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“Really, an historic night last night. You may have heard, Barack Obama will be the first black president of the United States of America. ... Obama is also the first Democrat to receive more than 50 percent of the vote since Jimmy Carter, the first senator to be elected since Jack Kennedy, the first Muslim to be ... I said too much.”

“If I was ever going to become a good designer, I had to leave America. My own culture was inhibiting me. Too much style in America is tacky. It's looked down upon to be too stylish. Europeans, however, appreciate style.”

Ifs America Culture My Own Too Much Style Appreciate Designer Good Design Stylish Tacky

Author:Tom Ford

“More die in the United States of too much food than of too little.”

Source: The affluent society

“According to the Rand McNally Places-Rated Almanac, the best place to live in America is the city of Pittsburgh. The city of New York came in twenty-fifth. Here in New York we really don't care too much. Because we know that we could beat up their city anytime.”

Knows Humor Care Funny America Cities Too Much New York Beats Twenties Don't Care Fifth Places To Live Best Place Pittsburgh Caring Too Much

Author:David Letterman

“America is a conservative country with a small "c" - they want change, but they don't want too much change too fast.”

Want Country America Too Much Conservative

Author:Howard Dean

“Claudia Rankine's Citizen comes at you like doom. It's the best note in the wrong song that is America. Its various realities-'mistaken' identity, social racism, the whole fabric of urban and suburban life-are almost too much to bear, but you bear them, because it's the truth. Citizen is Rankine's Spoon River Anthology, an epic as large and frightening and beautiful as the country and various emotional states that produced it.”

“In America ... who is to stop congress from spending too much money. They will not stop themselves, that is certain. Everybody has to think about that now. Who is to stop them.”

Thinking Government America Certain Too Much Congress Spending

Author:Gertrude Stein

“The Constitutional Convention debated whether America should even have a standing army. ... They worried that a powerful military could rival civilian government for power in our new country, and of course they worried that having a standing army around would create too much of a temptation to use it.”

Should Country Use Government America Courses Powerful Too Much Military Standing Army Temptation Worried Conventions Rivals Civilians Militarism Constitutional Convention

Book:Drift: The Unmooring of American Military Power

Source: Drift: The Unmooring of American Military Power

“40% of homicides go unsolved. You know, it's not a very good record. And, also, 95% of convictions in America come from plea bargaining, which is often coerced. It's like we have the worst of both worlds. We don't convict the guilty enough, and we coerce the innocent too much.”

Knows World Enough America Records Too Much Worst Very Good Conviction Innocent Guilty Bargaining Homicide Convicts Coerce Good Records

Author:Bill Maher