Backgrounds Quotes

935 quotes by 827 authors

It is important for students to get a - to be exposed to a variety of people. Just like you want football players, you want… — Paul Gigot
I actually started in the opposite place. I come from a technical background - I'm a mathematician and a programmer by trade - and I… — Michael Loceff
My background is in math and science, and I thrive on complexity, and I think lots of people do. People love puzzles; it's human nature… — Michael Loceff
I come from a theater family and a theater background, and I come from a philosophy that you respect the space you occupy when you… — Jeremy Piven
I love imaginative representations of a possible near-future, where you look at the technology and you think, "Well, yeah, that could really nearly be true."… — Bill Nighy
Christopher Walken was probably the most experienced dancing partner I've had in movies, because he has the same background as I do. He's from theatre,… — John Travolta
We are a heterogeneous party made up of Americans of diverse backgrounds. — Barbara Jordan
To express the love of two lovers by a marriage of two complementary colors, their mingling and their opposition, the mysterious vibrations of Kindred tones.… — Vincent Van Gogh
The soul is the observer who interprets and makes choices in a confluence of relationships. These relationships provide the background, setting, characters, and events that… — Deepak Chopra
Informal relationships are not mere minor interstitial supplements to the major institutions of society. These informal relationships not only include important decision-making processes, such as… — Thomas Sowell
In earlier days, even as a child, the beauty of landscapes was quite clear to me. A background for the soul's moods. Now dangerous moments… — Paul Klee
But where do they find these lines in nature? I can only see luminous or obscure masses, planes that advance or planes that recede, reliefs… — Francisco Goya
Many of the Kiwis appearing in powerful business circles around the world come from accounting backgrounds. Yet often people have preset ideas of how an… — Philip Roth
A typical day is full of anxiety and boredom. Flow experiences provide the flashes of intense living against this dull background. — Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
It's no easy matter to paint a background. I venture to say that the old painters had more difficulty with their grounds than with their… — William Morris Hunt
I am very pleased to be involved with the Daniel Pearl Music Days committee because its message resonates with me on a very personal level,… — Russell Simmons
I think ties are great and Kathy Bates is an actress whose work I've admired tremendously over many years, and I feel a certain kinship… — Joan Allen
Despite the fact that I had a writing background, they didn't want to accept whatever ideas I had as a writer. — John Amos
In a one-woman show, there must be compelling material that you adore. In both of these there are conversations with you and another character. My… — Valerie Harper
Doing a background check is still a very manual process, because the government agencies that create the records are largely paper-based systems. I'm not going… — James Lee

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