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I've never understood people who say they're not a practicing Jew. You never hear a black gu...
GILBERT GOTTFRIED

I'm a writer. In Latin America, they say I'm a Latin-American writer because I also write in...
ISABEL ALLENDE

Personal identity seems like it's just such an American archetype, from Holly Golightly re-inven...
CHUCK PALAHNIUK

I'm an immigrant writer, or an African writer, or an Ethiopian-American writer, and occasionally...
DINAW MENGESTU

I definitely feel closer to the feminine side of the human being than I do the male - or the America...
KURT COBAIN

Most American Jews came from the lower middle classes, and therefore they brought with them not a lo...
ARTHUR HERTZBERG

I try to find the core values that are so fundamental that they transcend ethnic identity. That does...
WYNTON MARSALIS

I choose to be American, I choose to live in the Lower East Side of Manhattan, I choose to have Puer...
EDDIE HUANG

I suppose I grew up wishing I was an American Jew for the comedy and the one-liners. ... actress who...
RICKY GERVAIS

I love American ski resorts because they're open to everyone, are not incredibly expensive. They...
JOHN LYDON

It may be the optimist in me, but I think America has a uniquely powerful and capacious glue interna...
AMY CHUA

We can now have action movies with two stars where one might be African American and one might be As...
ROGER EBERT

I think I'm an American writer writing about Latin America, and I'm a Latin American writer ...
DANIEL ALARCON

I'm really an honorary Jew, you know; all the best people are. I really do feel Jewish, even tho...
NATHAN LANE

There's two identity markers I'm sure of, and one is, I'm Jewish. And the other is, I...
ARIEL LEVY

Certainly, I know what it's like to be obsessed. I haven't always been there for my children...
HENNING MANKELL

I'm not a writer. I know a lot of writers; I know a handful of really excellent, great ones, and...
DAVID SMALL

There's a lot of things that are said on the American Idol message board. I quit reading them be...
CARRIE UNDERWOOD

'American Idol' is a juggernaut... Because of my 'American Idol' win, I am able to d...
TAYLOR HICKS

I don't do stuff to be a star. I do it because I feel it's important for kids, African Ameri...
MATT KEMP

One of the most treasured books that I own is Donald Allen's 'The New American Poetry, 1945-...
PETER COYOTE

If American men are obsessed with money, American women are obsessed with weight. The men talk of ga...
MARYA MANNES

I wouldn't make an anti-American film. I'm one of the most pro-American foreigners I know. I...
MICHAEL CAINE

I grew very skeptical of certain kind of Jewish separatism in my youth. I mean, I saw the Jewish com...
JUDITH BUTLER

If you're an American kid, you can't help but be influenced by Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath a...
CHRIS CORNELL

Republicans and Democrats are obsessed with making sure that illegal aliens are granted citizenship....
RUSH LIMBAUGH

I am closer to a European viewpoint of the world than an American one. My ethics and ideals are base...
BIANCA JAGGER

Canada has always been extremely supportive of me. Thankfully, when I made the move, I had full supp...
TANITH BELBIN

Because I'm a walker, natural history is my subject; I've always been obsessed with landscap...
JIM CRACE

What we are doing is satisfying the American public. That's our job. I always say we have to give mo...
WILLIAM PALEY

I think prejudice has gotten to a point where a lot of people hold biases in their mind and don'...
KEITH STANFIELD

I am a Jew, and every single one of my ancestors was Jewish. And it does not bother me even a little...
BEN STEIN

I am an American Jew and aware of the sensitivities involved in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
STEVEN SPIELBERG

What does it mean to a successful woman today? Does it mean you have to be a mother? If you are a mo...
LISA EDELSTEIN

A lot of American guys wear really wide legged jeans and square shoes. Then they come to Sweden and ...
CAROLINE WINBERG

When I first arrived in Houston, I was fascinated with the elaborate styles of cowboy boots and thou...
SHAHZIA SIKANDER

I grew up in the classic American-Jewish suburbia, which has a whole different sense of what it mean...
NATALIE PORTMAN

The fact that we are playing Latinos does not mean that you have to be shouting 'fiesta,' &#...
JAIME CAMIL

American political elites feel very empowered to criticize the American intelligence community for n...
MICHAEL HAYDEN

We're going to be OK because of the American people. They have more grit, determination and cour...
JOE BIDEN

I like Scottish people because they feel very true. They're always level and straight. They get ...
RUPERT FRIEND

As an American Jew who loves Israel, I cannot support John McCain. He cannot provide what Israel nee...
EDGAR BRONFMAN, SR.

It's a new day at the Department of Interior, and we need to examine what makes the most sense f...
KEN SALAZAR

One of the most interesting things, at least for me, are the soundtracks for 'The Social Network...
GIORGIO MORODER

I have always felt that the occupation of Palestine is an American issue, because we give Israel som...
CHRIS TOWNE

What we're trying to do is take these words and soften them. I'm an African-American comic. ...
LONI LOVE

People are disappointed when they hear my American accent because they regard 'The Police' a...
STEWART COPELAND

I think what you're seeing is a profound recognition on the part of the American people that gay...
BARACK OBAMA

I decided early on that I wanted to participate in the greater American experience, rather than the ...
RICHARD FORD

In some ways. I always feel between worlds, between cultures, and I think that's not necessarily...
PATRICK NESS

The majesty of the American Jewish experience is in its success marrying its unique Jewish identity ...
EDGAR BRONFMAN, SR.

I'm a Caucasian American Jew. These are all things that make up who I am.
GREG RUCKA

With the royal family, you don't want to see them as people because it takes the sheen off. They...
CLAIRE FOY

When checking in at an airport, no matter how rude the check-in person is to you, always smile and b...
ROSS KEMP

Think about what people are doing on Facebook today. They're keeping up with their friends and f...
MARK ZUCKERBERG

I've made it my mission to make movies starring African American actors and about the African Am...
MALCOLM D. LEE

Going home, spending time with the family, I feel they're my friends as well, all of them. I loo...
DOMHNALL GLEESON

I think generalizations of any sort are dangerous. I'll say, if that is the case - right now it&...
KERRY WASHINGTON

Psychopaths are actually, really, really, really rare in our culture, are people who don't... Or...
ANNIE PARISSE

Traveling as much as I do, I get lonely sometimes. I have friends now in cities all over the world, ...
BLAKE MYCOSKIE

I feel empowered to be a different kind of writer. The longer I stay here, the more light filters in...
BHARATI MUKHERJEE

You have to make the effort with children. You can't have them thinking that I reckon I'm sp...
NOEL GALLAGHER

Actors want to act. I think a lot of times what happens is that they're expected to bring it all...
DAVID AYER

I'm certainly proud to be Cuban American, and it's a fantastic opportunity for anybody - reg...
DANNY PINO

As a Jew, it is my historic responsibility to defend the Jewish people. I feel this responsibility f...
ARIEL SHARON

I think all characters are facets of the writer. In a way, they have to be if you're going to wr...
RUTH OZEKI

I am an American, steeped in American values. But I know on an emotional level what it means to be o...
AMY TAN

The American people are tired of liars and people who pretend to be something they're not.
HILLARY CLINTON

I think it's very hard to find a good friend. That's why I'm so lucky to have two sister...
KATE UPTON

Let's get one thing straight: I am not an adrenaline junkie. Just because you cover conflict doe...
LYNSEY ADDARIO

I probably have more female friends than any man I've ever met. What I like about them is that a...
JOHN MALKOVICH

The American people are sheep. They're comfortable, rich, working. It's like the Romans, the...
JACK KEVORKIAN

I mean, when you're a pioneer and you are at the forefront of an offensive, you're going to ...
CARLOS GHOSN

I'll always be American in my world view and allegiance. American in the naive way I go to other...
EDDIE HUANG

I want to figure out what kind of artist I want to be, because with the 'American Idol' proc...
DAVID ARCHULETA

I always feel that crime films are about capitalism because it is a genre where it is perfectly acce...
ANDREW DOMINIK

But as an adult working in the fashion industry, I struggle with materialism. And I'm one of the...
TOM FORD

Do we believe housing is a right and that affordable housing is part of what it should mean to be an...
MATTHEW DESMOND

'Free markets' is not a liberal or conservative issue. The rule of law is not a Right or Lef...
DAVE BRAT

One can not be an American by going about saying that one is an American. It is necessary to feel Am...
GEORGIA O'KEEFFE

All roads lead to 'American Pie.' 'As American as apple pie' was the saying. It was ...
DON MCLEAN

Not to rag on myself, but when people say, 'What does it feel like to be an icon?' I'm l...
KATHLEEN HANNA

I'm an American first, and I think that's how most people are.
ED GILLESPIE

My family was all born in Sicily and I'm Italian-American. They're the real thing. They'...
VINNY GUADAGNINO

I think the American people deserve to have the issues debated, regardless of which side they're...
DAN COATS

People identify with me - everyone does - African American women, Caucasian women, they all identify...
JANICE DICKINSON

What youre going to see as we continue to look at the race issue is a collection of civil rights l...
ED GORDON

I'm Native American, so it's in my blood to always want brothers and friends. I'm a good...
DUANE CHAPMAN

In daring to re-tell the stories of the last twelve American presidents, both public and private, I ...
NIGEL HAMILTON

You're going to see a rise of the white male voter who feels like they're not secure, their ...
SEAN DUFFY

What I have said to people is that I've lived the American dream, because I have.
CARLY FIORINA

For most kids, Jewish identity is dictated by their parents. They go to Hebrew school because their ...
JODI SPERLING

I consider music like a mirage in the desert. You're obsessed with the ideal piece of music, and...
JEAN-MICHEL JARRE

There aren't a lot of Portuguese models, so everyone always expects me to be Brazilian because o...
SARA SAMPAIO

I confused gender identity with sexual orientation. Your gender identity is about who you are, how y...
CHAZ BONO

Being the only African American at this level in American Ballet Theater, I feel like people are loo...
MISTY COPELAND

Since I am first of all a character writer, that character's emotions are as vivid to me as my o...
S. E. HINTON

I'm very optimistic about the future, because... Okay, with Audra McDonald, even just on Broadwa...
SHANICE WILLIAMS

I have friends who are scientists, strict materialists, who don't think science and religion are...
SCOTT DERRICKSON

Most of the Jewish writer friends I have are American, and I feel closer to them because they're always obsessed with one issue - identity: what does it mean to be an American Jew?

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Most of the Jewish writer friends I have are American, and I feel closer to them because they're always obsessed with one issue - identity: what does it mean to be an American Jew?

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