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One's mind has a way of making itself up in the background, and it suddenly becomes clear what one means to do.

~A. C. Benson

Topics: Background Becomes Clear Itself Making Means Mind Suddenly Up Way

Keywords: Enemy Go Going He Look Looking Need Think You


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Writing an encyclopedia is hard. To do anywhere near a decent job, you have to know a great deal of information about an incredibly wide variety of subjects. Writing so much text is difficult, but doing all the background research seems impossible.

~Aaron Swartz

Topics: About Anywhere Background Deal Decent Difficult Doing Encyclopedia Great Great Deal Hard Impossible Incredibly Information Job Know Much Near Research Seems Subjects Text Variety Wide Wide Variety Writing You

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Only recently have I been introduced to the gym and heavy weightlifting and things like that. Before that, when I grew up, I just did a lot of gymnastics and dance. I had more of an athletic background, but nothing where I was in the gym or using any kind of weights.

~Aaron Taylor-Johnson

Topics: Any Athletic Background Been Before Dance Did Grew Gym Gymnastics Had Heavy Introduced Just Kind Like Lot More Nothing Only Recently Things Up Using Weights Where

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Coming from a background of being onstage, you're onstage for two and a half hours and you're in it for the whole time no matter what you're doing. Even if you don't have a line, you have to stay in it.

~Aaron Tveit

Topics: Background Being Coming Doing Even Half Hours Line Matter Onstage Stay Time Two Whole You

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Religion is so much more than the god you pray to. The religion that you associate with, it's culture, it is family, it is background. That is something that I have always grown up with.

~Aasif Mandvi

Topics: Always Associate Background Culture Family God Grown More Much Pray Religion Something Than Up You

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All the different nations in the world, despite their differences of appearance and religion and language and way of life, still have one thing in common, and that is what's inside of all of us. If we X-rayed the insides of different human beings, we wouldn't be able to tell from those X-rays what the person's language or background or race is.

~Abbas Kiarostami

Topics: Able Appearance Background Beings Common Despite Differences Different Human Human Beings Inside Language Life Nations One Thing Person Race Religion Still Tell Thing Those Us Way World

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My family background was deeply Christian.

~Abbe Pierre

Topics: Background Christian Deeply Family

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I had no political background. That's why PM Bhutto gave me the responsibility of the nuclear programme, and we acquired nuclear capability in a span of mere six years, which was a great milestone.

~Abdul Qadeer Khan

Topics: Acquired Background Capability Gave Great Had Me Mere Milestone Nuclear Political Programme Responsibility Six Span Which Why Years

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The joy and happiness it gives you or the emotions you go through when you hold your child in your arms for the first time are indescribable! I really thought that there was going be this moment when a ray of light from heaven would come pouring in, background music would start playing with angels singing, but none of that happens!

~Abhishek Bachchan

Topics: Angels Arms Background Child Come Emotions First First Time Gives Go Going Happens Happiness Heaven Hold Indescribable Joy Light Moment Music None Playing Pouring Ray Really Singing Start Thought Through Time Would You Your Your Child

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I definitely people-watch. I often see photos of myself with my children: I'm always in the background with my mouth wide open, looking somewhere else.

~Abi Morgan

Topics: Always Background Children Definitely Else Looking Mouth Myself Often Open Photos See Somewhere Somewhere Else Wide

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