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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 lies in this plea for keeping woman in the background!

~Ernestine Rose

Topics: Background Ballot Box Confession Contact Drinking Expose Fighting Humiliating Keeping Lies Men Plea Rough Rude Say Some Swearing Woman Would You

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I come from an army background, and everyone at my home has a habit of getting up early. I continue this habit even today.

~Esha Gupta

Topics: Army Background Come Continue Early Even Everyone Getting Habit Home Today Up

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I really appreciate the sport background because the structure and the discipline that that gives a person is incredible, and it just carries with you wherever you go.

~Estella Warren

Topics: Appreciate Background Because Carries Discipline Gives Go Incredible Just Person Really Sport Structure Wherever You

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The historical background is one of the easier aspects of writing a novel. Far more difficult is dreaming up the smaller, character-based scenes, scenes that rise entirely from one's own imagination.

~Ethan Canin

Topics: Aspects Background Difficult Dreaming Easier Entirely Far Historical Imagination More Novel Own Rise Scenes Smaller Up Writing

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I believe God takes the things in our lives - family, background, education - and uses them as part of his calling. It might not be to become a pastor. But I don't think God wastes anything.

~Eugene H. Peterson

Topics: Anything Background Become Believe Calling Education Family God His Lives Might Our Our Lives Part Pastor Takes Them Things Think Uses Wastes I Believe

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Against the dark background of this contemporary civilization of well-being, even the arts tend to mingle, to lose their identity.

~Eugenio Montale

Topics: Against Arts Background Civilization Contemporary Dark Even Identity Lose Mingle Tend Well-Being

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In the story of Thetis and Achilles, it's clear this isn't really a safe environment. She's gone down to the River Styx - the dead are being ferried across in the background. There's something in this mythology that says that if you want invulnerability, if you want immortality, you pay a price.

~Eula Biss

Topics: Achilles Across Background Being Clear Dead Down Environment Gone Immortality Mythology Pay Price Really River Safe Says She Something Story Styx Want You

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I don't have a typical filmmaker background. I didn't grow up with a super eight camera or a video camera. I didn't start cutting movies when I was four or five.

~F. Gary Gray

Topics: Background Camera Cutting Eight Filmmaker Five Four Grow Grow Up Movies Start Super Typical Up Video Video Camera

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Learn computer science. It's extraordinarily helpful. I like recommending learning economics as well so they think in terms of business, they have rational frameworks for looking at the world, but yeah, computer science is an amazing way to get into, even if you want to be CEO, having a tech background is helpful.

~Fabrice Grinda

Topics: Amazing Background Business Ceo Computer Computer Science Economics Even Extraordinarily Get Having Helpful Learn Learning Like Looking Rational Science Tech Terms Think Want Way Well World Yeah You

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The American Dream is that any man or woman, despite of his or her background, can change their circumstances and rise as high as they are willing to work.

~Fabrizio Moreira

Topics: American American Dream Any Background Change Circumstances Despite Dream Her High His Man Rise Willing Woman Work

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