Many of the people who consented to talk about their private lives in front of millions of television viewers would say that they were sharing their stories as a way to give comfort [to] fellow sufferers, to raise public awareness, to give a voice to their pain. None of them would ever admit that it was all about ratings and voyeurism and lurid, grotesque curiosity.
Elizabeth WurtzelStichwörter: society america television
Vietnam was a country where America was trying to make people stop being communists by dropping things on them from airplanes.
Kurt Vonnegut Jr.Stichwörter: america communism vietnam vietnam-war bombs airplanes communists
Stop listening to the TV tell you about America the beautiful . . . get up and be America the beautiful.
Rivera SunStichwörter: inspirational beauty activism nature change america hope television personal-growth
I'm American. Like I told you. And I'm American and not something else because they failed that day. They couldn't do it and most of them probably knew they couldn't do it before they even started, but they went anyhow. There's honor in that. I don't reckon there's much honor left in the world now, but they had it that day and I honor them on both sides by knowing what I can about it. Much as I can.
Lance WellerStichwörter: america civil-war honor
America runs on credit darling. Why do you worry, our credit will take care of this payment. It is not saving or cash in hand that matters. We do not need cash, we just need potential. The system in the US believes in potential. That is
the model of the future. You need not be born rich, but you should be in the league that can make it big.
Stichwörter: inspirational youth america capitalism potential credit
There’s a lot of things wrong with this country, but one of the few things still right with it is that a man can steer clear of the organized bullshit if he really wants to. It’s a goddamned luxury, and if I were you, I’d take advantage of it while you can.
Hunter S. ThompsonStichwörter: america self independence 1968
America, I don't think you can change history." All the same, his expression looked hopeful.
"Sure we can. Besides, who'd ever know about it but you and me?
Stichwörter: america foreshadowing maxon
We knew no one man had killed the prophet. Rather, the combined weight of racism and an absence of moral courage had crushed him. A constitution ignored, laws denied, these were the weapons. America pulled the trigger.
Marita GoldenStichwörter: america civil-rights-movement martin-luther-king mlk-martin-luther-king
France is to me the heroine in the romance of all the nations of all time. This feeling was born in me years ago when I read how her noble sons had defended America in its cradle. Today I am proud that I am one of the millions who will come to save our heroine from the clutches of the villain from across the Rhine.
William Arthur SirmonStichwörter: inspirational history patriotism america france germany historical-romance wwi rhine military-history world-history
I don't know what's worse by number in America, the vacant houses standing, or the homeless people falling into them.
Anthony LiccioneStichwörter: america homelessness economy shelter starvation coldness abandoned struggles vacant-houses
« erste vorherige
Seite 36 von 51.
nächste letzte »
Data privacy
Imprint
Contact
Diese Website verwendet Cookies, um Ihnen die bestmögliche Funktionalität bieten zu können.