Background Quotes

1061 quotes by 946 authors

When I was very young, my background as a Sikh-American made me aware of the tensions that underlie choice. — Sheena Iyengar
My mother was the influence on me - my father was absent. He was a diamond dealer; he was doing wonderful things in the background,… — Maira Kalman
I come from a very working-class background. — Janet Montgomery
I did not come from an academic background. My father was a smart man, but he had a fifth-grade education. He and all his friends… — Leonard Susskind
I come from a theater background. I studied acting at NYU and also the Groundlings in L.A. — Ashley Bell
My father was brought up in a theatrical background, just as I was, and his father instilled in him the need to do everything properly… — Sean Pertwee
The first generation of UFC fighters wanted to prove that their style of fighting was the best. I came in on the cusp of the… — Randy Couture
I had a background in theater as an actor, and then a photographer, and then as an experimental filmmaker and editor. — Lynn Shelton
I grew up very much in a sporting background. I always wanted to be an actor, but my escapism always came in sports. — Bradley James
I actually have an ice-skating background. I skated until I was 15, for about eight years. It was hardcore skating for about eight hours a… — T. V. Carpio
My martial arts background is Tae Kwon Do. — Will Yun Lee
In the the late seventies and early eighties, I played background roles in thirty movies... Woody Allen movies, Scorsese films, you name it. Whatever was… — Tobin Bell
I come from a huge theater background. The whole action and stunt world just came as the roles were available. — Brian Tee
The idea of right and wrong, being righteous, acknowledging when you make a mistake, repentance - all these important things I got from my Catholic… — Jon Voight
I really thought, with my background growing up, and my service, and all that, I thought it would be enough for the presidency. But... It… — Bob Dole
The background - your own history - is way more important than what you can achieve as a professional. — Javier Bardem
Sadly, the only constant in my writing environment stems from some inexplicable need to listen to the news. CNN loops over and over in the… — Lauren Weisberger
Seriously, I wanted to be an artist because I saw that it meant endless possibilities. I came from a badly managed family background, so art… — Sam Taylor-Wood
Every life of a character is within a context. If I write detached from a social and political background, my story looks like a soap… — Isabel Allende
A classic is a work which persists as a background noise even when a present that is totally incompatible with it holds sway. — Italo Calvino

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