Backgrounds Quotes

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The best voice actors all have a live performance background. And are competent, fearless, incredibly creative actors. — Rob Paulsen
American field players would really help themselves if they were exposed to a steady stream of boxÂ experience. Box lacrosse is an extremely valuable background for… — Dom Starsia
To be successful, you really have to put your ego in the background and try to be diplomatic to achieve what you want to achieve. — Ken Adam
Bin Laden comes out of a business background - he studied public administration and economics at university, and he worked for his family company, which… — Peter Bergen
My background is that of a competitive athlete and a fighter, and I'm bringing something totally different to 'The Biggest Loser' that wasn't there before. — Cara Castronuova
My background was in performing originally. — Cy Coleman
I have to say my background was mostly theatre, which I love, and it took a long time to feel comfortable there. That's probably true… — Ann Dowd
Comeback records always worry me, especially when they're made by one of my heroes, and I'd heard stories about Gil Scott-Heron recently, about drug arrests… — Will Hermes
I was not put here to be a background character in someone else's movie! — Breaux Greer
One of the things I liked about my character in 'Run' is that she can just disappear into the background if she wants, which is… — Katie Leung
I live in Derry, a little town in Ireland, and I don't have the background of Hollywood or Broadway. — Damian McGinty
Celebrity poverty, that's the hidden scandal in Blair's Britain. You can't help but worry for them. A girl I knew developed X-ray eyes for celebrity… — Peter York
This recognition of the earlier human background, now so obvious to us, did not come all at once, for the inclusion of history itself in… — James Henry Breasted
Some documentaries are made by people who are driven more by one particular story, or have different backgrounds or ambitions, but I'm always looking for… — Lucy Walker
To me Art's subject is the human clay, / And landscape but a background to a torso; / All Cezanne's apples I would give away… — Wystan Hugh Auden
Common standards ensure that every child across the country is getting the best possible education, no matter where a child lives or what their background… — Roy Romer
Then they show up at the door and the reality is that they are 5-foot-8, 240 pounds and have not run a mile in years.… — Charlene Li
Nuclear industry proponents often assert that low doses of radiation (eg below 100mSV) produce no ill effects and are therefore safe. But , as the… — Helen Caldicott
I was kind of an innocent hayseed from a middle-class, utterly nonintellectual background. — Julia Child
I always work with the same composer, his name is Ali Helnwein. I don't have a musical background. — Alex Prager

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