My family background was heavily slanted toward business and seafaring matters. — William Standish Knowles Copy Share Image
I think the way country music is set up, we all came from a family background. — Marty Stuart 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
My family background has always been very supportive. They're going to be there for me no matter what. — Mark Sanchez Copy Share Image
Just based on my own family and background, I would not be in a film that would exploit or sensationalize anyone. — Lydia Hearst Copy Share Image
I have enormous respect for people who come from a strong family background in Fine Gael. — Leo Varadkar Copy Share Image
With my family background - my parents were both activists - writing about culture and politics came naturally. — Alexander Chee 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
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
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
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
“It's just that every now and then there's a student who comes from a challenging family background, and you know there's nothing… — Nicholas Sparks Copy Share Image
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 media picks on me because I don't have a family background like other female leaders of South Asia. Look at Indira… — J. Jayalalithaa Copy Share Image
We say success in America is about hard work and character. It's not really. Most of success today is about how good… — Andrew Yang 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
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
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
“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
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
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
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
“Differences across social lines in schooling aspirations—initially those of parents and later those of children—are one of the ways the long shadow… — Karl Alexander Copy Share Image
“The phenomenon seems too diverse, with too many variables (personality, family background, culture, education) to come together in one coherent picture of… — Van Vugt, Mark Copy Share Image
Everyone wants to be happy; happiness is a right. And while on a secondary level differences exist of nationality, faith, family background,… — Dalai Lama 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
“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
Given my family background, whenever, as a child, I was asked about becoming an actor, I used to answer in the negative. — Prabhas Copy Share Image
“Where success is concerned, people are not measured in inches, or pounds, or college degrees, or family background; they are measured by… — John C. Maxwell Copy Share Image
In high school, I came to realize I had a second-hand faith, derived from my parents and family background. I had no… — Nancy Pearcey Copy Share Image
I don't come from money or an educated family background or any sort of supportive family life, so all of my choices… — Cat Power Copy Share Image
My family, my background... it just parallels really nicely with a lot of social and cultural movements. — Martine Syms Copy Share Image
I know where I am headed and how will I evolve. There's nothing stopping you. I don't have a family background on… — Ali Fazal Copy Share Image
“Every child should have exactly the same opportunity to learn, regardless of family background, income, or geographic location.” — Anu Partenen 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
Bowen is a Welsh name and the family background is more rugby than football, but we're English through and through. — Jarrod Bowen 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
