I come from a secular background.

I come from an almost wholly secular background and have no quarrel with religion.

— Michael Moorcock

How do you live with evil? Art is traditionally - certainly with my secular background - the answer, but art is very self-referential, whereas…

— Yann Martel

I come from a very straight and adjusted suburban background.

— James Wan

I come up from a music background.

— Malik Yoba

I have so much respect for people who do blue-collar work because I come from that background myself.

— Cynthia Kadohata

I have no filmi background.

— Wamiqa Gabbi

Al Jazeera is a representation of, you know, diversity in the Arab world. In our newsroom, we have every single nationality, we have every…

— Wadah Khanfar

Once you know the background of an individual, you can connect better with his or her music.

— Badshah

Mark Zuckerberg is a rich white dude from a really privileged background.

— Peter Sunde

My first album, 'Get Lifted,' was a hip-hop soul album that had some of its roots in the church, as far as the sonic…

— John Legend

The way I look at it is, cancer research is absolutely nonpartisan. Cancer is very democratic in the sense that it attacks people regardless…

— David H. Koch

Food as a hobby used to be an elite pastime, and it has become something that is totally ordinary for people of every background.…

— Dana Goodyear

I grew up with a religious background.

— Alex Caruso

When I was playing piano, it was like, 'I'm going to write a song using all the white keys.' My music director, who knew…

— John Tesh

When you see how fragile and delicate life can be, all else fades into the background.

— Jenna Morasca