Backgrounds Quotes

935 quotes by 827 authors

If, for instance, you put in a Malay officer who's very religious and who has family ties in Malaysia in charge of a machine gun… — Lee Kuan Yew
Auto da Fay reveals the trickles of a creative sensibility that later became a tide, but essentially, Weldon the writer emerges only at the very… — Joanna Murray-Smith
In 1972, I got my first electric bass and started playing the kind of instrument I play now. I found that the majority of musicians… — Eberhard Weber
I realized pretty soon that I have to do more than just play bass in the background way. So, I developed a kind of playing… — Eberhard Weber
This means I must pay close attention to the writing, but equally so to the scientific background - which sometimes means doing fairly involved calculations. — Stanley Schmidt
Of course, the way writers think about those things is almost certain to be affected by their own cultural background, and it would be hard… — Stanley Schmidt
I don't think that coming from a privileged background makes you this monster who doesn't feel things. — Tamara Ecclestone
My mother's background was Scottish. She came from an old family, some of whom lived in upper New York State and some of whom had… — Alan Hovhaness
Mr. McVicker instilled self-respect in those of us who were his students, because he respected us regardless of our background, — Ahmad Jamal
Direct selling provides an opportunity open to absolutely everyone, regardless of background, specialized skills or capital worth. — Paul Zane Pilzer
I come from an army background, and everyone at my home has a habit of getting up early. I continue this habit even today. — Esha Gupta
The Bible NEVER flatters its heroes. It tells us the truth about each one of them in order that against the background of human breakdown… — Alan Redpath
Christianity emerged from the religion of Israel. Or rather, it has as its background a persistent strain in that religion. To that strain Christians have… — Kenneth Scott Latourette
I have always believed in dialogue and in nonviolence, and if you look at my background you will see that it has always been my… — Mangosuthu Buthelezi
Hiring people with diverse backgrounds brings in a flexibility of thought and openness to new ways of doing things, as opposed to hiring clones from… — Yvon Chouinard
I'm a filmmaker and I'm proud of the movies I've made. But in the background of my life I was also very involved in the… — Joel Silver
I do write long, long character notes - family background, history, details of appearance - much more than will ever appear in the novel. I… — Anne Tyler
Don't wait around for your life to happen to you. Find something that makes you happy, and do it. Because everything else is all just… — George Mason
From what deep springs of character our personal philosophies issue, we cannot be sure. In philosophers themselves we seem always able to notice some deep… — William Barrett
I'm the girl who is lost in space, the girl who is disappearing always, forever fading away and receding farther and farther into the background.… — Elizabeth Wurtzel

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