Background Quotes

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Coming from a background of being onstage, you're onstage for two and a half hours and you're in it for the whole time no matter… — Aaron Tveit
But I had a very traditional background as well. My parents are neat people. — Uma Thurman
If you're from a poor background, you have to work even harder. But that's what makes you who you are. — Carol Vorderman
Well, I think everything I've ever read contributes to the background from which I write. — Jack Vance
Working on 'Gossip Girl' was a fantastic experience. It was my first real gig and I'm thankful for it - I got to learn a… — Dreama Walker
Sometimes there's a snobbery among literary types that these people don't really get it, but in a lot of ways they get it more than… — Irvine Welsh
That's what happens nowadays with people working on computers. They can so easily fix things with their mouse and take out all the, 'Oh, somebody… — Jack White
Working within the limitations of the shared world generally made the writing easier, because I didn't have to invent any of the characters or background,… — Walter Jon Williams
My whole background, my whole life was just lots and lots of theater, a lot of that being musical theater. — Zachary Levi
When a reporter files a piece about Republican that slams Republican or law enforcement or hypes up climate change, there's no attempt to expose their… — Kimberly Guilfoyle
See beauty in those unexpected places. (she asked herself how people could let Bach be background noise.) See the opportunity in what looks like inconvenience.… — Mary Anne Radmacher
There are so many stars shining in the sky, so many beautiful things winking at you, but when Venus comes out, all the others are… — Mehmet Murat Ildan
Survival is the main objective. There are going to be some awful days, I know that from my background in the sport. — David Millar
I grew up on food stamps. I come from a very humble background. And I've had many friends that have been destitute - you know,… — Debi Mazar
My upbringing was middle-class but my parents' families were both working-class so I had this odd combination of working-class background but in a privileged position. — Denise Mina
I came from this very traditional background and I benefited hugely from feminism. I felt privileged going to university and doing a PhD. Most people… — Denise Mina
My whole background is character acting: weird costumes, fat suits, playing men, playing animals - I've never played anyone with whom there's any overlapping Venn… — Allison Williams
Pres. Lyndon Johnson was a middle-aged man of smalltown America, both a Westerner and a Southerner, and except where politics had demonstrably forced his growth-as… — Tom Wicker
News is so often a report of conflict, an account of problems, a thing of the day and even of the minute, that sometimes I… — Arthur Hays Sulzberger
We will be able to achieve a just and prosperous society only when our schools ensure that everyone commands enough shared background knowledge to be… — Edward Hirsch

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