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Quote by Henry James
I hate American simplicity. I glory in the piling up of complicati

I hate American simplicity. I glory in the piling up of complications of every sort. If I could pronounce the name James in any different or more elaborate way I should be in favor of doing it. – Henry James

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Summer afternoon—summer afternoon; to me those have always been the two most beautiful words in the English language. – Henry James

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Three things in human life are important. The first is to be kind. The second is to be kind. And the third is to be kind. – Henry James

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Here we write well when we expose frauds and hypocrites. We are great at counting warts and blemishes and weighting feet of clay. In expressing love, we belong among the underdeveloped countries. – Saul Bellow

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America, America, God shed His grace on thee, and crown thy good with brotherhood, from sea to shining sea. – Katherine Lee Bates

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Americans like fat books and thin women. – Russell Baker

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God bless the USA, so large, so friendly, and so rich. – W. H. Auden

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Women, if the soul of the nation is to be saved, I believe that you must become its soul. – Coretta Scott King

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Being considerate of others will take your children further in life than any college degree. – Marian Wright Edelman

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America is not a blanket woven from one thread, one color, one cloth. – Jesse Jackson

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Life is like a beautiful melody, only the lyrics are messed up. – Author Unknown

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