We don’t need a melting pot in this country, folks. We need a salad bowl. In a salad bowl, you put in the different things. You want the vegetables – the lettuce, the cucumbers, the onions, the green peppers – to maintain their identity. You appreciate differences.
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I’ve heard the lilting at our yowe-milking, Lasses a-lilting before the dawn o’day; But now they are moaning on ilka green loaning: ‘The Flowers of the Forest are a' wede away’.
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Birth: | 17th January, 1947 |
Nationality: | American |
Profession: | Actress |
Jane Elliot was born in New York City, New York, USA. She is an American actress, best known for her role as Tracy Quartermaine in the ABC daytime soap opera, General Hospital(Won- Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series). Her role in several films include: Change of Habit, One Is a Lonely Number, and Some Kind of Wonderful. Her role in television include: Rosetti and Ryan(TV series), Guiding Light(TV series), Days of Our Lives(TV series), Baby Boom (TV series), and The City(TV series).
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