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A teenager usually wants to try to get people to notice him in some way, to feel like someone gives a damn. Me, all that attention, I just wanted to fade into the background. Be invisible. Disappear.

~Christian Bale

Topics: Attention Background Damn Disappear Fade Feel Get Gives Him Invisible Just Like Me Notice People Some Someone Teenager Try Wanted Wants Way

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I'm not a judgmental person, so I can't comment on someone else's background.

~Christina Aguilera

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Most Americans believe that with freedom comes responsibility - and that one measure of responsible gun ownership is a background check. There must be an app for that.

~Christine Pelosi

Topics: American App Background Believe Check Freedom Gun Measure Most Must Ownership Responsibility Responsible

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The change I want to see is a start-up environment where everyone, regardless of gender and background, feels welcome and safe; where sexual harassment or discrimination will not impede great talent from producing great impact.

~Christine Tsai

Topics: Background Change Discrimination Environment Everyone Feels Gender Great Great Talent Harassment Impact Producing Regardless Safe See Sexual Start-Up Talent Want Welcome Where Will

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I do like to just have football on, so I will TiVo, like, three or four games for the weekend, and I'll just turn it on when there's no live football on, just to have the background noise.

~Christopher Gorham

Topics: Background Football Four Games Just Like Live Noise Three Turn Weekend Will

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But I came from a conservative Republican background.

~Christopher Meloni

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Most actors come from the streets, and their rise to fame is guided by a natural anger. It was harder to find that rage coming from a gentle background.

~Christopher Plummer

Topics: Actor Anger Background Come Coming Fame Find Gentle Guided Harder Most Natural Rage Rise Streets

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I think a lot of directors over the years have cast me because they see something of another generation in me: you know, certain people look like they've come from the 19th century. Because I have classical background I suppose that is more suitable to patriarchal roles and easily infuses them.

~Christopher Plummer

Topics: Another Background Because Cast Century Certain Classical Come Directors Easily Generation Know Like Look Lot Me More Over Patriarchal People Roles See Something Suitable Suppose Them Think Years You I Think 19Th Century

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Yeah, well I've always played comedy. My background is musical comedy theatre and that's really where my training is. As an actor, that's my training.

~Christopher Walken

Topics: Actor Always Background Comedy Musical Played Really Theatre Training Well Where Yeah

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My background is in musical comedy. I didn't know I was going to be an actor. But all my points of reference have to do with musical comedy and in being kind of a showoff.

~Christopher Walken

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