Backgrounds Quotes

935 quotes by 827 authors

If my university years taught me anything, it was that the smarter a woman's background, the more primitive her bedchamber — Rowan Pelling
Om is not just a sound or vibration. It is not just a symbol.... If you think of Om only as a sound, a technique… — Amit Ray
As a musician and a guitar player, I can noodle as well as anybody. But from my background as a session musician, I always try… — Richie Sambora
Hitch was interested in what I had to offer, like one of my background ideas for Norman's upbringing. — Joseph Stefano
Well first of all you have to make the character strong so that people can follow that. And then hopefully that character can integrate with… — Oliver Stone
If I get blocked, it is generally because I don't know enough about some aspect of the story or the characters. The answer for this… — Sarah Zettel
When you have a background in combat sports, people think you're this martial arts expert, but really I'm just a guy who is able to… — Rick Yune
I come from a background of hanging out with friends and shooting videos with them, with funny stuff coming out of the group. I guess… — Michael Patrick Jann
I think that much of this was running in background as I contemplated whether or not to attend the PS 99 reunion, although I certainly… — John Thorn
Barbara did the selecting and that's probably the most brilliant thing was she put together a group of women, different backgrounds, different experiences. — Star Jones
We were from totally different social backgrounds. This is what is very hard for an American to understand, but we could have been five guys… — Bill Bruford
In this media-drenched, data-rich, channel-surfing, computer-gaming age, we have lost the art of doing nothing, of shutting out the background noise and distractions, of slowing… — Carl Honore
The theory, hypothesis, framework, or background knowledge held by an investigator can strongly influence what is observed. — Norwood Russell Hanson
Whatever causes night in our souls may leave stars. Cimourdain was full of virtues and truth, but they shine out of a dark background. — Victor Hugo
My religious background is that my mother is a Christian Dior Scientist — Robin Williams
The difficulties and hazards of marriage are greatly increased where backgrounds are different — Spencer W. Kimball
There are a lot of things you can do with a law degree background, but I just didn't have a passion for it. — Matthew McGrory
In the middle of the next century, when the literary establishment will reflect the multicultural makeup of this country and not be dominated by assimiliationists… — Ishmael Reed
The BBC has tended over the years to be broadly liberal as opposed to broadly conservative for all sorts of perfectly understandable reasons. The sort… — John Humphrys
I come from an art-school background, and I still feel that in my music, it's about exploration and challenging myself, about putting myself in a… — PJ Harvey

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