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The happy ending is our national belief. — Mary McCarthy · 1947If you removed all of the homosexuals and homosexual influence from what is generally regarded as American culture you would be pretty much left with "Let's Make a Deal." — Fran Lebowitz · 1987My ancestors were Puritans from England. They arrived here in 1648 in the hope of finding greater restrictions than were permissible under English law at that time. — Garrison Keillor · 1990All our food: pizza, calzone, buffalo mozzarella, olive oil. These fucks had nothin'. They ate pootsie before we gave them the gift of our cuisine. — Paulie "Walnuts" Gualtieri · 1999You know my name, but who are you? Just another American who saw too many movies as a child? Another orphan of a bankrupt culture who thinks he's John Wayne? Rambo? Marshal Dillon? — Hans Gruber · 1988South Sea natives who have been exposed to American movies classify them into two types, "kiss-kiss" and "bang-bang." — Hortense Powdermaker · 1950
Cultural appropriation1 quote
All our food: pizza, calzone, buffalo mozzarella, olive oil. These fucks had nothin'. They ate pootsie before we gave them the gift of our cuisine. — Paulie "Walnuts" Gualtieri · 1999
Food1 quote
All our food: pizza, calzone, buffalo mozzarella, olive oil. These fucks had nothin'. They ate pootsie before we gave them the gift of our cuisine. — Paulie "Walnuts" Gualtieri · 1999
Hollywood1 quote
South Sea natives who have been exposed to American movies classify them into two types, "kiss-kiss" and "bang-bang." — Hortense Powdermaker · 1950
Puritanism1 quote
My ancestors were Puritans from England. They arrived here in 1648 in the hope of finding greater restrictions than were permissible under English law at that time. — Garrison Keillor · 1990