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I suppose that history will remember my term in office as the years when the Cold War began to overshadow our lives. I have hardly… — Harry S. Truman
My background is basically scientific math. My Dad was a physicist, so I have it in my blood somewhere. Scientific method is very important to… — John Astin
Later in the fifties I got involved in kinetic studies using my long forgotten math background. — William Standish Knowles
But say some, would you expose woman to the contact of rough, rude, drinking, swearing, fighting men at the ballot box? What a humiliating confession… — Ernestine Rose
I was always the sexy bass player in the background while Robin stood centre. Barry and I played it up a bit, gave 'em a… — Maurice Gibb
So if you want to have a great video game-based movie you have to keep the mood of the game, use the normal character setup… — Uwe Boll
Peak oil: The over-populated UK's ability to feed and supply itself for our privileged lifestyle requires the land and resources of other nations. Against a… — Phil Harding
THE WRITER can get free of his writing only by using it, that is, by reading oneself. As if the aim of writing were to… — Edmond Jabes
I think that what most surprises anybody who goes into politics from even a modestly cerebral background is the vulgarity of much of the cut… — Chris Patten
The look that passes between Jeffrey and Kimber right then feels like it requires a swell of cheesy music in the background. Aw, I think.… — Cynthia Hand
He was a first-time nonviolent possible offender, ... And under the mandatory minimums, he was put in prison for 15 years. Not only does the… — Carly Simon
Very close by the CMS shops, hidden about a quarter mile away in the woods, was the prison's rifle range. Correctional officers could spend quality… — Piper Kerman
I brought a picture with me that I had at home, of a girl in a swing with a castle and pretty blue bubbles in… — Fannie Flagg
My background with Cummings was rehearse, rehearse, rehearse, but Tuesday liked to walk in and do the scene. I must say that she was really… — Dwayne Hickman
It is the duty of all to support and side with Dharma. All must fight and support Dharma regardless of their personality, background, status. — Swami Vivekananda
There is in my work a very strong religious foreground and background. In the later work some of that tends to diminish, but it's certainly… — Chaim Potok
Coming from a farming background, I saw nothing out of the ordinary in running barefoot, although it seemed to startle the rest of the athletics… — Zola Budd
America is a melting pot, and education has been a mainspring for our democracy and freedom, a means of providing gifts of knowledge and opportunity… — Ronald Reagan
The line-by-line, sequential, continuous form of the printed page slowly began to lose its resonance as a metaphor of how knowledge was to be acquired… — Neil Postman
The media covers what's new - and millions of people dying is nothing new. So it stays in the background, where it's easier to ignore.… — Bill Gates

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