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"I'm just the little mouse in the background."
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If you come from the same background as them, then when you reach where you do and get what you attain, you can appreciate it all the more.
View quotes by Chet Flippo

I'm inclined to think that a military background wouldn't hurt anyone.
View quotes by William Faulkner

Despite the fact that I had a writing background, they didn't want to accept whatever ideas I had as a writer.
View quotes by John Amos

Comedy is something that we can all share, no matter what language we speak or our background, it has the power to unite us all.
View quotes by Paul Goodman

The intrigue surrounding the Nelson family is fascinating. Who knows where they come from and what their background is? I'm really looking forward to playing the role.
View quotes by Thomas Craig

I haven't noticed too many comments about my Aussie background out in the middle, but that's probably because I haven't been batting for long enough to notice!
View quotes by Geraint Jones

The six colours, including the white background, represent the colours of all the world's flags... this is a true international emblem.
View quotes by Baron Pierre De Coubertin

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.

View quotes by Emma Goldman

I believe in a country where hard work and merit, not privilege or background, determine success. [He didn't outline which country he was referring to]
View quotes by Tony Blair

I could rent a room, paint it black, bolt on a few chains and call it my punishment room, Then have men in posing pouches in the background [err, yes Stephen]
View quotes by Stephen Fry

More varied than any landscape was the landscape in the sky, with islands of gold and silver, peninsulas of apricot and rose against a background of many shades of turquoise and azure.
View quotes by Cecil Beaton

Some people have been interested in me because of my background, sure, but most people aren't.
View quotes by Dhani Harrison

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.
View quotes by Stephen Sondheim

It cannot be too frequently emphasized that the behaviour of any animal must depend upon on the nature of the stimulus which it meets, its anatomic and physiologic capacities, and its background of previous experience. Unless it has been conditioned by previous experience, an animal should respond identically to identical stumuli, whether they emanate from some part of its own body, from another individual of the same sex, or from an individual of the opposite sex.
View quotes by Alfred Kinsey



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