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«Last May, in Addis Ababa there was convened a meeting of Heads of African States and Governments. In three days, the thirty-two nations represented at that Conference demonstrated to the world that when the will and the determination exist, nations and peoples of diverse backgrounds can and will work together in unity for the achievement of common goals and the assurance of that equality and brotherhood which we desire.»
Author: Haile Selassie
(Emperor, Statesman)
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Ababa, Addis, Addis Ababa, African, backgrounds, brotherhood, conference, demonstrated, diverse, heads of state, head of state, peoples, represented, Thirty two, unity
«I've learned that our background and circumstances may have influenced who we are, but we are responsible for who we become»
Author: James Rhinehart
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background, backgrounds, Background and, influenced, in the background
«I have designed my style pantomimes as white ink drawings on black backgrounds, so that man's destiny appears as a thread lost in an endless labyrinth. I have tried to shed some gleams of light on the shadow of man startled by his anguish.»
Author: Marcel Marceau
(Mime Artist)
| Keywords:
anguish, backgrounds, black light, designed, drawings, gleams, ink, labyrinth, labyrinths, My Style, pantomime, pantomimes, shed, shed light on, startled, thread
«Bias has to be taught. If you hear your parents downgrading women or people of different backgrounds, why, you are going to do that.»
«Incidentally, disturbance from cosmic background radiation is something we have all experienced. Tune your television to any channel it doesn't receive, and about 1 percent of the dancing static you see is accounted for by this ancient remnant of the Big Bang. The next time you complain that there is nothing on, remember that you can always watch the birth of the universe.»
Author: Bill Bryson
(Writer)
| Keywords:
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«Do not separate text from historical background. If you do, you will have perverted and subverted the Constitution, which can only end in a distorted, bastardized form of illegitimate government.»
Author: James Madison
(President)
| About:
Constitution,
Government
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background, backgrounds, Background and, bastardized, constitution, distorted, historical, illegitimate, in the background, perverted, perverting, perverts, separate, subvert, subverted, subverting, subverts, text
«In the dim background of mind we know what we ought to be doing but somehow we cannot start.»
Author: William James
(Philosopher, Psychologist)
| Keywords:
background, backgrounds, Background and, dim, dimmed, dimming, dims, in the background, ought, somehow, start
«No one should be singled out for unfair treatment or unkind words because of their ethnic background or religious faith.»
Author: George W. Bush
(President)
| About:
Right,
Society
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background, backgrounds, Background and, ethnic, ethnic background, in the background, singled, treatment, unfair, unkind, unkindest
«My religious background is that my mother is a Christian Dior Scientist.»
Author: Robin Williams
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background, backgrounds, Background and, Christian Dior, Christian Scientist, Dior, in the background, scientist
«I'm inclined to think that a military background wouldn't hurt anyone.»
Author: William Faulkner
(Novelist, Writer)
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background, backgrounds, Background and, inclined, in the background, military
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