One can not be an American by going about saying that one is an American. It is necessary to feel America, like America, love America and then work.

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• Georgia O'Keeffe:

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  Singing has always seemed to me the most perfect means of expression. It is so spontaneous. And aft

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  Anyone who doesn't feel the crosses simply doesn't get that country.

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• Georgia O'Keeffe:

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  I often painted fragments of things because it seemed to make my statement as well as or better tha