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Letter "B" » Background and
«I've learned that our background and circumstances may have influenced who we are, but we are responsible for who we become»
Author: James Rhinehart
| Keywords:
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«We can't all leave a prestigious background or lots of money to visit our children, but we can leave them a legacy of love»
Author: Naomi Rhode
| Keywords:
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«A liberal education... frees a man from the prison-house of his class, race, time, place, background, family and even his nation.»
Author: Robert M. Hutchins
(Educator, Writer)
| About:
Education
| Keywords:
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«One difference between poetry and lyrics is that lyrics sort of fade into the background. They fade on the page and live on the stage when set to music.»
Author: Stephen Sondheim
| About:
Music,
Poetry
| Keywords:
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«Incidentally, disturbance from cosmic background radiation is something we have all experienced. Tune your television to any channel it doesn't receive, and about 1 percent of the dancing static you see is accounted for by this ancient remnant of the Big Bang. The next time you complain that there is nothing on, remember that you can always watch the birth of the universe.»
Author: Bill Bryson
(Writer)
| Keywords:
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«Do not separate text from historical background. If you do, you will have perverted and subverted the Constitution, which can only end in a distorted, bastardized form of illegitimate government.»
Author: James Madison
(President)
| About:
Constitution,
Government
| Keywords:
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«In the dim background of mind we know what we ought to be doing but somehow we cannot start.»
Author: William James
(Philosopher, Psychologist)
| Keywords:
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«No one should be singled out for unfair treatment or unkind words because of their ethnic background or religious faith.»
Author: George W. Bush
(President)
| About:
Right,
Society
| Keywords:
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«My religious background is that my mother is a Christian Dior Scientist.»
Author: Robin Williams
| Keywords:
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«I'm inclined to think that a military background wouldn't hurt anyone.»
Author: William Faulkner
(Novelist, Writer)
| Keywords:
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