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" In museums and palaces we are alternate radicals and conservatives. "

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" If I were to live my life over again, I would be an American. I would steep myself in America, I would know no other land. "

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" Money's a horrid thing to follow, but a charming thing to meet. "

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" It's a complex fate, being an American, and one of the responsibilities it entails is fighting against a superstitious valuation of Europe. "

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