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“Everyone across America is tightening their belts. The only place it hasn't happened is D.C.”

America Happened Belts

Author:Ben Quayle

“What happened in America in the 1860s was a war of secession, a war of independence, no different in principle from what happened in America in the 1770s and 1780s.”

Different War America Principles Happened Independence Secession

Author:L. Neil Smith

“We have been terrorised by what happened in America and we express our condolences to the American people who suffered from this unexpected catastrophe and a new world war.”

People World Has Beens War America Happened War Of The Worlds Unexpected New World Catastrophe Condolences Our Condolences

Author:Muammar al-Gaddafi

“The most extraordinary of all the things called miracles, related in the New Testament, is that of the devil flying away with Jesus Christ, and carrying him to the top of a high mountain; and to the top of the highest pinnacle of the temple, and showing him and promising to him all the kingdoms of the world . How happened it that he did not discover America? or is it only with kingdoms that his sooty highness has any interest.”

Source: The Theological Works of Thomas Paine: To which are Added the Profession of Faith of a Savoyard Vicar

“I've always felt that my relationship to the United States is analogous to a marriage. I love this country. I hate it. I get angry at it. I feel close to it. I'm charmed by it. I'm repelled by it. And it's a marriage that's gone on for let's say at least 50 years of my writing life, and in the course of that, what's happened? It's gotten worse. It's not what it used to be.”

Feels Writing Years Country States America Used Hate Courses Felt United United States Gone Happened I Hate Angry Used To Be Writing Life Charmed

Author:Norman Mailer

“I always wanted to see what America was like. I had that curiosity in my 20s when I was working in the theatre here [ in London]... there was the mystery of LA and I wondered what happened over there. I wanted to go and check it out and I'm pleased that I have.”

Wanted America Happened Mystery Curiosity London Theatre Checks

Author:Tom Hiddleston

“I am angry at the Jews for many things... If you want to take the example of America, how they hold the power, the economical power in so many ways, and the press and the other kind of stuff... I never realized how it happened and they came to control the media to that point. Why?”

Ifs Way Want Kind America Stuff Happened Media Example Angry Presses Jew

Author:Oriana Fallaci

“A lot of times, kids go to college and take a major because they do what they think they're supposed to do. I told them I believe 90 percent of America gets up in the morning and drives to a job they hate. That could have happened to me in the hotel industry.”

Thinking Believe Kids Jobs America Hate I Believe Morning Happened College Industry Majors Percent Get Up Hotel

Author:Dana White

“Freedom in every sense but primarily political sense, a rise in repression that stems from a repression of sexuality. It's AIDS, it's herpes, it's this, it's that. Ask any saloon owner what's happened to social life in America in the past 12 years and they'll tell you it's a different world and these people are strongly misinformed by the media, peer pressure.”

“Time in China has no immediacy as in America. Here I find the swift passage of our few earthly years accepted as naturally as the fall of flower and leaf. ... I hear and speak a language in which grammar has no tense. Both scholars and illiterates, in ordinary daily speech, tell an event of centuries ago as casually as an incident of the hour. Only as my knowledge has accumulated have I been able to know whether something related happened just then or in some past dynasty.”

Knows Years Able America Past Time Fall Speak Language Hours Happened Century Events Flower Speech Ordinary China Accepted Related Passages Scholar Leafs Grammar Incidents Tense Dynasty Immediacy

Author:Nora Waln

“If I were in politics, and if you ever get me in the White House, trust me, there's a big change coming. What happened to America? We lost our roots.”

Ifs Bigs America House Lost White Happened Roots White House Trust Me Big Changes Changes Coming

Author:Phil Robertson

“Today, the Iraqi citizen sees that America is coming and wants to occupy his country and kill him, and he is willing to experience for himself what happened in Palestine.”

Want Country Today America Happened Willing Citizens Palestine

Author:Bashar al-Assad