“I understand and sympathize with the reasonable needs of a reasonable number of people on a finite continent. All life depends upon other life. But what is happening today, in North America, is not rational use but irrational massacre. Man the Pest, multiplied to the swarming stage, is attacking the remaining forests like a plague of locusts on a field of grain.” PeopleMenNeedsUseTodayAmericaNumbersStageFieldsDependsHappeningsForestsRationalReasonableGrainContinentsIrrationalFinitePlagueAttackingNorth AmericaMassacresPests Author:Edward Abbey
“You see for me, America is an idea. It is a stage for transformation. I felt when I came to Iowa City from Calcutta that suddenly I could be a new person . . . What America offers me is romanticism and hope . . . Suddenly, I found myself in a country where” PersonsIdeasCountryAmericaFoundFeltCitiesStageOffersTransformationRomanticismIowaCalcutta Author:Bharati Mukherjee
“To come out here and play on Woodstock grounds, first year ever headlining on the main stage there's nothing more iconic. [Mysteryland] is one of those festivals that holds down the legacy of dance music it's been around for so many years. It's been part of what we do for so long. It kinda makes sense to bring the tradition over here to America. The festival grounds of Woodstock, that's pretty epic.” YearsFirstsLongPlayAmericaStageTraditionLegacyMake SenseEpicFestivalsIconicDance MusicWoodstock Author:Steve Aoki
“I started my teenage years singing in churches across America, and finally wound up on a big stage.” YearsBigsAmericaChurchStageSingingWoundsTeenageTeenage YearsSinging In Church Author:Amy Grant
“We're a leader sure, but still a member of the global community. And that's true and important and when America acts like its worst self on the global stage is when we forget that.” StillsImportantSelfAmericaCommunityForgetLeaderWorstStageMembersGlobal Community Author:Ben Dreyfuss
“I would never discredit anyone that is working their way up on a show like "American Idol." I think they work so hard overcoming all of the obstacles to get on the show in the first place and then every week they are judged in front of all of America... I give them complete credit for getting up on stage... I think they deserve all the success that they get.” ThinkingWayGivingFirstsHardShowsAmericaWeekStageFrontsDeserveOvercomingObstaclesCreditJudgedIdolsDiscreditAmerican Idol Author:Mandy Moore