I came from the most orthodox background you could ask for.

I'm a traditional Jew with an orthodox background, and it informs much of my approach to science. Of course I think it's very important…

— Robert Winston

Right out of the University of California I had passed the bar, but Colorado was one of those places where anybody could come and…

— Richard Lamm

I've got a particular way of writing novels, and that carries over into the way I write comics and games, too. I'm a news…

— Karen Traviss

Engineers love to optimize problems. Now I optimize logistical problems. I ask: 'What's the goal? What are our constraints? What is the optimal, elegant…

— Ruchi Sanghvi

I have a crazy background in music, both as a performer and writer.

— Jesse Itzler

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