Americanized Quotes (page 146)

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• reading
• people
• reality

The reality is that we will be reading Miranda rights to the corpse of Osama bin Laden. He will never appear in an American courtroom. That's the reality. He will be killed by us, or he will be killed by his own people so he's not captured by us. We know that. Eric Holder

• people
• value
• consistency

The American people can be - and deserve to be - assured that actions taken in their defense are consistent with their values and their laws. Eric Holder

• reading
• reality
• appearance

Let's deal with reality. The reality is that we will be reading Miranda rights to the corpse of Osama bin Laden. He will never appear in an American courtroom. Eric Holder

• evening
• decision
• government

Any decision to use lethal force against a United States citizen - even one intent on murdering Americans and who has become an operational leader of al-Qaida in a foreign land - is among the gravest that government leaders can face. Eric Holder

• change
• irresistible
• object

Television has changed the American child from an irresistable force to an immovable object. Laurence J. Peter

• health
• today
• other

Today, diabetes is now epidemic, according to the Centers for Disease Control, the National Institutes of Health, the American Diabetes Association and other national healthcare leaders. Tim Holden

• past
• instrumental
• something

The banjo is truly an American instrument, and it captures something about our past. Steve Martin

• oil consumption
• consumption
• almost

And almost half of American oil consumption is for motor vehicles. Tim Holden

• giving
• look
• classic

I knew I could only play Cyrano if he were Americanized. I had no intention of writing the script myself. I was afraid of it. You're playing with fire when you tamper with a classic. So I went looking for a writer. But it was such a personal idea, and anyone I would give it to would make it his own. It's hard to ask Neil Simon to write your idea. Steve Martin

• job
• finishers
• finishes

We don't start a job that we can't finish... that's the American way. Paul Wolfowitz

• country
• american
• bigs

The internal affairs of other countries has a big impact on American interests. Paul Wolfowitz

• thinking
• people
• pretty

The American people are pretty impressive in their ability to keep after something if they think it is doable. Paul Wolfowitz

• different
• wellness
• philosophy

Part of what is wrong with the view of American imperialism is that it is antithetical to our interests. We are better off when people are governing themselves. I'm sure there is some guy that will tell you that philosophy is no different from the Roman Empire's. Well, it is fundamentally different. Paul Wolfowitz

• thinking
• understanding
• look

Look, I think the public generally understands that what's at stake in Afghanistan is American security, number one. Paul Wolfowitz

• short
• perfect
• hand

The short story, on the other hand, is the perfect American form. Tobias Wolff