The job of the school is to teach so well that family background is no longer an issue. — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
To assert that it is possible to establish peace between men of different nations is simply to assert that man, whatever his… — Leon Bourgeois Copy Share Image
Obviously, I come from one background, and the people that design fitness equipment have been doing it for years and years, and… — Lance Armstrong Copy Share Image
The American cinema in general always made stories about working-class people; the British rarely did. Any person with my working-class background would… — Michael Caine Copy Share Image
The first things I remember drawing were battles - big sheets of paper covered in terrible scenes of carnage - though when… — Anthony Browne Copy Share Image
When a being such as myself who came from a rather difficult background is to 'work' here on earth, dimensionally as part… — Timothy Treadwell Copy Share Image
While I am a lawyer by profession and have travelled to several countries, working and educating myself, I came from a rural… — Dalia Grybauskaite Copy Share Image
Unlike the background in many of the paintings that I was inspired by or paintings that I borrowed poses from - the… — Kehinde Wiley Copy Share Image
Books can create a depth of story, a background of information and ideas, that televison and movies can't. Sure, the television shows… — Chuck Palahniuk 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
If you don’t try to stop whatever is going on in your mind, but merely observe it, eventually you’ll begin to feel… — Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche Copy Share Image
Those of our writers who have possessed a vivid personal talent have been paralyzed by a want of social background. — Van Wyck Brooks 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The life of nature we must meet halfway; it is shy, withdrawn, and blends itself with a vast neutral background.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
Sometimes I worked with just a background of a rock or a tree or black velvet, and just had to imagine the… — Fay Wray Copy Share Image
If someone believes they are limited by their gender, race or background, they will become more limited. — Carly Fiorina Copy Share Image
James Delaney as an individual is sort of like a grain of sand in an oyster who is irritating all of them.… — Steven Knight Copy Share Image
I see my fans as music lovers. I really love that. There's no age group or demographic. It's people of all ages… — Kacey Musgraves Copy Share Image
Most people say I look mean, and because I play so many tough roles and because of my size and my martial… — Michael Jai White Copy Share Image
Silence is the universal refuge, the sequel to all dull discourses and all foolish acts, a balm to our every chagrin, as… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
I do what most women do. I meet someone and some of it's right, maybe he looks right, or has the right… — Jane Green Copy Share Image
It should be pointed out that none of Cardew's works ever gave total freedom to the performer. The instructions were a guide… — John Tilbury Copy Share Image
I think you can find some rationales for that if we look at the background out of which he came. Martin [Luther… — Ella Baker Copy Share Image
There is no question that abuse, drugs and exposure to violence at home can exacerbate someone's criminal tendencies enormously. But there are… — Andrew Solomon Copy Share Image
For me, with any character, there are different ways that you approach understanding him, and in this film in particular, because I… — Asa Butterfield Copy Share Image
