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How much longer are we going to think it necessary to be ''American'' before (or in contradistinction to) being cultivated, being enlightened, being humane, and having the same intellectual discipline as other civilized countries?

Edith Wharton
1862-1937
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I found this quote in our newspaper, Saturday July 22, 06: "Everything that happens in the U.S. we get in Africa. People think we live in the bush and have lions in our backyards." Thull Sithole, Miss South Africa, who is 22 and studying urban planning.
EJ
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