“In America, people of a certain age ask, 'Where were you when Kennedy was shot?' In my house you were more likely to be asked, 'Where were you when you first read 'The Catcher In The Rye?” PeopleFirstsAgeAmericaCertainAsksHouseShotsCatchers Author:Marisha Pessl
“Everybody knows - but no one wants to say - that the Democratic Party has become the party of special interest bigots and racial dividers. It runs the one-party state that controls public services in every major inner city, including the corrupt and failing school systems in which half the students - mainly African American and Hispanic - are denied a shot at the American dream.” KnowsWantStatesDreamRunningSchoolAmericaInterestPartyCitiesHalfFailingSpecialStudentsMajorsShotsDemocraticIncludingAfrican AmericanDeniedAmerican DreamDemocratic PartyPublic ServiceSpecial InterestsHispanicBigotsSchool SystemInner City Author:David Horowitz
“Shammiji is said to be India's answer to Elvis Presley, but I say that Elvis Presley is America's answer to Shammi Kapoor. The mark of a good actor is the belief with which he gives a shot and Shammiji gave his each shot with a strong belief and that makes him a great actor of all times.” GivingSaidAmericaActorsBeliefStrongAnswersShotsIndiaMarkAll TimeGood ActorsGreat Actors Author:Aamir Khan
“There are plenty of towns in America where the 4-year-old has shot his 2-year-old sister by using daddy's gun.” YearsAmericaGunShotsTownsPlentyDaddy Author:Geraldo Rivera
“The trickle-down experiment that began in the Reagan years failed America's middle class. Sure, the rich are doing great. Giant corporations are doing great. Lobbyists are doing great. But we need an economy where everyone else who works hard gets a shot at doing great!” NeedsYearsHardAmericaClassEconomyRichMiddleHard WorkShotsExperimentsCorporationsGiantsMiddle ClassLobbyistsTrickle Down Author:Elizabeth Warren
“I did do an American pilot, but it wasnt shot in America, it was shot in South Africa. It was called The Philanthropist, and it was for NBC.” AmericaShotsSouthPilotsSouth AfricaPhilanthropistNbc Author:Dominique McElligott
“In South America euphemism appears to be the grisly preserve of violent power. 'Liberty' was the name of the biggest prison in Uruguay under the military dictatorship, while in Chile one of the concentration camps was called 'Dignity.' It was the self-styled 'Peace and Justice' paramilitary group in Chiapas [Mexico] that in 1997 shot 45 peasants in the back, nearly all of them women and children, as they prayed in a church. What have the souls of the south done over the past few decades to deserve quite so much liberty and dignity and peace and justice?” ChildrenSoulSelfDoneAmericaPastNamesLanguageChurchJusticeLibertyViolenceGroupsMilitaryShotsDeserveDignityPrisonSouthDecadesViolentOppressionPreservesConcentrationCampsMexicoDictatorshipPeasantsOver The PastPeace And JusticeChileSouth AmericaConcentration CampEuphemism Author:Isabel Fonseca
“The idea that America elected a black man to be its president forty years after it declined to allow Martin Luther King Jr. to stand on a balcony without getting shot still maintains its power to awe and inspire.” MenYearsStillsIdeasAmericaBlackPresidentInspireKingsShotsAweFortyLutherBalconies Author:Charlie Pierce