From where many of us in the U.K. sit, American politics is hopelessly polarized. All kinds of issues get bundled up into two great heaps. The rest of the world, today and across the centuries, simply doesn't see things in this horribly oversimplified way.

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It's always relevant - moving forward into the future and finding out who you are. I think those themes never get stale. - Joshua Henry

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Negro life in America was a never-ending series of negotiations: when to fight and when to concede. -- Margot Lee Shetterly

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America may be the land of the free, but there are definitely more ignorant people there. Most of the population are semi-retarded.

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You've got to embrace the future. You can whine about it, but you've got to embrace it. - Matt Groening

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I meet the designers very often, we discuss the products, they show me their ideas, we discuss the ad campaigns and every new invention that we can find for the future. - Bernard Arnault

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This is America. We must defend the principles symbolized by Lady Liberty - unless she's on the pill, in which case, she is a giant green tramp.

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To communicate the truths of history is an act of hope for the future. - Daisaku Ikeda

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Every country gets the circus it deserves. Spain gets bullfights. Italy the Church. America Hollywood.

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My object in life is to dethrone God and destroy capitalism.

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