I like to be in America,
OK by me in America,
Everything free in America.

West Side Story

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America

Speaker

Anita

Actor

Rita Moreno

Source

West Side Story

Medium

Film

Genre

Drama (film) Musical (film) Drama Musical

Language

English

Time

1961 1960s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

West Side Story. Directed by Jerome Robbins and Robert Wise, Seven Arts Productions/The Mirisch Company, 1961.

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Time
1963 1960s 20th century
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The love of wealth is therefore to be traced, as either a principal or accessory motive, at the bottom of all that the Americans do; this gives to all their passions a sort of family likeness.

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Source
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Genre
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Time
1840 1840s 19th century
Authentication Score 2
Original Citation

Tocqueville, Alexis De. De La Democratie en Amerique [Democracy in America]. Vol. 2, London: Saunders and Otley, 1840, bk. 3. ch. 17.

Current Citation

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Actor
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Source
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Medium
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Genre
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Language
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Time
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