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I'm not a judgmental person, so I can't comment on someone else's background.
Christina Aguilera
Else
Background
Someone
Judgmental
Comment
Person
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
Noise
Will
Three
Live
Background
Weekend
Football
Like
Just
Turn
Games
Four
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
Theatre
Training
Comedy
Musical
Musical Comedy
Background
Well
Always
Yeah
Where
Really
Actor
Played
I've always played comedy. My background is musical comedy theatre, and that's really where my training is.
Christopher Walken
Theatre
Training
Comedy
Musical
Musical Comedy
Background
Always
Where
Really
Played
I have absolutely no dancing background. I think I took one swing class when I was in college, with a friend of mine. I think I went twice.
Chuck Liddell
Class
College
Think
Took
Dancing
Mine
Background
Absolutely
Friend
Swing
Twice
I come from a wrestling background but don't really use it in most of my fights.
Chuck Liddell
Background
Wrestling
Come
Most
Really
Use
Fights
I have quite a different background from a lot of people in the Labour party - I'm of mixed heritage.
Chuka Umunna
People
Party
Heritage
Background
Mixed
Lot
Labour
Labour Party
Quite
Different
Undoubtedly Obama's multi-ethnic heritage is part of his appeal. There is something in his background that we can all relate to and grab hold of.
Chuka Umunna
Heritage
Relate
Background
Obama
Something
Part
His
Undoubtedly
Grab
Hold
Appeal
Comparing every black male politician on the scene to Obama is a bit lazy - just because I'm from a similar background and profession, it's such an easy comparison to make. It's also quite annoying being viewed through the prism of someone else's personality and identity, rather than your own.
Chuka Umunna
Personality
Black
Own
Politician
Every
Else
Background
Bit
Obama
Easy
Someone
Similar
Rather
Scene
Through
Lazy
Annoying
Also
Identity
Make
Because
Prism
Male
Than
Quite
Just
Being
Just Because
Viewed
Your
Profession
Comparing
Comparison
My background is advertising: I moved to New York from London in 1998 to start up the U.S. office of ad agency Bartle Bogle Hegarty.
Cindy Gallop
Background
London
New
Advertising
Up
Office
York
Moved
New York
Agency
Ad
Start
Start-Up
In real life I do a lot of reconnaissance and then kind of choose the guy I'm going to go after. Not like stalking, but I just want a little background info. That might be why I haven't had many bad dates.
Claire Coffee
Life
Real Life
Stalking
Background
Kind
Bad
Guy
Dates
Had
Like
Real
Go
Lot
Going
Just
Want
After
Little
Might
Then
Choose
Many
Why
Philip's story is the most interesting in the royal family - his background is the opposite of what you'd think. Everyone has this idea that Philip is this bumbling, deliberately posh sort of man who says the wrong thing.
Claire Foy
Family
You
Man
Wrong Thing
Think
Philip
Everyone
Background
Says
Deliberately
Wrong
Idea
Most
Sort
Opposite
His
Story
Interesting
Who
Thing
Royal
Royal Family
Posh
I wrote 'The Facebook Era' because I felt like it needed to be written, and I was one of the people who might be qualified to do so. Specifically, my background is that I developed the first business application on Facebook.
Clara Shih
Business
Facebook
People
First
Background
Developed
Written
Like
Qualified
Wrote
Because
Felt
Era
Might
Who
Specifically
Application
Needed
I grew up with a very religious background.
Clarence Clemons
Background
Religious
Up
Very
Grew
The benefits of Umuganda are not merely economic. The day is intended to build community involvement and strengthen cohesion between persons of different background and levels. One such a benefit is that people can access authorities to articulate their needs and voice opinions on various issues.
Clemantine Wamariya
Day
Needs
People
Benefits
Build
Community
Benefit
Background
Various
Voice
Economic
Merely
Between
Involvement
Access
Opinions
Issues
Articulate
Authorities
Intended
Different
Persons
Strengthen
Levels
Cohesion
I actually don't see that strong of a connection between my background as a rock 'n roller and my early films. In a way I think your musical identity in film work is determined by the jobs that come your way.
Cliff Martinez
Work
Strong
Think
Films
Musical
Way
Background
Jobs
See
Determined
Between
Come
Identity
Rock
Roller
Your
Connection
Film
Actually
Early
I've often thought that my background in rock 'n' roll has gone to waste in film work. My background was that I was a rock 'n' roll drummer and I don't think I used drums in my first ten years of film scoring.
Cliff Martinez
Work
Thought
First
Gone
Think
Background
Ten
Ten Years
Drummer
Drums
Rock
Rock-N-Roll
Years
Scoring
Roll
Often
Used
Film
Waste
Governor Romney has a great business background. He is extremely well educated. He has several degrees from Harvard, including, you know, business and including a law degree.
Clint Eastwood
Great
You
Business
Law
Degree
Great Business
Background
Extremely
Several
Harvard
Degrees
He
Know
Well
Well-Educated
Educated
Governor
Governor Romney
Romney
Including
While the most disadvantaged students - most often poor students of color - receive the most considerable academic benefits from attending diverse schools, research demonstrates that young people in general, regardless of their background, experience profound benefits from attending integrated schools.
Clint Smith
Experience
People
Benefits
Young
Research
Considerable
Background
Diverse
General
Color
Disadvantaged
Students
Attending
Academic
Most
Schools
Integrated
Often
Regardless
While
Young People
Poor
Receive
Profound
I come from a very working-class background.
Clive Owen
Background
Come
Very
Working-Class
I was bred and raised in a multi-cultural music background.
Coco Lee
Music
Background
Bred
Raised
Background checks, waiting periods, reports of transfers, and access to mental health records have not stopped the legal sale of firearms to legitimate buyers.
Colleen Hanabusa
Health
Legal
Waiting
Mental Health
Background
Mental
Records
Firearms
Checks
Periods
Access
Sale
Reports
Stopped
Legitimate
Transfer
Buyers
As an actor, my background is in the theater and I feel that my strong suit is period work, but I actually didn't do much of it at all, until the last three or four years. I'm loving it!
Colm Meaney
Work
Strong
Three
Background
Strong Suit
Feel
Until
Period
Years
Theater
Loving
Much
Actor
Actually
Four
Last
Suit
My whole background is theater, and theater is to some degree presentational.
Connie Britton
Degree
Background
Some
Theater
Whole
I'm from a working-class background - I had free school meals all my life and then spent six years in art school.
Cornelia Parker
Life
Art
School
Free
My Life
Background
Spent
All My Life
Had
Years
Art School
Six
Meals
Then
Working-Class
I'm from an upper-middle class background. But because there was no one of my race where I grew up, I was very isolated. I felt different from everybody else.
Courtney A. Kemp
Class
Everybody
Everybody Else
Else
Background
No-One
Because
Felt
Isolated
Up
Very
Where
Different
Grew
Race
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