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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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The only success worth ones powder was success in the line of ones idiosyncrasy… what was talent but the art of being completely whatever one happened to be? – Henry James

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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

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In America, if you put your mind to it you can have anything you want. You just cant have everything you want. – Bernard Baruch

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The surface of American society is covered with a layer of democratic paint, but from time to time one can see the old aristocratic colors breaking through. – Alexis de Tocqueville

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America is a large friendly dog in a small room. Every time it wags its tail it knocks over a chair. – Arnold Toynbee

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Intellectually I know that America is no better than any other country; emotionally I know she is better than every other country. – Sinclair Lewis

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