The history of the United States is the story of people of many backgrounds. — William Loren Katz Copy Share Image
I feel half faded away like some figure in the background of an old picture. — Iris Murdoch Copy Share Image
I've gradually risen from lower-class background to lower-class foreground. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Journalism talk is part of the nonstop background noise of American life. — Russell Baker Copy Share Image
I didn't come from a traditional Tory background; it was urban and metropolitan. — George Osborne Copy Share Image
If you don't have the background awareness of oneness, duality becomes real. — Alan Finger Copy Share Image
I'm from a lower middle class background; all my family were immigrants. — Billy Corgan Copy Share Image
Do your homework and keep good files. Know the background and biases of your sources. — Jane Brody Copy Share Image
I always work with the same composer, his name is Ali Helnwein. I don't have a musical background. — Alex Prager Copy Share Image
Jazz is not background music. You must concentrate in order to get the most out of it. You must absorb it. — Horace Silver Copy Share Image
Ninety percent of people support background checks. Which means even people who can't pass a background check support background checks. — Bill Maher Copy Share Image
the music was always in the background, like music at a church service; it was something to depend upon. — Joyce Carol Oates Copy Share Image
If you had to eat another human to survive, do you think they'd taste like their ethnic background? — Daniel Tosh Copy Share Image
... every experience in life enriches one's background and should teach valuable lessons. — Mary Barnett Gilson Copy Share Image
I'm a filmmaker and I'm proud of the movies I've made. But in the background of my life I was also very… — Joel Silver Copy Share Image
I would think, to me, growing up in the south, growing up with all the gospel music, singing in the church and… — Jackie DeShannon Copy Share Image
The information hack contains facts discovered by the FBI in doing background checks for people seeking positions with the federal government. It's… — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
I don't think you really can send an exact message, because any two viewers are so disparate, in terms of their backgrounds,… — Martin Mull Copy Share Image
When the musical keyboard was created in the 1970's, you had electronic geeks that had no background in music created these devises… — David Bowie Copy Share Image
Being involved with Oxfam has really opened my eyes to the world at large and the suffering of others. But my background… — Joy Bryant Copy Share Image
Freedom so often means that one isn't needed anywhere. Here you are an individual, you have a background of your own, you… — Willa Cather Copy Share Image
The one that came really easy was the Japanese lover, because he's like a ghost in the book. He's always in the… — Isabel Allende Copy Share Image
I think it no accident that most of those emigrating to America in the 19th century identified with the Democratic Party. We… — Barbara Jordan Copy Share Image
A grower of chrysanthemums awaited a visit from the emperor, who was coming to enjoy his blossoms, of which there were hundreds… — John Templeton Copy Share Image
And certainly when I reached La Chorerra in 1971 I had a price on my head by the FBI, I was running… — Terence McKenna Copy Share Image
Missing someone has to be one of the worst human emotions. All the other feelings like anger and fear and horror get… — Alexandra Potter Copy Share Image
Dear friends, let us not forget the flesh of Christ which is in the flesh of refugees: their flesh is the flesh… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
with a country of rare picturesqueness for a background, a people of rare beauty for actors, everybody more or less permeated with… — Inez Haynes Irwin Copy Share Image
Non- Euclidean calculus and quantum physics are enough to stretch any brain; and when one mixes them with folklore, and tries to… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
40, 50 years ago, Americans - the majority of Americans did not want to accept these Vietnamese refugees who they saw as… — Nguyen Viet Thang Copy Share Image
Evasion of the unadorned immediacy of life is as deep-seated as it is relentless. Even with the ardent desire to be aware… — Stephen Batchelor Copy Share Image
