Backgrounds Quotes
935 quotes by 827 authors
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Change can only exist in time. Without time there is no change. Change can only exist with a background of that which is changeless, otherwise…
— Frederick Lenz
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If there's no background, no foreground, no opposition, no complements, then there's no change becasue there's no subject and object.
— Frederick Lenz
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I must remark that what I mean by our religion working upon the nations outside of India comprises only the principles, the background, the foundation…
— Swami Vivekananda
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My background is in musical comedy.
— Christopher Walken
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What was more needed by this old man who divided the leisure hours of his life, where he had so little leisure, between gardening in…
— Victor Hugo
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Warhol's images made sense to me, although I knew nothing at the time of his background in commercial art. To be honest, I didn't think…
— Barbara Kruger
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It is organized as a fellowship of men, a system of morals, a philosophy taught by degrees through the use of symbol, story, legend, pictures,…
— Harry S. Truman
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Building friendships with people from dissimilar backgrounds and diverse perspectives will make you wiser and more creative.
— Rick Warren
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I suppose that history will remember my term in office as the years when the Cold War began to overshadow our lives. I have hardly…
— Harry S. Truman
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What's great is that because math is such a universal language, really, our fans come in all shapes and sizes, all ages and genders and…
— David Krumholtz
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My background is basically scientific math. My Dad was a physicist, so I have it in my blood somewhere. Scientific method is very important to…
— John Astin
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Later in the fifties I got involved in kinetic studies using my long forgotten math background.
— William Standish Knowles
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But say some, would you expose woman to the contact of rough, rude, drinking, swearing, fighting men at the ballot box? What a humiliating confession…
— Ernestine Rose
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I was always the sexy bass player in the background while Robin stood centre. Barry and I played it up a bit, gave 'em a…
— Maurice Gibb
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So if you want to have a great video game-based movie you have to keep the mood of the game, use the normal character setup…
— Uwe Boll
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Peak oil: The over-populated UK's ability to feed and supply itself for our privileged lifestyle requires the land and resources of other nations. Against a…
— Phil Harding
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THE WRITER can get free of his writing only by using it, that is, by reading oneself. As if the aim of writing were to…
— Edmond Jabes
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I think that what most surprises anybody who goes into politics from even a modestly cerebral background is the vulgarity of much of the cut…
— Chris Patten
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The look that passes between Jeffrey and Kimber right then feels like it requires a swell of cheesy music in the background. Aw, I think.…
— Cynthia Hand
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He was a first-time nonviolent possible offender, ... And under the mandatory minimums, he was put in prison for 15 years. Not only does the…
— Carly Simon
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