As time goes on we get closer to that American Dream of there being a pie cut up and shared. Usually greed and selfishness prevent that and there is always one bad apple in every barrel.
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Related I believe that there is a Matrix and... to be more accurate I am in the Pornography Matrix. DEYTH BANGER Tolerance is the value that was selected to put on here, and tolerance is as American as apple pie. JAY INSLEE There is this myth, that America is a melting pot, but what happens in assimilation is that we end u... AMY TAN Pessimism is as American as apple pie. Frozen apple pie with a slice of processed cheese. GEORGE WILL Pessimism is as American as apple pie - frozen apple pie with a slice of processed cheese. GEORGE WILL Pessimism is as American as apple pie-frozen apple pie with a slice of processed cheese. GEORGE F. WILL I like to open for a band as it brings on sort of a challenge and it makes things more interesting. ... KELLY JONES Sports betting is the rock of Gibraltar. It's American, like apple pie. That will always be there. P... ED LOONEY There are no generalizations in American politics that vested selfishness cannot cut through. JOHN GUNTHER As American as apple pie PROVERB Despite the obvious damage now visible in the entropic desolation of every American home town, Wal-M... JAMES HOWARD KUNSTLER When carrying the burden of problems and stress that life seems to endlessly hurtle towards us. We g... GARY F EVANS... To have hope in an age where hope is very scarce and hurt, jealousy and pain are more prominent is a... GARY F EVANS... Notwithstanding these setbacks, the dream of a beautiful American orchestra goes on, and I share Dr.... ADAM SCHIFF Don King is as American as apple pie. He is America. VING RHAMES I'm as American as apple pie. PAUL MOONEY We believe that what matters most is not narrow appeals masquerading as values, but the shared value... SENATOR JOHN KERRY Notwithstanding these setbacks, the dream of a beautiful American orchestra goes on, and I share Dr.... ADAM SCHIFF We need to get back to reasoning and thinking things through. The future generation is being brought... RICHARD DREYFUSS It could be argued that there is an element of entertainment in every pie, as every pie is inherentl... JANET CLARKSON I've always loved movies about con men. I think con men are as American as apple pie. BILL PAXTON I realized that day that blessings come in a variety of shapes, colors, and sizes. CRAIG GROESCHEL Come on, it’s an American tradition. Apple soup? Mom’s homemade chicken pie?' She chuckled... L.J. SMITH I decided there and then to sue the bastards. BARRY SHEENE And then split his own cranium in half. I would like to see you do that yourself Blore. It would tak... LOMBARD PHILIP LOMBARD When living is too sweet and swanky, it may be very hard to appreciate the simplest things in life. ... ERIK PEVERNAGIE This country was founded on a promise of equal rights for all, and we have always managed to move cl... LORETTA LYNCH There has always been cheating going on in pitching and hitting. As far as cheating, using a wooden ... BOB FELLER Take a second out to think about this: in your life you search and search for the right person for y... IAN PHILPOT All roads lead to 'American Pie.' 'As American as apple pie' was the saying. It was ... DON MCLEAN Every bad game is disheartening. You screw up one game and it feels like the end of the world. I giv... LEO RADKOWSKI Violence against women is as American as apple pie. I know, not only as a legislator, but from perso... GWEN MOORE I've always had this American-pie face that would get work in commercials...I'd say things like 'Hi ... TERI GARR We dream of the perfect wave, the perfect job, the perfect house, the perfect love, and when we get ... ROB MACHADO You check out the cover, you check out the backward, you check out the author, you check out the tit... DEYTH BANGER There is a lot of negativity and bad habits that just need to be cut out of our lives. Sometimes we ... S.R. CRAWFORD Immigrant bashing is as American as mom's apple pie. The latest batch of anti-Hispanic bashing, the ... FRED GREENSTEIN Immigrant bashing is as American as mom's apple pie. The latest batch of anti-Hispanic bashing, the ... FRED GREENSTEIN Here is one fact 1 minute to finish the class, 1 day to die, one day behind that fact, one day in th... DEYTH BANGER Things started out alright and then tapered off, ... We did some good things, we did some bad things... KOY DETMER Every game there is something that goes a little wrong, ... Right now we are taking our bumps and br... CHANNING FRYE I knew I could sing. That one thing I did believe in was that I could sing, but then constantly gett... REBECCA FERGUSON We are only able to disrespect, mistreat, and harm one another when we forget that the other person ... JOSEPH P. KAUFFMAN When we think of classic American desserts, we tend to imagine apple pie and ice cream. However, the... HOMARO CANTU [The difference] is a plan. He's got a really good plan on every hitter that goes up there, and he's... JEFF CONINE I don't think theater is dying, and musicals are a great American art form. We've got apple ... LAURA BENANTI Time really is one big continuous cloth, no? We habitually cut out pieces of time to fit us, so we t... HARUKI MURAKAMI There is nothing wrong with being well off as long as money has a social and ethical value and is no... AGA KHAN IV Truth metastasized into lurid fantasy. F. MULDER He wanted to tell her how much he preferred to look at her, that only by watching could he memorize ... JERZY KOSINKSI Just 'cause you can't see me don't mean I gone away. JODI PICOULT There is always an incredible cloud that brings fear and loss of hope at the beginning of every jour... SUNDAY ADELAJA That whether you are British, American or some other nationality, the No 1 task is to move from inte... BILL CLINTON Beaming into the thick of a tree without becoming a lifelong tree hugger was a tricky business. A pr... CHRISTINA ENGELA Plunging in “truths” about God is like walking on the bottom of a sea that is not there, searchi... MARIANA FULGER If you put up a blog, people can cut out the middle man and get material to you. Which is really hel... ZACH GALLIGAN When one hits the bottom of the Desperation Barrel, there is always someone down there. KELLI JAE BAELI If there is still an American dream, reading is one of the bootstraps by which we can all pull ourse... KARIN SLAUGHTER We're not as good as that score indicates, and Tucson High is not as bad as the score indicated eith... WOLFGANG WEBER There's plenty of money out there. They print more every day. But this ticket, there's only five of ... ROALD DAHL The American Dream is independence and being able to create that dream for yourself. MARSHA BLACKBURN Rick has been around racing for a long time and is one of the top engine builders out there. We anti... BUTCH MEYER Our goal is every time to get one step further in the counties. Every year get one step closer to a ... KATHLEEN SINRAM If that's the case, we will always be a huge financial burden on the city, and we will always be in ... DR. REGINALD COOPWOOD People are fond of that 'crabs in a barrel' mentality, and I'm like, 'No, there need... OMARI HARDWICK It's a threat because we're usually matched up on a linebacker, so it's always a mismatch. We can ge... TRE SMITH I think it is unnatural to think that there is such a thing as a blue-sky, white-clouded happy child... MAURICE SENDAK I think it's really, really important to grow the consensus and to realize that there is always ... MARTIN O'MALLEY On 'Chopped,' the time goes down a bit and there are several ingredients, usually one that m... MICHAEL SYMON If you stop and think about our history, one of the reasons we had an American century and there is ... KEN MEHLMAN It seems that every time we get to an impasse, we (council members) are asked to yet again compromis... JOE SCHITTER Every time a newspaper dies, even a bad one, the country moves a little closer to authoritarianism; ... RICHARD KLUGER Oh shut up. Every time it rains, it stops raining. Every time you hurt, you heal. After darkness, th... PLEASEFINDTHIS As far as Apple goes, it was a different company every few years from the time I joined in 1984. ALAN KAY We don't believe there are external factors that can prevent you from moving toward your dream, ... ... GEORGE FRANKLIN The move up in crude oil price from $12 a barrel to nearly $31 a barrel has been really positive for... CRAIG CALLAHAN The only thing we want is to be able to work, live for the American dream. The American dream that y... GINO ZENDEJAS There comes a time when you realize that everything is a dream, and only those things preserved in w... JAMES SALTER We want to have a discussion, because a presidential American decision from Palo Alto saying ' there... FRANCOIS LOOS We want to have a discussion, because a presidential American decision from Palo Alto saying ' there... FRANCOIS LOOS One must always respect and acknowledge the Greed that lies within ones-self, for it is in the DNA o... SAM OLIVER MCKAY Even when you're down, there is still hope. No matter how bad things get and no matter how small a h... CHRISTINA ENGELA Mom and apple pie PROVERB There is a certain amount of dissatisfaction that goes with knowing your time, talent and abilities ... ZIG ZIGLAR It's always been a dream of mine to get somewhere and to have my mom and dad with me up there. HALEY REINHART Jealousy and Greed are like a small fire in a wood it can soon turn into a fire out of control and l... GARY F EVANS... Convinced that we're living the whole time that we're dying. We decide to go out walking the wh... TEGAN QUIN Sweet as apple pie PROVERB The Imperial Senate, ever conscious of the weight of public opinion resting on the tip of the pencil... CHRISTINA ENGELA There is no one story that will replace the American dream, but stories like this one—and the... CAROLYN BAKER The right merchant is one who has the just average of faculties we call common sense; a man of a str... RALPH WALDO EMERSON The right merchant is one who has the just average of faculties we call common sense; a man of a str... RALPH WALDO EMERSON Life may change, but it may fly not; Hope may vanish, but can die not; Truth be veiled, but still it... PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY One of those guys will step up and do a nice job in there. But the maturity and being in a game situ... GARY ANDERSEN We saw a couple of his games and we know how special it is for him. He's shared with us how special ... SCOTT GILLESPIE When I used to perform weddings, the image I always had was the image of a triangle, in which there ... RAM DASS There is a malaise that exists in your land - what appears to many as the sudden and tragic disappea... J. J. GREENE Greed is as American as piety. That's one of the elements that appears to be at work in these shows ... LARRY MINTZ Hiding in all the thorns, there is a yellow rose. BEN OAK One universe made up all that is; and one God in it all, and one principle of being, and one law, th... MARCUS AURELIUS
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He really did. For some reason, Annabeth and he had visited a spa and decid... RICK RIORDAN That's because we keep weapons in the attic, silly boy. Do you think this is the first time m... RICK RIORDAN Tyson, Frank is a descendant of Poseidon." "Brother!" Tyson crushed Frank in a hug. Percy ... RICK RIORDAN Elections only happen in two ways," Reyna said. "Either the legion raises someone on a shield after ... RICK RIORDAN You speak horse?" Hazel asked. "Speaking to horses is a Poseidon thing," Percy said. "Uh, I mea... RICK RIORDAN Frank stared at him. "Unfair? You can breathe underwater and blow up glaciers and summon freaking hu... RICK RIORDAN They're Lares. House gods." "House gods," Percy said. "Like...smaller than real gods, but large... RICK RIORDAN I'm fine!" Percy yelled out as he ran by, followed by a giant screaming bloody murder. RICK RIORDAN This is Leo. I'm the... What's my title? Am I like, admiral, or captain, or..." "Repair boy." RICK RIORDAN Reyna sent me to get Percy," Frank said. "Did Octavian accept you?" "Yeah," Percy said. "He sla... RICK RIORDAN Percy scowled. "I-I know you." Nico raised his eyebrows. "Do you? RICK RIORDAN Annabeth's face, her blond hair and gray eyes, the way she laughed, threw her arms around him, and g... RICK RIORDAN Two hundred Romans, and no one’s got a pen? Never mind!" He slung his M16 onto his bac... RICK RIORDAN There!" Mars finished writing and threw the scroll at Octavian. "A prophecy. You can add it to your ... RICK RIORDAN Jeez, Hazel," Percy said, "tell your horse to watch his language." Hazel tried not to laugh. "W... RICK RIORDAN Hey!" said the guy in the video. "Greetings from your friends at Camp Half-Blood, et cetera. This is... RICK RIORDAN Life is only precious because it ends, kid. RICK RIORDAN Now, come over here so I can pat you down." "But you don't have-" Percy stopped. "Uh, sure." RICK RIORDAN Can you surf really well, then?" I looked at Grover, who was trying hard not to laugh. "Je... RICK RIORDAN Hera, do not dare take credit! You have caused at least as many problems as you fixed! RICK RIORDAN He wondered if...his dad, Zeus, would write him a note: “Please excuse Jason from eternal damnatio... RICK RIORDAN Usually I give demigods something simple like a shopping trip, singing a funny song, that sort of th... RICK RIORDAN Nico danced around like he needed to use the restroom. "Does Zeus really have lightning bolts t... RICK RIORDAN If you look at it from any other side, it looks like a pile of enormous deer droppings, but Chiron w... RICK RIORDAN Thalia blushed. "Hi, Lord Apollo." Zeus's girl, yes? Makes you my half sister. Used to be... RICK RIORDAN The god of wine looked around at the assembled crowd. “Miss me?” The satyrs fell over... RICK RIORDAN My faithful companion, Zoe Nightshade, has passed into the stars. I must have a new lieutenant. And ... RICK RIORDAN Wait just a minute," Ares growled. He pointed at Thalia and me. "These two are dangerous. It'd be mu... RICK RIORDAN But I've never even been to Olympus! Zeus is crazy!" Chiron and Grover glanced nervously ... RICK RIORDAN Kronos couldn't have risen if it hadn't been for a lot of demigods who felt abandoned by their paren... RICK RIORDAN Your uncle," Poseidon sighed, "has always had a flair for dramatic exits. I think he would've done w... RICK RIORDAN I looked at Thalia. "You're afraid of heights." Now that we were safely down the mountain... RICK RIORDAN Doesn't miss many meals, does he?" Zeus muttered. "Tyson, for your bravery in the war, and for leadi... RICK RIORDAN The Council agrees," Zeus said. "Percy Jackson, you will have one gift from the gods." I hesita... RICK RIORDAN As for my brothers," Zeus said, "we are thankful"-he cleared his throat like the words were hard to ... RICK RIORDAN It's just Annabeth mom jeez! RICK RIORDAN