America is an unsolvable problem: a nation divided and deeply in hate with itself. If it was a startup, we'd understand how unfixable the situation is; most of us would leave for a fresh start, and the company would fall apart. America is MySpace.
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Related It is a lie. ARTHUR MILLER Empathy is the new measurement of everything. It doesn't matter what religion you have, what God you... C. JOYBELL C. His life seemed like a deck of cards, and in the midst of all those two’s and three’s someone ha... TEKOA MANNING Life is not a game. Still, in this life, we choose the games we live to play. J.R. RIM Mother Superior jump the gun... -The Beatles, Happiness is a Warm Gun LAUREN MYRACLE Life is a re-discovery. BRIAN BLESSED If you think that life is a celebration full of party poppers and merry go rounds it's not it's a ga... GARY F EVANS... Life Is a Misconception. DEYTH BANGER Life is a desire! DEYTH BANGER To trust someone you must firstly remember that it is a two way street that will go all the way if y... GARY F EVANS... To stand on the brink of what is coming, feeling eager, optimistic anticipation—with no feeli... 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He no longer cared about himself LOIS LOWRY Let us declare that we are a nation of interdependence, and that in America love always trumps hate.... CORY BOOKER Our strength as a nation comes in our unity. We are the United States of America, not the divided st... BEN CARSON They may not know each other to say it, but it was never hidden. How much ever they hated each other... PARUL WADHWA America is a young dumb country and it needs all kinds of help. America is a dumb puppy with big tee... ABIODUN OYEWOLE This world is a peaceful stage where we are all villains of this drama and trees are the heroes. DEBASISH MRIDHA [An Ortega victory in November would leave Latin America with a third U.S. antagonist in the region,... DANIEL ORTEGA History is a wheel, for the nature of man is fundamentally unchanging. What has happened before will... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Life is a game. Money is how we keep score. TED TURNER This is your fault. I'm going to kill you. And all the cake is gone. 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given us from America is not in itse... DAVID LLOYD GEORGE The bottom line is, we have a right in America to express our views, even if most people would think... GENE POLICINSKI I also hate those holidays that fall on a Monday where you don't get mail, those fake holidays l... JOHN WATERS You must understand how shameful it is for us that a Muslim would become a Christian. If other peopl... ABDUL RAUF If the nation is not capable of preserving itself and reproducing, if it loses it vital bearings and... VLADIMIR PUTIN He would be proud with the progress, because we have come far. But he would point to how far we stil... ANDREW CUOMO A great future starts with what you can see SOTONYE ANGA America is a country that prides itself on being able to identify a 'straight shooter' or ... ADAM MCKAY If American forces leave Afghanistan, the Taliban is going to do what to America? Don't say you&... HENRY ROLLINS Life is a journey and it's about growing and changing and coming to terms with who and what you ... KELLY MCGILLIS When did free enterprise become the slogan for America,What happened to united we stand and divided ... KENNETH WATERS JR America indeed has become a progressive nation, if we understand "progressive" to mean progressing a... RON BRACKIN Oh happy day! A day to make a hay! And when it is mid-day, think about the day! And when you think a... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH There is not a liberal America and a conservative America - there is the United States of America. T... BARACK OBAMA It would, if carried out, create a Virtual America, an America based upon a sampling, an imputation,... DAVID MURRAY Stephen picks up on Armstrong's pier, and calls Kingstown pier "a disappointed bridge " (2.22)... JAMES JOYCE A servant who serves excellently from his whole heart with due courage and humility is never a serva... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH Today, young girls measure the quality of their beauty based upon its entertainment value. The more ... C. JOYBELL C. You must save what you can of your life; you musn't lose it all simply because you've lost a part. HENRY JAMES Life is a game and true love is a trophy. RUFUS WAINWRIGHT "A song for our banner?"--The watchword recall
Which gave the Republic her station;
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