I don't think there is a single sentence in this whole book [East of Eden] that does not either develop character, carry… — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
My mother's background was Scottish. She came from an old family, some of whom lived in upper New York State and some… — Alan Hovhaness Copy Share Image
In some cases, the casting directors have casted blindly and have not looked into my ethnic background — Mario Lopez Copy Share Image
One of Boomer's strong points is that he has a great background in just about everything. — Herbert Jefferson Jr Copy Share Image
The world's a poor standard. any society which is free of hunger and violence looks bright against that background. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Many photographers live in a dream world of beautiful backgrounds. It wouldn’t hurt them to get a taste of reality to wake… — Weegee Copy Share Image
I put out a recording of me singing mostly jazz because I wanted people to know I'm coming from a jazz background. — Rickie Lee Jones Copy Share Image
Whenever I have had to write fiction, I've always had to invent a character who roughly has my background. — V. S. Naipaul Copy Share Image
Worship is the common sense of faith in a life to come; and the hours we devote to it will assuredly be… — Henry Parry Liddon Copy Share Image
As the nation watches, Democrats and Republicans should reflect the interspersed character of America itself. Perhaps, by sitting with each other for… — Mark Udall Copy Share Image
The life of nature we must meet halfway; it is shy, withdrawn, and blends itself with a vast neutral background. We must… — John Burroughs Copy Share Image
I give you the chameleon, whose ability to blend itself into the background tells you all you need to know about the… — Frank Herbert Copy Share Image
Working within the limitations of the shared world generally made the writing easier, because I didn't have to invent any of the… — Walter Jon Williams Copy Share Image
I was friends with all different people and all different groups. And that led me to being friends with a few people… — James Maslow Copy Share Image
In the globalized world that is ours, maybe we are moving towards a global village, but that global village brings in a… — Lakhdar Brahimi Copy Share Image
So, when you divide the world into music lovers, music fans and then those people who are just very casual about their… — Michael Stipe Copy Share Image
When I think about what we need to do, we have 33,000 people a year who die from guns. I think we… — Hillary Clinton Copy Share Image
I built my own studio. I don't have the professional language to describe it because I'm not a videographer - but I'm… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
Through this atmosphere of torrid splendor moved wan beings as richly upholstered as the furniture, beings without definite pursuits or permanent relations,… — Edith Wharton Copy Share Image
Language allows us to talk about the past and plan the future. We can teach children about things that are not present.… — Jane Goodall Copy Share Image
We're being overrun by people who live in poor and corrupt countries who come to the USA to get work. But we… — Lindsey Graham Copy Share Image
Such displays of the Australian spirit engender pride, regardless of background, religion and political persuasion. They are unifying... This spirit of leadership… — Larissa Behrendt Copy Share Image
One of the important things about religion is that it is a sphere which is partially protected from selection. Religious creativity occurs… — Robert Neelly Bellah Copy Share Image
One of the most troubling aspects of the Rubio-Schumer Gang of Eight Bill was that it gave President [Barack] Obama blanket authority… — Ted Cruz Copy Share Image
In the U.K. I'm probably better known as a comedy writer - or certainly that's my background is in writing comedy. — Charlie Brooker Copy Share Image
I come from athletics and I have a pretty big boxing background, so I never really shy away or get nervous about… — Jon Bernthal Copy Share Image
It's so important to raise awareness of this problem that continues to affect 1 in 4 women at some point in their… — Anna Friel Copy Share Image
Hitch was interested in what I had to offer, like one of my background ideas for Norman's upbringing. — Joseph Stefano Copy Share Image
Change can only exist in time. Without time there is no change. Change can only exist with a background of that which… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Some of my cronies call me a pessimist and a decadent, but there is always a background of faith behind resignation. — Isaac Bashevis Singer Copy Share Image
Life would be flat without music. It is the background to all I do. It speaks to the heart in its own… — Ludwig van Beethoven Copy Share Image
If that were a winning argument, Donald Trump could get anybody off the bench on his cases by just something deeply offensive… — Deborah Rhode Copy Share Image
…and there, in the background, the sky’s sediment had sunk to a place where all the woe of the words ‘I am’… — David Mitchell Copy Share Image
God loves to take people from broken backgrounds and surprise them with possibilities. — Lysa TerKeurst Copy Share Image
My background is that I came from a middle class family, and I think those values stay where ever you go. — Nita Ambani Copy Share Image
Stage work, that's all I have in my background. Wasteland was my first TV experience. Dawson's was my first long-term, I mean… — Sasha Alexander Copy Share Image
No novel is a clone of any preceding one, though with a background cast of characters and things that has grown to… — Piers Anthony Copy Share Image
No matter how hard a man may labor, some woman is always in the background of his mind. She is the one… — Gertrude Atherton Copy Share Image
My mother was a teacher, my father was a community organizer. I come from a working class background. — Chris Hayes Copy Share Image
My background sets me apart. I've never been able to relate to many people. I've always been the outcast child. — Neon Hitch Copy Share Image
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