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Crippled and crazy, we hobble toward the finish line, pen in hand. — Siri Hustvedt

Did you ever stand on a street corner in American at five o'clock in the morning?
I did. — Jack Kerouac

Your life can be different, Young Ju. Study and be strong. In America, women have choices. — An Na

I know in an existential sense that life can change on a dime ... something has instantly and inexorably changed in American life. — John Lahr

If you do an American TV series, before the audition you sign away the next five years of your life. — Dominic West

I live my life by the numbers. Not only am I an American, I am an Americanist. — Henry Rollins

The whole world is being 'deculturalized' into a uniform 'Coca-Cola society,' wanting and needing an American way of life. — Helen Caldicott

I am overwhelmed with gratitude, and my heart is full. 'American Sniper' has broken records, which follows such an honest path of Chris's life. — Taya Kyle

I'm a longtime fan of American Eagle, so when they approached me about joining their 'Live Your Life' campaign, it already felt like an organic fit. — Shay Mitchell

If there's an enduring theme in my work, it's probably the effects of class on American life. — Richard Russo

All my life I wanted to go to bed with an American, and now I had, and I'm beginning to see why people don't do it more often. — Nick Hornby

If I were to live my life over again, I would be an American. I would steep myself in America, I would know no other land. — Henry James

The whole life of an American is passed like a game of chance, a revolutionary crisis, or a battle. — Alexis De Tocqueville

I talk about life, and I make universal music with an American style - and that's what I do. — Nas

See how long and bold my life line is? It's an indication of my sexual prowess. — Denise Grover Swank

The instruments of war can be manufactured ... human blood cannot be; and the lack of just one pint could mean the life of an American serviceman. — George C. Marshall

Life is a dangerous adventure, says the American, and he is half right: life is dangerous, but it's not an adventure. — Jose Bergamin

There was a lot of feeling that with an African-American president, life on the South Side of Chicago would be radically different. — Mark Kirk

Dad worked his entire career as an aviation technician. Mom was a legal secretary who became a teacher. We lived a simple American life. — Brian Sandoval

That in spite of living in a mansion an American is not above wearing a pair of secondhand pants, bought for fifty cents. — Jhumpa Lahiri

The trouble with me is that I'm an outsider. And that's a very hard thing to be in American life. — Jackie Kennedy

The world of the 20th century, if it is to come to life in any viability of health and vigor, must be to a significant degree an American century. — Henry R. Luce

Sometimes i wish i'd been an englishman; american life is so damned dumb and stupid and healthy — F Scott Fitzgerald

Sexual morality - as society in its extreme form, the American, defines it - is contemptible. I advocate an incomparably freer sexual life. — Sigmund Freud

He had offered some of his own background. A youth in the South. An education in the North. Bred for life in the East. Trying not to die in the West. — Mary Doria Russell

On the surface, I've created a good life. I've lived the American dream. But I am still an undocumented immigrant. — Jose Antonio Vargas

Once Hamilton was initiated into the cause of American liberty, his life acquired an even more headlong pace that never slackened. — Ron Chernow

This is my love line ... It says an incredibly sexy, but totally infuriating redheaded woman with barge into my life and drive me insane. — Denise Grover Swank

I first read 'An American Tragedy' in college, and in my entire life I had never read anything so painful. — Robert Gottlieb

When an American family becomes separated from its toothbrushes and combs and pajamas for a few hours it considers that it has had quite an adventure. — E.B. White

When success happens to an English writer, he acquires a new typewriter. When success happens to an American writer, he acquires a new life. — Martin Amis

Each player on this team whether he shines in the spotlight or eats dirt on the line, must be an All-American. — Omar N. Bradley

For me, the American promise isn't just an idea or a theory - it's my life story. — Cristina Saralegui

The lesson of an American life like my father's ... is that achievements are compatible with decency (112). — Saul Bellow

I have made sense of my life by developing an ability to analyze Mainstream American Cultural Artifacts. — George W. S. Trow

The new American Dream is about having an interesting life, not making a lot of money. — Penelope Trunk