American Dream 1920s Quotes & Sayings

In all my years as an actor, I had never been me - I had always hidden behind my glasses, mustaches and funny voices. — Jon Pertwee

What, after all, is the narrative of 'the American Dream?' It was a discourse formulated between the 1880s and the 1920s in the United States during the great waves of migration and expansion and reforms of the Progressive Era. — Naomi Wolf

Charlie Hebdo: Satire was the father of true political freedom, born in the 18th century; the scourge of bigots and tyrants. Sing its praises. — Simon Schama

I find that an entertainer is quite content to sit still, and I think an artist always has a little motion, always going somewhere. May not know where it is, but there is some sort of unnamed destination. There is some pulling, some movement. So I just found myself in that category according to my own analysis. — George Carlin

I don't think it could be a coincidence that the more technological a society is, the less it connects people. — John Zerzan

Inevitably, anytime we are too vulnerable we feel the need to protect ourselves from further wounds. So we resort to sarcasm, cutting humor, criticism
anything that will keep from exposing the tenderness within. Each partner tends to wait on the initiative of the other for love, only to be disappointed but also confirmed as to the rightness of the accusations made. — Stephen R. Covey

Badassery, I'm discovering, is a new level of confidence - in both yourself and those around you. — Shonda Rhimes

The first best-kept secret of total success is that we must feel love inside ourselves before we can give it to others. — Denis Waitley