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The American system of democracy is founded on the concept that every citizen has the right to vote, to know that their vote is counted, and that the vote is counted accurately.

~Barbara Mikulski

Topics: Accurately American Citizen Concept Counted Democracy Every Founded Know Right System Vote

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In France and other European countries, film stars are more celebrated. In Germany, if we are good at what we do, we are respected but not acclaimed. And, of course, we are not paid like Americans are.

~Barbara Sukowa

Topics: American Celebrated Countries Course European European Countries Film France Germany Good Like More Other Paid Respected Stars

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I started my modelling career by sending my pictures to American Apparel and eventually meeting my friend Petra Collins, who started shooting me for magazines around New York. I ended up signing a modelling contract with Wilhelmina Models a couple of years later.

~Barbie Ferreira

Topics: American Apparel Around Career Collins Contract Couple Ended Eventually Friend Later Magazines Me Meeting Modelling Models My Friend New New York Pictures Sending Shooting Signing Started Up Who Years York

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Eighteenth century American furniture and the design of the architects Greene and Greene are my special love.

~Barbra Streisand

Topics: American Architects Century Design Eighteenth Furniture Love Special

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When I was leaving Yemen to come to America, things were tough. My dad had just been laid off, and it was a challenge. When I lived in Yemen, I thought America was a perfect place. Everything was bigger and better. I dreamed big. The American dream, you know? You have to work hard for your dream to come true.

~Barkhad Abdi

Topics: America American American Dream Been Better Big Bigger Challenge Come Dad Dream Dreamed Everything Had Hard Just Know Laid Leaving Lived Off Perfect Place Things Thought Tough True Were Work Work Hard You Your Your Dream

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What would be the nicest thing I could say about Newt Gingrich? He may be one of the great supporters of the humanities, because you have people who don't want to study the social sciences, because it's not profitable, and now Newt, as the highest-paid historian in American history, may be an encouragement to people to study history.

~Barney Frank

Topics: About American American History Because Could Encouragement Gingrich Great He Historian History Humanities May Newt Newt Gingrich Nicest Now People Profitable Say Sciences Social Social Sciences Study Study History Supporters Thing Want Who Would You

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In this view, the role of the great majority of Americans is simply to buy the products produced, work happily for their wages, and leave all of the significant economic decisions to the capitalists.

~Barney Frank

Topics: American Buy Capitalists Decisions Economic Great Great Majority Happily Leave Majority Produced Products Role Significant Simply View Wages Work

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The Clinton tax increase - which was an increase in taxes primarily on upper-income people - not only made the tax code more nearly progressive, it preceded one of the most productive economic periods in American life.

~Barney Frank

Topics: American American Life Clinton Code Economic Increase Life Made More Most Nearly Only People Periods Primarily Productive Progressive Tax Tax Code Tax Increase Taxes Which

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Earth Day 1970 was irrefutable evidence that the American people understood the environmental threat and wanted action to resolve it.

~Barry Commoner

Topics: Action American American People Day Earth Earth Day Environmental Evidence People Resolve Threat Understood Wanted

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The difference between being a victim and a survivor is often a low level of situational awareness. You can't be a super-spy, watchful and paranoid every day. But I am more watchful than the average American.

~Barry Eisler

Topics: Am American Average Average American Awareness Being Between Day Difference Every Every Day Level Low More Often Paranoid Situational Survivor Than Victim Watchful You I Am

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