Backgrounds Quotes

935 quotes by 827 authors

The anger that Uncle Junior has comes from my background. My father was the son of an Italian immigrant, and I've seen the fire of… — Dominic Chianese
With my background, I came out of the theater. — Joe Morton
Songwriting is different from music, although I don't deny now that it would be nice to have a little more background in music theory. — Neil Diamond
Surely the President can agree with us, that theft from government is not good. I know it's bold. It's out on the edge. I know… — Newt Gingrich
It helps to regard soul as an active intelligence, forming and plotting each person's fate. Translators use "plot" to render the ancient Greek word mythos… — James Hillman
Journalism students need to understand it and need a solid background in the liberal arts, in sociology, economics, literature and language, because they won't get… — Harrison Salisbury
And, of course, some SF is set close enough to here and now that Anglo and European do apply. Since many of the writers come… — Stanley Schmidt
Direct your attention inward. Have a look inside yourself. What kind of thoughts is your mind producing? What do you feel? Direct your attention into… — Eckhart Tolle
I was born to a woman I never knew and raised by another who took in orphans. I do not know my background, my lineage,… — James A. Michener
After all, children are children no matter their background. — Julie Andrews
So many young decorators are trying to reinvent the wheel, and the results are sometimes very dubious. They're striving to do things that have never… — Albert Hadley
..I think there is less cynicism about human rights than there was. The work we are doing is part of the overall pattern of human… — Martin Ennals
All my life I've been aware of the Second World War humming in the background. I was born 10 years after it was finished, and… — A. A. Gill
We may have different backgrounds, but we believe in the same dream that says this is a country where anything's possible. No matter who you… — Barack Obama
Order is not sufficient. What is required, is something much more complex. It is order entering upon novelty; so that the massiveness of order does… — Alfred North Whitehead
As the books grew bigger and more ambitious, the situations in question sometimes became political ones, and so it became necessary to start painting in… — Jonathan Coe
People prefer to be with people like themselves. For all the celebration of 'diversity,' it's sameness that dominates. Most people favor friendship with those who… — Robert J. Samuelson
Everyone, no matter what their cultural background, has a right to discover the sacred in nature; to heal and be redeemed spiritually by nature; and… — Martha Brooks
One of Boomer's strong points is that he has a great background in just about everything. — Herbert Jefferson, Jr.
A lot of people don't know that my background is completely classical. For a while there, I was all about Moliere and the Greeks and… — Katy Mixon

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