"America is false to the past, false to the present, and solemnly binds herself to be false to the future."

-- Frederick Douglass

#Past Quotes #America Quotes #Literature Quotes

“In Australia, kids play in American accents.”
“Growing up in eastern Kentucky like I did, I'm used to having a few guns around to protect me.”
“I daydreamed for motivation. I didn't lie to myself and talk about my passions and how if I was passionate enough about something I could be successful at it.”
“From American Idol to The Matrix participatory media - where old and new media converge by involving fans - is influencing our culture by creating new forms of interactive storytelling. Yet by enabling people to participate in such various media they can converge as a crowd to alter the story to create new modes of engagement, some not necessarily endorsed by the creator - or the brands that back them.”
“A lot of times naysayers are just people that have not taken the time yet.”
“I'm 100% proud of the TV work I achieved. The work I did on shows on insects and Great White sharks... stuff that's in school curriculums in England. Now they are showing up on Discovery Channel.”
“Where the press is free and every man able to read, all is safe.”
“People think there's a rigid class system here, but dukes have been known to marry chorus girls. Some have even married Americans.”

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