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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Freedom is not something that anybody can be given; freedom is something people take and people are as free as they want to be.

James Baldwin

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Topic
Nature of freedom Liberation Freedom

Author

James Baldwin
Source
Notes for a Hypothetical Novel Nobody Knows My Name: More Notes of a Native Son
Medium
Essay
Language
English
Time
1961 1960s 20th century
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Citation

Baldwin, James. "Notes for a Hypothetical Novel." Nobody Knows My Name: More Notes of a Native Son. Dial Press, 1961.

Another quote about America

Religious insanity is very common in the United States.

Alexis de Tocqueville

Democracy in America

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Topic
Religion in America America

Author

Alexis de Tocqueville
Source
Democracy in America
Genre
Political literature
Language
French
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, sect. 2, ch. 12.

Current Citation

Tocqueville, Alexis De. Democracy in America: The Complete and Unabridged Volumes I and II, translated by Henry Reeve. Bantam Classics, 2000, vol. 2, sect. 2, ch. 12.

Another quote from the following genre Drama

Climb every mountain,
Ford every stream,
Follow every rainbow,
'Til you find your dream.

The Sound of Music

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Topic
Following your dreams Taking risks
Speaker
Sister Margaretta
Actor
Anna Lee
Source
Climb Every Mountain The Sound of Music
Medium
Song Film
Genre
Musical (film) Drama (film) Musical Drama
Language
English
Time
1965 1960s 20th century
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Citation

"Climb Every Mountain." The Sound of Music. Directed by Robert Wise, performed by Peggy Wood, Argyle Enterprises, 1965.