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What does it mean to have a mayor who has an organizing background? It means I have allies and partners on whom I can call for advice - and that are also holding my feet to the fire already.

~Betsy Hodges

Topics: Advice Allies Also Background Call Does Feet Fire Holding Mayor Mean Means Organizing Partners Who Whom I Can

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I try to study the background of the country I am in and what were my hits there, so I can at least give them some of what they want. It's like a wedding - give them something old, something new, something borrowed and definitely something blue!

~Betty Wright

Topics: Am Background Blue Borrowed Country Definitely Give Hits Least Like New Old Some Something Something New Study Them Try Want Wedding Were I Am I Can

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Yes, I'm a proud Latina woman, but before that - before the color of my skin, my accent, anything - I'm an actress, singer and dancer. I'm something bigger than just my background.

~Bianca Marroquin

Topics: Accent Actress Anything Background Before Bigger Color Dancer Just Latina Proud Singer Skin Something Than Woman Yes

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I would never criticize a federal judge, particularly if I had a court case in front of him, but you would certainly never, ever criticize them based on their ethnic background.

~Bill Flores

Topics: Background Based Case Certainly Court Criticize Ethnic Ever Federal Front Had Him Judge Never Particularly Them Would You

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I support common-sense measures like universal background checks to prevent guns from falling into the hands of criminals and the dangerously mentally ill.

~Bill Foster

Topics: Background Checks Criminals Dangerously Falling Guns Hands Ill Like Measures Mentally Prevent Support Universal

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Engineering producers who don't play and have technology as a background may be the reason why there's a lot of cold non-musical music, for lack of a better description.

~Bill Laswell

Topics: Background Better Cold Description Engineering Lack Lot May Music Play Producers Reason Technology Who Why

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I contemplated a career at NIH at one point. I have a neuroscience background.

~Bill Maris

Topics: Background Career Neuroscience Point

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I didn't have a normal background - I was completely demented from a very early age!

~Bill Paxton

Topics: Age Background Demented Early Early Age Normal Very Very Early Age

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I've not been an admirer of contemporary music since punk rock went off the boil in 1977, but once a year I'll listen to 'Spiral Scratch' by the Buzzcocks, or 'Hippy Hippy Shake' by the Swinging Blue Jeans. Otherwise, I can put up with Chopin or shakuhachi flute in the background.

~Billy Childish

Topics: Admirer Background Been Blue Blue Jeans Boil Chopin Contemporary Flute Hippy Jeans Listen Music Off Once Once A Year Otherwise Punk Punk Rock Put Rock Scratch Shake Since Spiral Swinging Up Year I Can

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I'm from a lower middle class background; all my family were immigrants.

~Billy Corgan

Topics: Background Class Family Immigrants Lower Middle Middle Class Were

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