Background Quotes

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Aretha Franklin was a teenage mom, a musician who came from an incredibly Christian background, but there was a lot of love, which is really… — Beth Ditto
I value my Catholic background very much. It taught me not to be afraid of rigorous thought, for one thing. — Terry Eagleton
I love fashion, but I don't come from a background of loving clothes, and I remember feeling badly dressed from a young age. — Jenny Eclair
I had a lot of trouble with engineers, because their whole background is learning from a functional point of view, and then learning how to… — Brian Eno
We are increasingly likely to find ourselves in places with background music. No composers have thought to write for these modern spaces, which represent 30%… — Brian Eno
According to this view, democracy is a product of western culture, and it cannot be applied to the Middle East which has a different cultural,… — Recep Tayyip Erdogan
If someone believes they are limited by their gender, race or background, they will become more limited. — Carly Fiorina
I have never denied my background or my culture. I have taught my child to embrace her Mexican heritage, to love my first language, Spanish,… — Salma Hayek
I have a strong Lutheran background, and my parents instilled in me strong morals. — Tippi Hedren
I always had a knack for improvisation. I can write down the notes I play, but never really had a proper academic musical background. I… — Anthony Hopkins
How are things visible? Can you see an egg against a white background? Not by drawing a line around it can you make it evident. — William Morris Hunt
Sigmund Freud was a novelist with a scientific background. He just didn't know he was a novelist. All those damn psychiatrists after him, they didn't… — John Irving
Time is but the shadow of the world upon the background of Eternity. — Jerome K. Jerome
Just as physical exercise is a well-known and well-accepted means to improve health for anyone, regardless of age or background, so can the brain be… — Naveen Jain
I think that my preaching style and many of my ideas and ideals about faith are based in both Pentecostal and Baptist background. — T.D. Jakes
In the dim background of mind we know what we ought to be doing but somehow we cannot start. — William James
I'm a self-taught guitarist, but I have a classical music background. — Adam Jones
I was obsessed with being popular in high school and never achieved it. There's photos from our high school musicals, and I'm comically in the… — Mindy Kaling
As a kid, I had a background in theater. — Charlie Kaufman
I do have some theatrical background. I've written plays and seen plays and read plays. But I also read novels. One thing I don't read… — Charlie Kaufman

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