My family background really only consists of my mother. She was a widow. My father died quite young; he must have been… — Derek Walcott Copy Share Image
The revolution is carried out by means of one's thought, not through one's family background. — Kim Jong Il Copy Share Image
You have to set big goals for yourself. And you have to put aside all the negativity in your life that tells… — Brian Tracy Copy Share Image
I really don't know what makes a comedian. I think it's a family background and environment. Yet if you put the same… — Bob Newhart Copy Share Image
My family background is Mexican, and I was born in Chicago. It's pretty much family tradition every time we get together for… — Ailyn Perez Copy Share Image
Children from a given family background, when put in schools of different social compositions, will achieve at quite different levels. — James S. Coleman Copy Share Image
“When it comes to work - hurry, hurry, hurry. When it comes to payment - delay, delay, delay. Caste, religion, family background… — Aravind Adiga Copy Share Image
“Do not assume that a source agrees with a writer when the source summarizes that writer’s line of reasoning. Quote only what… — Kate L. Turabian Copy Share Image
If you're going to compare a middle-income black kid with a middle- income white kid, and, say, you control for family background,… — William Julius Wilson Copy Share Image
I wanted to write a book about Hemingway's Paris, but a professor beat me to it. I suddenly realized other people were… — Jack Hemingway Copy Share Image
Peace of mind is found when you stop judging yourself and stop judging others. Aspire to what you were born into and… — Kemmy Nola Copy Share Image
In Manipur, mostly the top player's family background is very poor. I also come from a poor family, so we have to… — Mary Kom Copy Share Image
One Mongolian leader became a very, very brutal dictator and eventually became a murderer. Previously, he was a monk, and then he… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
Los Angeles is such a great meritocracy. Where can someone with my background - don't have the right family background, the right… — Eli Broad Copy Share Image
“They will have difficulties to overcome,' I admitted. 'Including the differences in their religions. However, marriage is always a chancy business, Katherine.… — Elizabeth Peters Copy Share Image
I don't expect to ever put my family background to rest but I do expect to be taken seriously as a scholar,… — Chesa Boudin Copy Share Image
I do write long, long character notes - family background, history, details of appearance - much more than will ever appear in… — Anne Tyler Copy Share Image
In Trini there ah mostly Trini people of African & Indian background who forefather & fore-mothers came from Africa & India who… — Glen Rambharack Copy Share Image
I think the way country music is set up, we all came from a family background. — Marty Stuart Copy Share Image
Seriously, I wanted to be an artist because I saw that it meant endless possibilities. I came from a badly managed family… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Social immobility is driven by family background, instability in childhood and often by parents who don't know how to give children the… — Chris Grayling Copy Share Image
I came from a folk-family background. Although we weren't really the all-singing, all-dancing-around-the-piano folkies or anything like that, there is that idea… — Teddy Thompson Copy Share Image
My family background was heavily slanted toward business and seafaring matters. — William Standish Knowles Copy Share Image
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
“The most direct path to Party was raising pigs. The company had several dozen of these and they occupied an unequaled place… — Jung Chang Copy Share Image
