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«I can get a better grasp of what is going on in the world from one good Washington dinner party than from all the background information NBC piles on my desk.»
«I attribute [success] to having the background of just loving the great stories of the world-and that's what makes the most successful films-combined with my trashy, vulgar appreciation of all that is modern Hollywood.»
«Power in a corporation becomes residual and dwells in the background. It is the ability to exercise nice matters of judgment.»
Author: Lord Chandos
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Power
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background, corporation, in the background, residual
«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
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Music,
Poetry
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background, backgrounds, Background and, fade, in the background, live on, lyric, lyrics, page, set to, set to music, sort, sort of, stage, stage set, The Stage
«I always felt like the rug could be pulled out from under me at anytime. And coming from a racially mixed background, I always felt like I didn't really fit in anywhere.»
«The business of the advertiser is to see that we go about our business with some magic spell or tune or slogan throbbing quietly in the background of our minds.»
Author: Marshall McLuhan
(Educator, Social Reformer, Writer)
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Advertising,
Business
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advertiser, background, go about, in the background, magic spell, quietly, slogan, slogans, The Advertiser, The Business, throbbing, throbs, tune
«In the dim background of mind we know what we ought to be doing but somehow we cannot start.»
Author: William James
(Philosopher, Psychologist)
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background, backgrounds, Background and, dim, dimmed, dimming, dims, in the background, ought, somehow, start
«In the true sense one's native land, with its background of tradition, early impressions, reminiscences and other things dear to one, is not enough to make sensitive human beings feel at home.»
Author: Emma Goldman
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background, impressions, native, native land, reminiscence, reminiscences, sense impression, sensitive, tradition
«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:
background, backgrounds, Background and, ethnic, ethnic background, in the background, singled, treatment, unfair, unkind, unkindest
«My religious background is that my mother is a Christian Dior Scientist.»
Author: Robin Williams
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background, backgrounds, Background and, Christian Dior, Christian Scientist, Dior, in the background, scientist