{"quotes":[{"text":"The beef industry has contributed to more American deaths than all the wars of this century, all natural disasters, and all automobile accidents combined.","author":"Neal Barnard","tags":["american","natural "],"id":16,"author_id":"Neal+Barnard"},{"text":"Nobody ever went broke underestimating the taste of the American public.","author":"H. L. Mencken","tags":["american","nobody","taste "],"id":615,"author_id":"H.+L.+Mencken"},{"text":"Public schools helped create the idea of America and inculcate Americans with a few rudiments of knowledge. To judge by that very American item, the Internet, a few rudiments is all anyone cares to have.","author":"P. J. O'Rourke","tags":["america","american","internet "],"id":710,"author_id":"P.+J.+O%27Rourke"},{"text":"Humor is so important to the American scene throughout history.","author":"Bob Newhart","tags":["history","american","important "],"id":959,"author_id":"Bob+Newhart"},{"text":"You know Americans are obsessed with life and death and rebirth, that's the American Cycle. You know, awakening, tragic, horrible death and then Phoenix rising from the ashes. That's the American story, again and again.","author":"Billy Corgan","tags":["life","american","know "],"id":1928,"author_id":"Billy+Corgan"},{"text":"And whether it is equal pay, health care, Social Security, or family leave, this Congress has refused to address issues critical to hard-working American women.","author":"Louise Slaughter","tags":["women","health","american "],"id":2887,"author_id":"Louise+Slaughter"},{"text":"The Mafia exists in the American imagination because we want it to exist.","author":"Pete Hamill","tags":["american","want","mafia "],"id":2892,"author_id":"Pete+Hamill"},{"text":"The human heart is first a human heart, then everything else - American, Christian, Asian, Jew, or whatever.","author":"Abhijit Naskar","tags":["american","brainy","global-citizen","global-citizenship","human-life","human-race","human-rights","humanism","humanist","humanist","humanists","humanity","humanity-and-society","humankind","inspirational","life","life-lessons","one-human-race","principia-humanitas","principles-of-humanism","service-of-humanity","wise","words-of-wisdom"],"id":3597,"author_id":"Abhijit+Naskar"},{"text":"The face of nature and civilization in this our country is to a certain point a very sufficient literary field. But it will yield its secrets only to a really grasping imagination. To write well and worthily of American things one need even more than elsewhere to be a master.","author":"Henry James","tags":["nature","american","face "],"id":5192,"author_id":"Henry+James"},{"text":"When we talk about Oscars, it's almost as a symbol of excellence, and the American public and the worldwide public accept that symbol. So, a movie like 'The Artist' that costs $14 million, has to go out and compete with movies that cost $140 million. How does David deal with Goliath?","author":"Harvey Weinstein","tags":["excellence","american","artist "],"id":7559,"author_id":"Harvey+Weinstein"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":762,"pages":77,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}