Good Americans, when they die, go to Paris.

When Americans shoot movies they aim at the entire planet. When the French make movies, they aim at Paris.

Do you want Columbus to go across the ocean, or do you want to put a message in a bottle and hope that it lands somewhere? I'd rather have actual people be there. Whether they look like Americans or like the inhabitants of some other country, depends on who has the most drive.

Many Americans don't have an understanding of the freedoms they regularly enjoy.

World War II, the atomic bomb, the Cold War, made it hard for Americans to continue their optimism.

I do not believe that Congress or the Administration should prohibit the medical community from pursuing a promising avenue of research that may improve the lives of millions of Americans.

Put too many one-size-fits-all jackets on Americans and the place explodes.

All I want to do is make sure that art is available to all Americans in a participatory way, whether you engage in the art process yourself or you're an audience member.

I was in Europe and it was at this stage that I fell in love with Americans in uniform. And I continue to have that love affair.

I was a little girl in World War II and I'm used to being freed by Americans.

When our interests matched, the Americans have been good to us, and when the interests differed, they wanted us to mold ourselves to them, which we refused.

I think black Americans expect too much from individual black Americans in terms of changing the status quo.

I think race has been a burden for black Americans. Being Muslim has also been a challenge because so many people do not understand Islam.