Background Quotes

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I have had national security background, 10 years on the Intelligence Committee, the last two years as chair. — Bob Graham
Bergman has a very special eye for people. His background taught him to listen and to feel. — Max von Sydow
In a continent but recently settled, many parts of which have as yet little historical or cultural background, the material for this volume has been… — Hervey Allen
Well, Mr. Speaker, if so many of these Iraqis are ready to come up and to provide the security, the police work in the country,… — Marty Meehan
I mean simply to say that I want my characters to suggest the background in themselves, even when it is not visible. I want them… — Michelangelo Antonioni
I had this idea for a while to do mix this Al Green vibe with a samba thing. I tried to do that in many… — Arto Lindsay
Rose was sexy. It was my fantasy about her. She accomplished so much and came from so little in terms of a background that would… — Linda Lavin
I was aware of it, but I grew up in a very a-religious family. My mother never went to church, she never had any religious… — Donald Johanson
My background did not start with the East Side; it started with Greenwich Village, which is West Side. — Gregory Corso
I am myself of a mixed background. — Quiara Alegria Hudes
You do tend to miss that repetition of day in and day out in a restaurant. I would like to open someplace where I can… — Curtis Stone
I was raised never to carp about things and never to moan, because in vaudeville, which is my background, you just got on with it… — Julie Andrews
Merit should count more than academic background. — Lee Myung-bak
You never realise how much of your background is sewn into the lining of your clothes. — Tom Wolfe
So maybe there are three parts in my life - earlier background living in exile in Xinjiang in a very political circumstance, then later the… — Ai Weiwei
The Jewish background is not that far from the black groove. Blacks are downtrodden, Jews are downtrodden, therefore they have something in common in that… — Jerry Leiber
The majority of my background is multi-camera format, which is very broad and a very arch perception of reality. Whereas single camera tends to be… — Matt LeBlanc
My own military background is wholly un-distinguished. I was a sergeant. — W. E. B. Griffin
My background is in theater. I was a theater major in college. — Amy Schumer
At this point, I feel fairly comfortable in terms of performance. I think having a sketch background actually helps a lot. Because my background is… — Michael Ian Black

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