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I try to associate myself as just being myself - and being a person, an American citizen, going out there every day and just trying to be successful.
I don't want to run for governor, but I don't think anyone should put public service out of the question because that's not what a good citizen does.
In order to exercise the right to freedom of speech conferred by the Constitution, one should fulfill the social responsibility of a Chinese citizen.
I discovered Orson Welles in college; my freshman English professor screened 'Citizen Kane' for us, and I wound up writing a 20-page term paper on it.
You want to defend citizenship? Don't persecute or isolate those without papers. Just live like a citizen. That'd be a first-class way to be American.
The average citizen in this county has more intelligence and sense in his little finger than the editor of 'The New York Times' has in his whole head.
You know, I don't think of myself as anything like a 'global citizen' or anything of the sort. I am just a Nigerian who's comfortable in other places.
I didn't want to be discriminated against because of my gender and status. I promised myself I was never going to be treated as a second-class citizen.
I feel that I am a citizen of the American dream and that the revolutionary struggle of which I am a part is a struggle against the American nightmare.
It taught me that Clinton's instinct to make this about your life as a citizen, rather than his as a human being, was the right answer to these things.
The president felt that it was important to send an ordinary citizen to experience the excitement of space travel as a representative for all Americans.
You're a sovereign as a citizen. If you're not involved in your government, you're not doing your job. In the long run that's very bad for the Republic.
In a democracy, the well-being, individuality and happiness of every citizen is important for the overall prosperity, peace and happiness of the nation.
I'm still ambiguously ethnic. I could be Persian - I could be anything. But I'm Italian and Jewish, so I'm a citizen of the world; that's what I prefer.
I'm a proud American - becoming a citizen in 1988 was one of the most profoundly moving occasions in my life; I'm a former Texan and a recent Californian.
So, you know, I always say that I'm a Mexican, but if I had to be a citizen of anywhere else, I'd be a citizen of Manhattan. I feel very much a New Yorker.
I remember when we were making 'They Call It Pro Football,' which was our 'Citizen Kane.' The first line is 'It starts with a whistle and ends with a gun.'
Wherever the citizen becomes indifferent to his fellows, so will the husband be to his wife, and the father of a family toward the members of his household.
My sincere advice to any citizen considering moving to the United States and crossing our boundaries in irregular migration, my best advice is to not do it.
To all general purposes we have uniformly been one people, each individual citizen everywhere enjoying the same national rights, privileges, and protection.
The ability to 'multitask,' to switch rapidly among many competing focuses of attention, has become the hallmark of a successful citizen of the 21st century.
'Senior Citizen' and 'Silver Surfer' are the new euphemisms. Unless you're a female presenter on TV, in which case you're ready for the knacker's yard at 35.
Citizen activists look in the mirror, see what they're really good at and then apply their talents to solving social problems. It's skills-based volunteering.
Twenty five percent of Israeli citizens are not even Jewish. Anybody can become an Israeli citizen if you qualify. Religion is not a criterion for citizenship.
As a citizen - or even a TV legal analyst - am I required to presume innocence, i.e., that the authorities arrest the wrong person in every case? Not a chance.
I had applied to become French - or, rather, Franco-American, as I'm now a dual citizen - partly because I could: I'd lived and paid taxes here for long enough.
In addition to protecting the rights of every citizen of our country, our Constitution makes the citizens of the country mindful of their duties.
There is much more to being a patriot and a citizen than reciting the pledge or raising a flag.
The inexorable rise of the Internet and the citizen journalist presents us all with challenges for the future.
My mother was born in Wilmington, Delaware. She's a U.S. citizen, so I'm a U.S. citizen.
An artist may have burdens the ordinary citizen doesn't know, but the ordinary citizen has burdens that many artists never even touch.
As a citizen of the United States, I am ready, willing, and able to bear arms for this country.
I would prefer to be a citizen of an independent country rather than Emperor of an enslaved one.
I belong to Russian literature, but I am an American citizen, and I think it's the best possible combination.
Voting has proliferated in the United States, and it has reached a point where there is now almost one vote available per citizen over the age of eighteen.
I happen to consider myself a Highlander even before a Scot; I am proud to be British yet feel comfortable as a European citizen.
As long as you're a citizen of our country. As long as you're an American citizen, you're part of this populist, economic nationalist movement.
Tonight - by taking this solemn oath - I am no longer a private citizen but the Mayor of the City of Chicago.
We have entered an era vibrating with the din of small voices. Every citizen can be a reporter, can take on the powers that be.
Digital India is the only way for citizen empowerment, which can bring government transparency and accountability to citizens.
Democracy is the only system capable of reflecting the humanist premise of equilibrium or balance. The key to its secret is the involvement of the citizen.
Standing up for what you believe in, to me, is freedom of speech. And that's a right that every American citizen has and what makes this country great.
No citizen or social group can be completely isolated from politics, because policy decisions and actions affect their lives.
My parents instilled a lot of American values in me. They encouraged me to work hard and told me that anything was possible for me because I was a citizen.
I'm a dual citizen, as are my husband and children. We have got eight passports between us; we're weighed down by them whenever we go anywhere.
It's been federal law for over two centuries that the child of an American born abroad is a citizen - a natural born citizen.
I still remember, 40 years ago, when I was shackled and put in prison... Being an American citizen didn't mean a thing.
I'm the happiest combination you can think of. I'm a Russian poet, an English essayist, and a citizen of the United States.
I find no contradiction between being a Highlander, a Scot, a citizen of the U.K. and a citizen of the European Union at one and the same time.
As long as my record stands in federal court, any American citizen can be held in prison or concentration camps without a trial or a hearing.