A man can overcome his background, even as he can overcome a skilled opponent. — David Gemmell Copy Share Image
At the time, I was making good money doing background work and demos. — Dee Dee Warwick Copy Share Image
My own military background is wholly un-distinguished. I was a sergeant. — W. E. B. Griffin Copy Share Image
I'm inclined to think that a military background wouldn't hurt anyone. — William Faulkner Copy Share Image
I've never been a huge prog fan. My background is punk. My background is learning how to play a bar chord and… — Justin Broadrick Copy Share Image
Coming from a working-class background, where my father did manual labor, was a good grounding; I was obsessed with getting a job… — Johnny Marr Copy Share Image
I looked for a very long time, knowing that it had to happen, but it took me a long time to find… — Alton Brown Copy Share Image
Surrounding myself with women of different backgrounds and on different paths and in different stages of their lives has become so valuable… — Brie Larson Copy Share Image
I come from a modest background. I put myself through college and law school and a postdoctorate program in tax law. — Michele Bachmann Copy Share Image
One's mind has a way of making itself up in the background, and it suddenly becomes clear what one means to do. — A. C. Benson Copy Share Image
It was really wonderful playing with Aretha [ Franklin]. I knew that she knew what she was doing, so all I had… — Condoleezza Rice Copy Share Image
No matter what race we are, what ethnic background, sexual orientation, or what views we may have, we are all human. Unfortunately,… — Erin Gruwell Copy Share Image
The history of the genocide perpetrated during the Second World War does not belong to the past only. It is a ‘living… — Irina Bokova Copy Share Image
For me, I'm just trying to be the best at what I do. I'll wave an Asian American flag if I get… — Chad Hugo Copy Share Image
The countdown reached ten seconds and I could almost hear an invisible crescendo of stirring background music. 'Anchors aweigh!' Five, four, three,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Americans have always welcomed people of all backgrounds, religions, and races. It's a spirit of tolerance, now energized and amplified by the… — Ayaan Hirsi Ali Copy Share Image
I like Colin Powell, I like his West Indian background, I like his intellect, I like a lot of things that he… — Harry Belafonte Copy Share Image
Without my husband's costumes I wouldn't have known how to accomplish what I saw in my own mind's eyes for choreography. And… — Katherine Dunham Copy Share Image
I have a children's theater background, so I grew up performing for child audiences; it's sort of my specialty. I know the… — Linda Woolverton Copy Share Image
There was a time we decided that it was songs that were done especially from my background because of the things we… — Ruth Brown Copy Share Image
In the depths of the mirror the evening landscape moved by, the mirror and the reflected figures like motion pictures superimposed one… — Yasunari Kawabata Copy Share Image
You are not just here to fill space or be a background character in someone else's movie. Consider this: nothing would be… — David Niven Copy Share Image
No doubt Carter would describe the underground city in excruciating detail, with exact measurements of each room, boring history on every statue… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
It is indeed immensely picturesque. I can fancy sitting all a summer's day watching its shadows shorten and lengthen again, and drawing… — Henry James Copy Share Image
My background, I really am a computer hacker. I've studied computer science, I work in computer security. I'm not an actively a… — Dave Asprey Copy Share Image
The Youth Employment Fund is helping Ontario's young people build valuable skills and access job opportunities that will lay the groundwork for… — Brad Duguid Copy Share Image
Shadow is the obstruction of light. Shadows appear to me to be of supreme importance in perspective, because, without them opaque and… — Leonardo da Vinci Copy Share Image
When you describe the miserable and unfortunate, and want to make the reader feel pity, try to be somewhat colder - that… — Anton Chekhov Copy Share Image
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