As I didn't belong from a filmy background, I didn't know how to become an actor. — Nidhhi Agerwal Copy Share Image
I come from a newspaper background, so maybe I'm attuned to current events. — Jess Walter Copy Share Image
I wanted to show people the sweet science I have, from my amateur background. — Daniel Jacobs Copy Share Image
I've sort of escaped my background, as people often do, through art and culture. — Danny Boyle Copy Share Image
I'm not courting labor. I come from a labor background. To me, it's just intuitive. — Gavin Newsom Copy Share Image
It is good if newcomers have a theatre background. It helps in films. — Paresh Rawal Copy Share Image
A coach's role, effectively speaking, is to stay in the background and let the onus be on the players. — Ravi Shastri Copy Share Image
There's not a day that goes by that I don't draw on my undergraduate background in psychology. — Geoffrey Canada Copy Share Image
I came from a very strict background, and didn't hear any Jamaican music when I was growing up. — Grace Jones Copy Share Image
What strikes me every single time is that the aspirations of Indians are unique and unparalleled. They're very demanding, regardless of background. — Sundar Pichai Copy Share Image
Naturally, everything depends on one's background books and on what one is looking for. — Umberto Eco Copy Share Image
I started my cycling academy to try and get more people from a BAME background into cycling. — Kadeena Cox Copy Share Image
“Many of the gaps in my knowledge and understanding were simply limits of class and cultural background, not lack of aptitude or… — Sonia Sotomayor Copy Share Image
I studied audio engineering at university. The background I am from, music was never seen as a viable career; it was always… — Chet Faker Copy Share Image
I think I started writing about identity, and I used to believe that identity is the story. But now I'm not so… — Helen Oyeyemi Copy Share Image
Seriously, I wanted to be an artist because I saw that it meant endless possibilities. I came from a badly managed family… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Most actors I know come from a screwed up background, so it makes sense that if you can walk on to a… — Peter Mullan Copy Share Image
During his public life, Barack Obama has often referred to his biracial background and itinerant childhood and has said, 'In no other… — Monica Crowley Copy Share Image
Sadly, the only constant in my writing environment stems from some inexplicable need to listen to the news. CNN loops over and… — Lauren Weisberger Copy Share Image
'Porgy and Bess' has never been thought of as a dance show, and yet it's filled with dance. It uses dance to… — Robert Gottlieb Copy Share Image
Economic development and poverty alleviation are so complicated that I don't think there's a single background or a single discipline that is… — Jim Yong Kim Copy Share Image
I don't have a background in design, so I think it's always about what I see in the world and what inspires… — Erin Wasson Copy Share Image
In 'Gravity,' nearly everything is a metaphor for the main character. The way I tend to approach a film is that character… — Alfonso Cuaron Copy Share Image
I'd never been a tract writer; I'd never been a philosopher; I'd never taken part in extraordinary industrial dispute activism; I'd not… — David Lange Copy Share Image
Ajax is a multicultural club, and we have found that many talented immigrant players quit when they reach puberty. So we wanted… — Johan Cruyff Copy Share Image
The first generation of UFC fighters wanted to prove that their style of fighting was the best. I came in on the… — Randy Couture Copy Share Image
I am quite international. My background, born in Turkey. My family is a Jewish family from Iran, so I went from Turkey… — Nouriel Roubini Copy Share Image
There's no way I would have got to see so much of the world, with my humble background, without modelling. We were… — Carmen Dell'Orefice Copy Share Image
“I loved my dish towel. This one was two-toned, and had, on one side, stitchings of fat purple roses on a lavender… — Aimee Bender Copy Share Image
Movements such as the Pan-Germanic, Pan-Islamic, or Pan-Negro justify themselves on the basis of their common language, or their common religion, or… — Leon Bourgeois Copy Share Image
