"You can only recognize your happiness against the background of suffering."
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"I'm of Arab background."
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"U.S. has no feudal background, so institutions that remained in place in Europe did not remain in place here."
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"O who knows what slumbers in the background of the times?"
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"My own background is fairly liberal and so this notion of 'protecting women from outside intrusion' is not in my nature, nor in my upbringing."
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"the music was always in the background, like music at a church service; it was something to depend upon."
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