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My background is in physics, so I was the mission specialist, who is sort of like the flight engineer on an airplane.
Sally Ride
Coming from a farming background, I saw nothing out of the ordinary in running barefoot, although it seemed to startle the rest of the athletics world. I have always enjoyed going barefoot and when I was growing up I seldom wore shoes, even when I went into town.
Zola Budd
I think that much of this was running in background as I contemplated whether or not to attend the PS 99 reunion, although I certainly anticipated that I would not; it smelled like death, not youth.
John Thorn
One of the strengths I derive from my class background is that I am accustomed to contempt.
Dorothy Allison
It doesn't work that way, you know, because most parts that you think you'd do well, most other people don't. So they offer you something - The Avengers is a good example... I fitted into that because I came from that sort of background. It's not even acting.
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My background is in physics, so I was the mission specialist, who is sort of like the flight engineer on an airplane.
Sally Ride 
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Coming from a farming background, I saw nothing out of the ordinary in running barefoot, although it seemed to startle the rest of the athletics world. I have always enjoyed going barefoot and when I was growing up I seldom wore shoes, even when I went into town.
Zola Budd
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I think that much of this was running in background as I contemplated whether or not to attend the PS 99 reunion, although I certainly anticipated that I would not; it smelled like death, not youth.
John Thorn
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One of the strengths I derive from my class background is that I am accustomed to contempt.
Dorothy Allison
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It doesn't work that way, you know, because most parts that you think you'd do well, most other people don't. So they offer you something - The Avengers is a good example... I fitted into that because I came from that sort of background. It's not even acting.
Patrick Macnee
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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.
James Madison
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In 1972, I got my first electric bass and started playing the kind of instrument I play now. I found that the majority of musicians couldn't bear that. They are not used to listening to the bass because they think the bass is in the background to support them.
Eberhard Weber
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The New Testament witnesses were fully aware of the background against which the resurrection took place.
Josh McDowell
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There are a lot of things you can do with a law degree background, but I just didn't have a passion for it.
Matthew McGrory
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Hitch was interested in what I had to offer, like one of my background ideas for Norman's upbringing.
Joseph Stefano
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