There are days we live as if death were nowhere in the background; from joy to joy to joy, from wing to… — Li-Young Lee Copy Share Image
Acting is a really simple job - it's just hard to do. You just have to be that person with their background… — Jason Isaacs Copy Share Image
Religion was fading into the background. He had shovelled away all the beliefs that would hamper him, had cleared the ground, and… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I mean, what's the elections? You know, two guys, same background, wealth, political influence, went to the same elite university, joined the… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
We [ with Andy Samberg] knew each other for the last few years, our names are similar, our looks are a little… — Adam Sandler Copy Share Image
When I was coaching I always considered myself a teacher. Teachers tend to follow the laws of learning better than coaches who… — John Wooden Copy Share Image
I used to play a few instruments including guitar and snare drums, but I think a musical background is an important part… — Nicky Romero Copy Share Image
It's no easy matter to paint a background. I venture to say that the old painters had more difficulty with their grounds… — William Morris Hunt Copy Share Image
If asked to sketch a picture of the typical archer I would be hard put. They seem to come in all shapes,… — Fred Bear Copy Share Image
A beautiful woman risking everything for a mad passion. A few wild weeks of happiness cut short by a hideous, treacherous crime.… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
Historians of every generation, I believe, unless they are pure antiquarians, see history against the background - the controlling background - of… — Hugh Redwald Trevor-Roper Copy Share Image
[T]he democratic principle of "one man, one vote," viewed against a background of voting masses numbering several millions, only serves to demonstrate… — Erik von Kuehnelt-Leddihn Copy Share Image
From my experience let me say this: in today's world it is no bad thing for a politician to have had the… — Margaret Thatcher Copy Share Image
All the different nations in the world, despite their differences of appearance and religion and language and way of life, still have… — Abbas Kiarostami Copy Share Image
Just because I'm from North Harrow some people want me to be a proper chav. I'm not from a poor background, but… — Kate Nash 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
The way that the background fields generates mass is rather like the way in which when light passes through a transparent medium… — Peter Higgs Copy Share Image
Of course the Disney movies, you know all the soundtracks, and anything Gene Kelly and Fred Astaire were doing - Singing in… — Jillian Hervey Copy Share Image
I used to believe, like many people who come from poor backgrounds, that it gave me an edge, but I think that's… — Craig Ferguson Copy Share Image
Making improvements to our background check system and cracking down on illegal gun trafficking are common-sense ways to prevent violence without punishing… — Martin Heinrich Copy Share Image
Obviously in the Senate we have all types of different people, all kinds of different folks that have come from all types… — Mark Pryor Copy Share Image
Almost 20 percent of the people living in Germany today have a foreign background. The problem is that Germany can't really offer… — Bassam Tibi Copy Share Image
I've always been a fan of vinyl. There's something about the ritual of it. Something about it holds its gravity, for some… — Frank Iero Copy Share Image
I never thought of myself as a comedic actor. I didn't go to Second City, that's not my background, I'm not a… — Paul Rudd Copy Share Image
Doing a background check is still a very manual process, because the government agencies that create the records are largely paper-based systems.… — James Lee Copy Share Image
Ideas' can be only in the distant background of a work of art, something like a very low horizon. In the middle… — Mu Xin Copy Share Image
People think that I'm mean because I'm quiet, and I don't really go out places or because I don't really say too… — Derrick Rose Copy Share Image
The advice I would give to girls from Eastern backgrounds who are interested in the arts is that it is always beneficial… — Nadia Ali Copy Share Image
The joy and happiness it gives you or the emotions you go through when you hold your child in your arms for… — Abhishek Bachchan Copy Share Image
If someone has a Muslim background and they're willing to reject those tenets and to accept the way of life that we… — Benjamin Carson Copy Share Image
My main worry about referendums is that you are taking a very complicated political question that requires knowledge of a bunch of… — Jason Brennan Copy Share Image
I don't know that we teach it. I don't know that we emphasize it... I understand the philosophical background behind it, but… — Gordon B. Hinckley Copy Share Image
In America, we're trying to find a peaceful solution in the Middle East and we're not going to be divided along any… — Darrell Issa Copy Share Image
I'm interested in everything about what it means to be a human being, so every role is an excuse to delve into… — Rachelle Lefevre Copy Share Image
What, really, is wanted from a neighborhood? Convenience, certainly, an absence of major aggravation, to be sure. But perhaps mostof all, ideally,… — Joseph Epstein Copy Share Image
My athleticism was really the core to social acceptance, because in those days the overwhelming number of students came from more of… — Roger Bannister Copy Share Image
Working on 'Gossip Girl' was a fantastic experience. It was my first real gig and I'm thankful for it - I got… — Dreama Walker Copy Share Image
To understand my feelings — and my conception of the role of Secretary General — the nature of my religious and cultural… — U Thant 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
Naturally, I was thrilled but being the first year, the Academy Awards had no background or tradition, and it naturally didn’t mean… — Janet Gaynor Copy Share Image
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