Famous quotes containing the words north, american and/or star:
“New York is a meeting place for every race in the world, but the Chinese, Armenians, Russians, and Germans remain foreigners. So does everyone except the blacks. There is no doubt but that the blacks exercise great influence in North America, and, no matter what anyone says, they are the most delicate, spiritual element in that world.”
—Federico García Lorca (18981936)
“There is nothing the matter with Americans except their ideals. The real American is all right; it is the ideal American who is all wrong.”
—Gilbert Keith Chesterton (18741936)
“My advice to those who think they have to take off their clothes to be a star is, once youre boned, whats left to create the illusion? Let em wonder. I never believed in givin them too much of me.”
—Mae West (18921980)