Hopes House Living Narrator Pastime Photographer Photographs Real Small Small Town Some Spirit Sport Take Town Where

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ACT UP was trying to explain to Americans that AIDS could affect all of us: that health care that ended once your disease was expensive could affect more than gay men with HIV or AIDS. We were trying to tell them about the future - a future they didn't yet see and would be forced to accept if they failed to act.

~Alexander Chee

Topics: About Accept Act Affect Aids American Care Could Disease Ended Expensive Explain Failed Forced Future Gay Health Health Care Hiv Men More Once See Tell Than Them Trying Up Us Were Would Your

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By the 1880s, English translations of both the French and the Russian editions were available, and Americans began to read 'War and Peace.'

~Alexander Chee

Topics: American Available Began Both English French Peace Read Russian War Were

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I'm the only American alive or dead who presided unhappily over the removal of a vice president and a president.

~Alexander Haig

Topics: Alive American Dead Only Over President Removal Vice Vice President Who

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I'm a huge Rugby Union fan, which is a bit like American football - but tougher.

~Alexander Hanson

Topics: American Bit Fan Football Huge Like Rugby Tougher Union Which

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I have designed the most buildings of any living American architect.

~Alexander Jackson Davis

Topics: American Any Architect Buildings Designed Living Most

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My manager got the script for 'Under the Dome,' and I read it and just fell in love with the character. I grew up on Stephen King, and I love his whole aesthetic of the classic American story with supernatural events happening, so it just made sense.

~Alexander Koch

Topics: Aesthetic American Character Classic Dome Events Fell Got Grew Happening His Just King Love Made Manager Read Script Sense Stephen King Story Supernatural Up Whole I Love

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