Background Quotes

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I'm inclined to think that a military background wouldn't hurt anyone. — William Faulkner
The gospel is never heard in isolation. It is always heard against the background of the cultural milieu in which one lives. A person raised… — William Lane Craig
If you donâ€™t try to stop whatever is going on in your mind, but merely observe it, eventually youâ€™ll begin to feel a tremendous sense… — Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche
I want my characters to suggest the background in themselves, even when it is not visible. I want them to be so powerfully realized that… — Michelangelo Antonioni
When man becomes reconciled to nature, when space becomes his true background, these words and concepts will have lost their meaning, and we will no… — Michelangelo Antonioni
I came up from a difficult background. — Gordon Ramsay
To understand my feelings â€” and my conception of the role of Secretary General â€” the nature of my religious and cultural background must first… — U Thant
Having a background in doing printmaking and letterpress, I think that I became very interested in images that were flat and graphic. And my painting… — Margaret Kilgallen
I was asked to sing with Mavis Staples on a gospel compilation called 'Oh Happy Day.' And, you know, other than being totally intimidated at… — Patty Griffin
Al-Ghazali is the most important philosophical theologian of classical Islam, and Moderation in Belief is among his most important works. It sets out al-Ghazali's Ash?arite… — Peter Adamson
Chicago is a lot of my background as a chef. — Jose Garces
Eventually the consumer will come to appreciate the editorial point of view of every different brand. User-generated content without editorial oversight will simply be background… — Michael Eisner
Many people you think are individual achievers in fact have either a strong spousal partner over many years or a business partner who's either in… — Michael Eisner
He [Chris Martin] can't have background music on. It has to be 100â€‰percent of his attention. But if he isn't at home, I turn on… — Gwyneth Paltrow
At a time when history made its way slowly, the few events were easily remembered and woven into a backdrop, known to everyone, before which… — Milan Kundera
And certainly when I reached La Chorerra in 1971 I had a price on my head by the FBI, I was running out of money,… — Terence McKenna
The whole background of 'Avian' is rain. I was just playing with textures and realizing you can touch music. — Mac Miller
By background I'm both a Quaker and a Yorkshireman, which I like to call double jeopardy. — Jeremy Grantham
Space is certainly something more complicated than the average person would probably realize. Space is not just an empty background in which things happen. — Alan Guth
Glacier Gray is an unobtrusive gray that contrasts and enhances; bouncing off other shades without taking away from them as it slips into the background… — Leatrice Eiseman

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