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The relationship I have to my fatherland is like that of mothers with crippled children: they love them all the more, the more crippled they are. Germany is the background of all my plans, the return to Germany.

~Friedrich List

Topics: Background Children Crippled Fatherland Germany Like Love More Mothers Plans Relationship Return Them

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I wanted to tell my story and where I came from and my background, because it was not easy.

~Gabby Douglas

Topics: Background Because Came Easy Story Tell Wanted Where I Came

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Expanding background checks will help create a uniform standard for all gun purchases and prevent criminals and the dangerously mentally ill from obtaining powerful weapons.

~Gabrielle Giffords

Topics: Background Checks Create Criminals Dangerously Expanding Gun Help Ill Mentally Obtaining Powerful Prevent Purchases Standard Uniform Weapons Will

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From Texas to New Hampshire and everywhere in between, we know that support for policies such as expanded background checks continue to be popular in both parties.

~Gabrielle Giffords

Topics: Background Between Both Both Parties Checks Continue Everywhere Hampshire Know New New Hampshire Parties Policies Popular Support Texas

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Gun owners and non-gun owners alike agree on expanding background checks, making gun trafficking a serious crime with stiff penalties, making it illegal for all stalkers and all domestic abusers to buy guns, and expanding mental health resources so the mentally ill find it easier to receive treatment than to buy firearms.

~Gabrielle Giffords

Topics: Agree Alike Background Buy Checks Crime Domestic Easier Expanding Find Firearms Gun Guns Health Ill Illegal Making Mental Mental Health Mentally Owners Penalties Receive Resources Serious Stiff Than Trafficking Treatment

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My name, my origins, my background and my experiences are what leveraged my success. The angle of the immigrant, through which I examined the reality in France, distinguished me.

~Gad Elmaleh

Topics: Angle Background Distinguished Examined Experiences France Immigrant Me Name Origins Reality Success Through Which

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Non-crazy gun advocates - the ones who aren't stockpiling in preparation for a zombie invasion - don't like the idea of expanding background checks because they think it'll be a lot more paperwork. And it probably would make it more difficult to sell guns at, say, a flea market.

~Gail Collins

Topics: Advocate Background Because Checks Difficult Expanding Flea Gun Guns Idea Invasion Like Lot Make Market More Paperwork Preparation Say Sell Think Who Would Zombie

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Every gun sold should require a background check, period.

~Gary Ackerman

Topics: Background Check Every Gun Period Require Should Sold

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I like the fact that this kind of family has been seen in a movie a million times: teenage kids, the family is a bit strained and they don't have enough money, but in the background the guy used to be a Gene Simmons type.

~Gary Cole

Topics: Background Been Bit Enough Enough Money Fact Family Gene Guy Kids Kind Like Million Million Times Money Movie Seen Teenage Times Type Used

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We should make it as easy as possible to be able to get a legal work visa - not citizenship, not a green card. Just a work visa, with a background check and a Social Security card so that applicable taxes would get paid.

~Gary Johnson

Topics: Able Applicable Background Card Check Citizenship Easy Get Green Just Legal Make Paid Possible Security Should Social Social Security Taxes Visa Work Would

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