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I was not put here to be a background character in someone else's movie!

~Breaux Greer

Topics: Background Character Else Here Movie Put Someone

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Being a background singer is one thing, but being on stage as the star is something else again. When you walk out there with all those people staring at you, it's like you're naked to the world. And I hate being criticized.

~Brenda Russell

Topics: Again Background Being Criticized Else Hate Like Naked One Thing Out People Singer Something Something Else Stage Star Staring Thing Those Walk World You

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My background really comes from geekdom and the idea of building a smart machine. If we're going to build a smart machine, let's have it read good books.

~Brewster Kahle

Topics: Background Books Build Building Going Good Idea Machine Read Really Smart

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I had a lot of trouble with engineers, because their whole background is learning from a functional point of view, and then learning how to perform that function.

~Brian Eno

Topics: Background Because Engineers Function Functional Had How Learning Lot Perform Point Point Of View Then Trouble View Whole

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We are increasingly likely to find ourselves in places with background music. No composers have thought to write for these modern spaces, which represent 30% of our musical experience.

~Brian Eno

Topics: Background Composers Experience Find Increasingly Likely Modern Music Musical Our Ourselves Places Represent Spaces Thought Which Write

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When I started making my own records, I had this idea of drowning out the singer and putting the rest in the foreground. It was the background that interested me.

~Brian Eno

Topics: Background Drowning Had Idea Interested Making Me My Own Out Own Putting Records Rest Singer Started

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There have been a couple of things I've been involved in launching that have been a bit more public, but I've always had other things tipping away in the background.

~Brian O'Driscoll

Topics: Always Away Background Been Bit Couple Had Involved Launching More Other Public Things Tipping

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James Bridenstine is a climate denier with no scientific background who has made a career out of ignoring science.

~Brian Schatz

Topics: Background Career Climate Ignoring James Made Out Science Scientific Who

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I come from a huge theater background. The whole action and stunt world just came as the roles were available.

~Brian Tee

Topics: Action Available Background Came Come Huge Just Roles Stunt Theater Were Whole World

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I think I'm a vocal genius, not a musical genius. I like background vocals. I consider myself a voice, not a singer. A voice is a sound, and singing is what you do with that sound.

~Brian Wilson

Topics: Background Consider Genius Like Musical Myself Singer Singing Sound Think Vocal Vocals Voice You I Think

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