"Every American should be forced to live outside the United States for a year or two. Americans should be forced to see how ridiculous they appear to the rest of the world! They should listen to someone else's version of themselves--to anyone else's version! Every country knows more about America than Americans know about themselves! And Americans know absolutely nothing about any other country!"

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John Irving

#Country Quotes #Two Quotes #America Quotes

“In all her history, from the formation of the federal government until the hour of secession, no year stands out more prominently than the year 1858 as evidencing the national patriotism of Virginia.”

Source : John Sergeant Wise, Paul Dennis Sporer (2005). “End of an Era: The Last Days of Traditional Southern Culture as Seen Through the Eyes of a Young Confederate Soldier”, p.68, Anza Publishing
“I won't go to places where you're going to find more attention. I go to the opposite.”

Source : "Eyes On Penelope Cruz". Interview with Laura Brown, www.harpersbazaar.com. April 10, 2012.
“The intolerant can be viewed as free-riders, as persons who seek the advantages of just institutions while not doing their share to uphold them.”

Source : "A Theory of Justice". Book by John Rawls, 1971.
“The fact is that we cannot drill our way to independence. We cannot drill our way to freedom, and we cannot drill our way to create jobs in this country.”
“Leaders are problem solvers by talent and temperament, and by choice.”
“I stupidly ignored education completely. I found it dull and I preferred to cause chaos and have fun. I regret this massively now.”
“Women should have equal pay for equal work and they should be considered equally eligible to the offices of principal and superintendent, professor and president. So you must insist that qualifications, not sex, shall govern appointments and salaries.”
“I travel a lot, and being in different countries and a part of cultures, that's just such a huge inspiration for music, and one way or another, you get influenced.”

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