Quotes about Background

Background for Humans Votes: 3

Background updating is absolutely the future. Votes: 3

I'm a self-taught guitarist, but I have a classical music background. Votes: 1

When you see how fragile and delicate life can be, all else fades into the background. Votes: 1

Maybe because I am from a sports background, I don't give up easily. I am a fighter. Votes: 1

I come from a very loving, stable background where I've been persuaded to just be myself and anything is possible. Votes: 1

I come from the slums; I come from a hard background; I come from a poor family; and I was a soldier. Votes: 1

I tell students that the opportunities I had were a result of having a good educational background. Education is what allows you to stand out. Votes: 1

I was raised never to carp about things and never to moan, because in vaudeville, which is my background, you just got on with it through all kinds of adversities. Votes: 1

What everyone in the astronaut corps shares in common is not gender or ethnic background, but motivation, perseverance, and desire - the desire to participate in a voyage of discovery. Votes: 1

Do not separate text from historical background. If you do, you will have perverted and subverted the Constitution, which can only end in a distorted, bastardized form of illegitimate government. Votes: 1

My background educationally is physics and economics, and I grew up in sort of an engineering environment - my father is an electromechanical engineer. And so there were lots of engineery things around me. Votes: 1

Many people you think are individual achievers in fact have either a strong spousal partner over many years or a business partner who's either in the background, not given enough publicity or less egocentric. Votes: 1

We know from our clinical experience in the practice of medicine that in diagnosis, prognosis, and treatment, the individual and his background of heredity are just as important, if not more so, as the disease itself. Votes: 1

When President Obama first unveiled his gun control proposals recommending a ban on assault weapons and high-capacity magazines and better background checks, there seemed to be momentum behind the effort. But then the proposals ran into a wall. Votes: 1

I'm very proud to be black, but black is not all I am. That's my cultural historical background, my genetic makeup, but it's not all of who I am nor is it the basis from which I answer every question. Votes: 1

Music as background to me becomes like a mosquito, an insect. In the studio we have big speakers, and to me that's the way music should be listened to. When I listen to music, I want to just listen to music. Votes: 1

I joined the Labour party because I believed in equality, in freedom of speech and in tolerance, compassion and understanding for people, irrespective of their background and views. In whatever I decide to do in the future I will hold to those principles. Votes: 1

My wife Juliana and I first saw Eurovision while on our honeymoon in Greece in 2006, and we were amazed by it. They basically recreate a music video onstage, and pyro cannons, LED video screens, background dancers, fireworks, costume changes, and wind machines are their tools. Votes: 1

The Olympic Gold medal in 1968 was definitely the highest moment of my career. It was a dream come true. I was a 19-year-old boy, and it was just amazing to be standing on top of the podium and hearing the National Anthem in the background. Votes: 1

I'll also tell you that five hundred thousand people will die this year of cancer. And I'll also tell you that one in every four will be afflicted with this disease, and yet, somehow, we seem to have put it in a little bit of the background. Votes: 1

The miracle of unity is being granted to us as we pray and work for it in the Lord's way. Our hearts will be knit together in unity. God has promised that blessing to His faithful Saints whatever their differences in background and whatever conflict rages around them. Votes: 1

The prevailing - and foolish - attitude is that a good manager can be a good manager anywhere, with no special knowledge of the production process he's managing. A man with a financial background may know nothing about manufacturing shoes or cars, but he's put in charge anyway. Votes: 1

I don't come from a film background. I haven't learned anything about films or film-making. But I have a thirst to know everything about my profession. I want to learn about cinematography, about editing, about music recordings, about post-production. So when people in the know talk, I willingly listen. Votes: 1

Non-crazy gun advocates - the ones who aren't stockpiling in preparation for a zombie invasion - don't like the idea of expanding background checks because they think it'll be a lot more paperwork. And it probably would make it more difficult to sell guns at, say, a flea market. Votes: 1

The biggest mistake you can make is assuming that creativity will hit you all at once and the muse will carry you to the end of the book on feather wings while 'Foster the People' plays gently in the background. Storytelling is work. Pleasurable work, usually, but it is work. Votes: 1

I want to state upfront, unequivocally and without doubt: I do not believe that any racial, ethnic or gender group has an advantage in sound judging. I do believe that every person has an equal opportunity to be a good and wise judge, regardless of their background or life experiences. Votes: 1

Revolutionaries who come to power by force of arms usually have great crimes in their background. Leaders who survive campaigns by great powers to destroy them do not survive because they observe the niceties of law. Subversives who shape world events by covert action and violence work in shadows and detest the light of day. Votes: 1

I'm of Arab background. Votes: 0

My background is Scottish. Votes: 0

Jazz is not background music. Votes: 0

I'm from a Gypsy background! Votes: 0

Dance is in my background. Votes: 0

My background was in performing originally. Votes: 0

My background is in health care. Votes: 0

My background is in musical comedy. Votes: 0

I have a strong art-history background. Votes: 0

My family background was deeply Christian. Votes: 0

I wasn't a great background singer. Votes: 0

My background is degradation and sloth, mostly. Votes: 0

I come from a traditional theater background. Votes: 0

I come from a very working-class background. Votes: 0

I come from a very working-class background. Votes: 0

A weak background is a deadly thing. Votes: 0

I don't come from a privileged background. Votes: 0

My background is in improv and writing. Votes: 0

I came up from a difficult background. Votes: 0

I come from a background of independent films. Votes: 0

My education and background thoroughly inform my writing. Votes: 0

My education and background thoroughly inform my writing Votes: 0

But I came from a conservative Republican background. Votes: 0

I've sung background for a couple of bands. Votes: 0

I don't know much about my biological background. Votes: 0

I never want to hide my wrestling background. Votes: 0

I'm just a husband waltzing in the background. Votes: 0

My martial arts background is Tae Kwon Do. Votes: 0

After all, children are children no matter their background. Votes: 0

Every gun sold should require a background check, period. Votes: 0

The discipline of desire is the background of character. Votes: 0

As a kid, I had a background in theater. Votes: 0

McKinley shows all the background of a chocolate eclair. Votes: 0

With my background, I came out of the theater. Votes: 0

No matter our background, we all have crazy families. Votes: 0

I came from a background of directing behind-the-scenes documentaries. Votes: 0

The background looks like a lot of red cards. Votes: 0

Bluegrass is really a big part of my background. Votes: 0

I've gradually risen from lower-class background to lower-class foreground. Votes: 0

The whole culture of my background was deeply Conservative. Votes: 0

Choice is always performed against a background of habit. Votes: 0

I don't have any type of sketch-comedy or stand-up background. Votes: 0

We had our British background of traditional theatre behind us. Votes: 0

The call to write does not respect background or experience. Votes: 0

I come from a working-class background in Queens, New York. Votes: 0

Growing up in a Mennonite background, there's not much media. Votes: 0

I was bred and raised in a multi-cultural music background. Votes: 0

I love folk; that's a big part of my background. Votes: 0

I made a living being a background singer for years. Votes: 0

But, yea, I grew up in a strong Baptist background. Votes: 0

Chicago is a lot of my background as a chef. Votes: 0

I have a dance background. I have an athletic background. Votes: 0

I came from the most orthodox background you could ask for. Votes: 0

I'm inclined to think that a military background wouldn't hurt anyone. Votes: 0

My own military background is wholly un-distinguished. I was a sergeant. Votes: 0

I entered this career having no background or connection to acting. Votes: 0

I belong to a purely agricultural family from a rural background. Votes: 0

My family background was heavily slanted toward business and seafaring matters. Votes: 0

My background may be common, but I have specialized in elegance. Votes: 0

Alcohol was the background color in the fabric of Reggie's life. Votes: 0

O who knows what slumbers in the background of the times? Votes: 0

You can only recognize your happiness against the background of suffering. Votes: 0

Your life can become the background for the art you create. Votes: 0

I'm not from a retail background, but I am a shopper. Votes: 0

I am aiming my books at anybody with no economics background. Votes: 0

Academia is a rarified culture, especially an Ivy League academic background. Votes: 0

I'm Cuban-American, everybody says. I have a Cuban background, Cuban blood. Votes: 0

A stage setting is not a background; it is an environment. Votes: 0

I came from a farming background, and my career was teaching. Votes: 0

You know, my background, I was at a non-profit for years. Votes: 0

The American landscape has no foreground and the American mind no background. Votes: 0

Journalism talk is part of the nonstop background noise of American life. Votes: 0

Unseen in the background, Fate was quietly slipping lead into the boxing-glove. Votes: 0

I'm from a lower middle class background; all my family were immigrants. Votes: 0

My religious background is that my mother is a Christian Dior Scientist Votes: 0

My whole background is theater, and theater is to some degree presentational. Votes: 0

There is no foreground or background, only a continuity of interlacing relationships Votes: 0

Sure, I've listed myself as Cuban-American. That's my heritage and my background. Votes: 0

I'm singing background on one of Blondie's songs on her new album Votes: 0

... every experience in life enriches one's background and should teach valuable lessons. Votes: 0

I come from a background where money has never been an issue. Votes: 0

The Mekons were kind of like the background music of my life. Votes: 0

My background is in theater. I was a theater major in college. Votes: 0

Your background has a lot to do with your approach to movement. Votes: 0

Today's terrorists do not share a particular ethnic, educational or socioeconomic background. Votes: 0

No matter what their background, the southern French are fascinated by food. Votes: 0

I read a lot of biographies and books with an African background. Votes: 0

I'm singing background on one of Blondie's songs on her new album. Votes: 0

I came out of a family background that involved itself with people. Votes: 0

If you don't have the background awareness of oneness, duality becomes real. Votes: 0

I come from rather an international, or in other words, a cosmopolitan background. Votes: 0

I come from a coal-mining, working-class background. My father was a coal miner. Votes: 0

I was kind of an innocent hayseed from a middle-class, utterly nonintellectual background. Votes: 0

Your subconscious is always working in the background, unlocking things and solving problems. Votes: 0

I didn't come from a traditional Tory background; it was urban and metropolitan. Votes: 0

I'm not a judgmental person, so I can't comment on someone else's background. Votes: 0

Your background and environment is with you for life. No question about that. Votes: 0

All intelligent faith in God has behind it a background of humble agnosticism. Votes: 0

I'm not a comedian. I didn't study sketch comedy; my background isn't that. Votes: 0

It's reducing my entire professional career and background to this one word [mistress]. Votes: 0

Time is but the shadow of the world upon the background of Eternity. Votes: 0

The book is an unbearable totality. I write against a background of facets. Votes: 0

I come from a newspaper background, so maybe I'm attuned to current events. Votes: 0

Work all paled into the background as soon as I had a baby. Votes: 0

I'm much calmer when there's no TV or music playing in the background. Votes: 0

I come from a newspaper background, so maybe Im attuned to current events. Votes: 0

I feel most colored when I am thrown against a sharp white background. Votes: 0

Surely words are just the background music when passion pounces on a soul. Votes: 0

At the time, I was making good money doing background work and demos. Votes: 0

I felt better being in the background. That's the way I like it. Votes: 0

My own basketball background was ripping up my ACL in a lawyer's league. Votes: 0

I've got that Irish thing going on. Lots of Irish in my background. Votes: 0

Against the background of general freakishness the case of my particular freakishness was lost. Votes: 0

My background is in theoretical physics, and it's something very close to my heart. Votes: 0

When I was a kid, I desperately wanted more background information on especially cartoonists. Votes: 0

I was really nervous working with actors, since I come from a photography background. Votes: 0

It is suicidal for other runners to copy my hill sessions without adequate background. Votes: 0

Naturally, everything depends on one's background books and on what one is looking for. Votes: 0

I don't really care what someone's background is; creativity can come from any background. Votes: 0

It's highly likely that what you're doing is indeed influenced by your Jewish background. Votes: 0

I have a strong Lutheran background, and my parents instilled in me strong morals. Votes: 0

Harmony would lose its attractiveness if it did not have a background of discord. Votes: 0

But I had a very traditional background as well. My parents are neat people. Votes: 0

I have a curious background for someone who turns out to be a writer. Votes: 0

I have a business background. I have always wanted to open my own business. Votes: 0

White space is to be regarded as an active element, not a passive background. Votes: 0

I contemplated a career at NIH at one point. I have a neuroscience background. Votes: 0

a man can overcome his background, even as he can overcome a skilled opponent. Votes: 0

I was not put here to be a background character in someone else's movie! Votes: 0

I don't think you have an anti-Israel background when it comes to Donald Trump. Votes: 0

I've sort of escaped my background, as people often do, through art and culture. Votes: 0

My background is in psychology and I'm also a stage actor. That's my background. Votes: 0

My music has a very spiritual background, a sanctity that is almost like worship. Votes: 0

The revolution is carried out by means of one's thought, not through one's family background. Votes: 0

Becoming a model was very counter-culture for my background, which is hyper-liberal, academic and feminist. Votes: 0

My theatrical background was in the great work of the South African playwright Athol Fugard. Votes: 0

Music is my passion, singing, performing. I play piano and musical theater is my background. Votes: 0

I've tried to recognize my wife's individuality, her personality, her desires, her background, her ambitions. Votes: 0

Without the meditative background that is criticism, works become isolated gestures, historical accidents, soon forgotten. Votes: 0

My background playing soccer gave me a natural advantage over many of the American-born players. Votes: 0

Well, I think everything I've ever read contributes to the background from which I write. Votes: 0

In Britain people might know me more for my comedy writing background, things like that. Votes: 0

Billy Elliot' embodies the idea that anyone can achieve anything regardless of their socio-economic background. Votes: 0

The best writers who have put pen to paper have often had a journalism background. Votes: 0

Make sure that every person, of whatever background, can find in you a welcoming heart. Votes: 0

I'm going to fight for every citizen of every background from every stretch of America. Votes: 0

I feel half faded away like some figure in the background of an old picture. Votes: 0

What you don't get in the mainstream media is so much of the background material. Votes: 0

Don't worry about your background, whether it's odd or ordinary, use it, build on it. Votes: 0

Do your homework and keep good files. Know the background and biases of your sources. Votes: 0

'Billy Elliot' embodies the idea that anyone can achieve anything regardless of their socio-economic background. Votes: 0

One of Boomer's strong points is that he has a great background in just about everything. Votes: 0

It's not enough to picture their outward appearance. Give them a background and sphere of influence. Votes: 0

I didn't have a normal background - I was completely demented from a very early age! Votes: 0

TV is shifting into the background of just being another appliance; it's just a bigger screen. Votes: 0

Perhaps because of my background as a graphic designer, I'm drawn to rich and beautiful colors. Votes: 0

Later in the fifties I got involved in kinetic studies using my long forgotten math background. Votes: 0

We don't realise how much the world has affected us. We put God in the background. Votes: 0

Hitler was highly secretive - not least about his personal life, his background, and his family. Votes: 0

And my career, the things that have happened have happened because of my music education background. Votes: 0

I think all mothers are alike, regardless of cultural background, when it comes to illogical cleaning. Votes: 0

I have a theater background, so I like finding beats, working on things and having rehearsal. Votes: 0

I come from a background of experimental music which mingled real sounds together with musical sounds." Votes: 0

The New Testament witnesses were fully aware of the background against which the resurrection took place. Votes: 0

You know, one of the tragedies of real life is that there is no background music. Votes: 0

In science novelty emerges only with difficulty, manifested by resistance, against a background provided by expectation. Votes: 0

If you eat meat, something like that is going on in the background for you too. Votes: 0

In order to change a color it is enough to change the color of its background. Votes: 0

Worship is not about personality, temperament, personal limitations, church background, or comfort. It is about God. Votes: 0

To create characters, one must build background. And one of the tools we use is improvisation Votes: 0

I come from a background of experimental music which mingled real sounds together with musical sounds. Votes: 0

I got into law school to supplement my business background. I'm not planning to practice law. Votes: 0

A good radio show will captivate you, and it's active listening. It's not in the background. Votes: 0

I am a committed observer. I like staying in the background and seeing what's going on. Votes: 0

Look at me, dancing my little dance for a few moments against the background of eternity. Votes: 0

The conception of background music is changing. You use less and less of it these days. Votes: 0

There's probably been very few people in comedy that have a diversified background as I do. Votes: 0

You never realise how much of your background is sewn into the lining of your clothes. Votes: 0

By background I'm both a Quaker and a Yorkshireman, which I like to call double jeopardy. Votes: 0

The biggest surprise to people is that I sang background on Pink Floyd's 'The Wall' album. Votes: 0

A good radio show will captivate you, and it's active listening. It's not in the background. Votes: 0

So, while fitting in, she was like a wicked detail standing out against a placid background. Votes: 0

I don't think that coming from a privileged background makes you this monster who doesn't feel things. Votes: 0

The best voice actors all have a live performance background. And are competent, fearless, incredibly creative actors. Votes: 0

I read one or two other books which gave me a background in mathematics other than logic. Votes: 0

Direct selling provides an opportunity open to absolutely everyone, regardless of background, specialized skills or capital worth. Votes: 0

Creating the fictional background for a game world isn't significantly different from creating a background for fiction. Votes: 0

In some cases, the casting directors have casted blindly and have not looked into my ethnic background Votes: 0

Everybody has a background. Everybody has a past. Not everybody's the same person all the way through. Votes: 0

I was glad to have had some dance background because some of the dances are pretty wild. Votes: 0

I have had national security background, 10 years on the Intelligence Committee, the last two years as chair. Votes: 0

I come from more of a sculptural background so I think of the form before anything else. Votes: 0

Bergman has a very special eye for people. His background taught him to listen and to feel. Votes: 0

In some cases, the casting directors have casted blindly and have not looked into my ethnic background. Votes: 0

If someone believes they are limited by their gender, race or background, they will become more limited. Votes: 0

I was quite a shy child - not chronically, but I tended to blend into the background. Votes: 0

I've always played comedy. My background is musical comedy theatre, and that's really where my training is. Votes: 0

Each Christian comes from a different background, upbringing, lineage, and environment. But in Christ we are unified. Votes: 0

In 1999, the NRA leadership in Washington, pretty much the same people intact, were for (expanded background checks.) Votes: 0

The theory, hypothesis, framework, or background knowledge held by an investigator can strongly influence what is observed. Votes: 0

People want to hear clean sounds; they don't want to hear coughing in the background, pages turning. Votes: 0

When I started I didn't know anything about music. I came from an absolutely non-musical, non-artistic background. Votes: 0

I've dug so deep into his background, I can practically tell you when he stopped waring diapers. Votes: 0

One of the strengths I derive from my class background is that I am accustomed to contempt. Votes: 0

Culture is taking the background you come from and either running with it or running from it. Votes: 0

Culture is taking whatever background you come from and either running with it or running from it. Votes: 0

I believe all men, all women, regardless of race, gender, socioeconomic background, you deserve the same rights. Votes: 0

With my background and genetic makeup,buddy, you're lucky I'm as normal as I am. (Katra Agrotera) Votes: 0

It probably helps that my background is in the sciences and I can speak the scientists' language. Votes: 0

My brothers and I were raised by our parents to respect everyone regardless of background or race. Votes: 0

My songs aren't bubble gum pop dance songs and I don't have background dancers on every single song. Votes: 0

Two million felons have tried to buy a gun and, because of the background check, have been denied. Votes: 0

I watch one news channel until my soul can't take it anymore. It's the background of my life. Votes: 0

I come from a pretty tough background and I learned a long time ago not to be bothered. Votes: 0

I like the idea of Wild Infancy, of people who have a deprived background, of starting out wild. Votes: 0

With my family background - my parents were both activists - writing about culture and politics came naturally. Votes: 0

I was born in a family with a strong military background, so I chose to be a soldier. Votes: 0

I'd love to do a film like 'Chicago.' Something musical because I've obviously come from that background. Votes: 0

Without the beat in the background, Jazz basically sounds like an armadillo was let loose on the keyboard Votes: 0

Your background or colour has nothing to do with your progress, but your endowments are the determining factors Votes: 0

I came from a rural background, and I didn't come in contact with a lot of wealthy people. Votes: 0

A good short-story writer has an instinct for sketching in just enough background to ground the specific story. Votes: 0

I'm not from a theatrical background where people do like to work it out on some stage space. Votes: 0

With actors, normally I don't like to have any conversation about background and about motivations and all this. Votes: 0

I came from a very strict background, and didn't hear any Jamaican music when I was growing up. Votes: 0

You don't need a religious background to strive for something good, for genuine compassion and love for others. Votes: 0

I have so much respect for people who do blue-collar work because I come from that background myself. Votes: 0

Hitch was interested in what I had to offer, like one of my background ideas for Norman's upbringing. Votes: 0

The job of the school is to teach so well that family background is no longer an issue. Votes: 0

If you had to eat another human to survive, do you think they'd taste like their ethnic background? Votes: 0

My background wasn't one blessed with all the luxuries in life. Nothing is forever and I realize that. Votes: 0

Everyone tries to research your background. I have a real fear of celebrity and exposing my real self. Votes: 0

I'm proud of my background, so I hope there will be more roles where Hispanics are being portrayed. Votes: 0

Well I had a musical background, but I still didn't know a lot about drums at the time. Votes: 0

My background did not start with the East Side; it started with Greenwich Village, which is West Side. Votes: 0

I'm proud of my background, so I hope there will be more roles where Hispanics are being portrayed Votes: 0

My family background has always been very supportive. They're going to be there for me no matter what. Votes: 0

I always work with the same composer, his name is Ali Helnwein. I don't have a musical background. Votes: 0

My mother was a teacher, my father was a community organizer. I come from a working class background. Votes: 0

I decided to combine my musical background, business education and creative abilities - and go into the record business. Votes: 0

I'm wondering if there's a spell to make lightning flash in the background whenever I make an ominous resolution. Votes: 0

Every child in every neighborhood, of every color, class and background, deserves a school that will help them succeed. Votes: 0

The whole background of 'Avian' is rain. I was just playing with textures and realizing you can touch music. Votes: 0

I'm fascinated by the way Diane Arbus saw things. She came from this fashion background and then twisted it. Votes: 0

The world's a poor standard. any society which is free of hunger and violence looks bright against that background. Votes: 0

The simplest and most effective way to sanctity is to disappear into the background of ordinary every day routine. Votes: 0

I really look up to actors like Gwyneth Paltrow and Cate Blanchett who have a strong background in theatre. Votes: 0

A background of wrath, which can be stirred up to the murderous infernal pitch, does lie in every man. Votes: 0

Whenever I have had to write fiction, I've always had to invent a character who roughly has my background. Votes: 0

The background - your own history - is way more important than what you can achieve as a professional. Votes: 0

In the dim background of mind we know what we ought to be doing but somehow we cannot start. Votes: 0

I wanted to tell my story and where I came from and my background, because it was not easy. Votes: 0

I live in Derry, a little town in Ireland, and I don't have the background of Hollywood or Broadway. Votes: 0

I am very interested in people trying to write because I don't have a big academic background at all. Votes: 0

I'm not of a science background, I was never a comic book geek, and I was never a gamer. Votes: 0

the music was always in the background, like music at a church service; it was something to depend upon. Votes: 0

Where I once found it safer to stay in the background... I've stepped from the shadows into the spotlight. Votes: 0

Ninety percent of people support background checks. Which means even people who can't pass a background check support background checks. Votes: 0

Children from a given family background, when put in schools of different social compositions, will achieve at quite different levels. Votes: 0

History is a mighty dramos, enacted upon the theatre of times, with suns for lamps and eternity for a background. Votes: 0

If there's no background, no foreground, no opposition, no complements, then there's no change becasue there's no subject and object. Votes: 0

Don't prepare, do. Don't let Resistance sucker you into wasting months on background, foundation, planning. All that can come later. Votes: 0

I always devise a background so that it makes what your character goes through logical and keeps up the continuity. Votes: 0

Those of our writers who have possessed a vivid personal talent have been paralyzed by a want of social background. Votes: 0

Against the dark background of this contemporary civilization of well-being, even the arts tend to mingle, to lose their identity. Votes: 0

Moving ourselves to the background and others to the foreground is evidence that the (spiritual) search is achieving its purpose. Votes: 0

Bear heard Rose in the background saying, 'Why thank you, Mr. Fish.' 'Good redhead. Helpful redhead,' Fish returned. Votes: 0

Niklas Zennstroem has a thorough background as a successful entrepreneur with extensive expertise in areas such as IT and online. Votes: 0

When you come from an under-privileged background, oftentimes, you feel a little overwhelmed by your education or your lack of. Votes: 0

Mr. McVicker instilled self-respect in those of us who were his students, because he respected us regardless of our background, Votes: 0

If my university years taught me anything, it was that the smarter a woman's background, the more primitive her bedchamber Votes: 0

My forebears refused to cut the sugar cane for plantation owners, and I am recognisably a product of that background. Votes: 0

My background is putting in large systems that change lives... The right kind of systems can bring honesty and efficiency. Votes: 0

No matter the nationality, no matter the religion, no matter the ethnic background, America brings out the best in people. Votes: 0

it is really astonishing how few colors are inharmonious when they are profusely massed and have green for a background. Votes: 0

My family making music was like a folk background, really: banging on tabletops, playing banjo and all kinds of things. Votes: 0

There was a sound in the background like a distant sheep coughing gently on a mountainside. Jeeves sailing into action. Votes: 0

My background was art school, documentary director and surfer with a keen interest in thrilling acts of life threatening stupidity. Votes: 0

Only a few people have the background of Nick Saviano to take a player to the next level of excellence Votes: 0

My background sets me apart. I've never been able to relate to many people. I've always been the outcast child. Votes: 0

If you're from a poor background, you have to work even harder. But that's what makes you who you are. Votes: 0

I value my Catholic background very much. It taught me not to be afraid of rigorous thought, for one thing." Votes: 0

I value my Catholic background very much. It taught me not to be afraid of rigorous thought, for one thing. Votes: 0

No one is born hating another person because of the colour of his skin, or his background, or his religion. Votes: 0

I don't have lots of things in the background. I do like large faces. I find them strong and contemporary. Votes: 0

My whole background, my whole life was just lots and lots of theater, a lot of that being musical theater. Votes: 0

I went to a liberal arts college, and as part of my background, I was majoring in mathematics and physics. Votes: 0

There had to be dark and muddy waters so that the sun could have something to background it's flashing glory. Votes: 0

U.S. has no feudal background, so institutions that remained in place in Europe did not remain in place here. Votes: 0

The thing with me is, I'm from a rap background so I'm not really a traditional singer in that sense. Votes: 0

Because of my background in theater and radio acting, I knew that I could make a living as an actor. Votes: 0

I come from a huge theater background. The whole action and stunt world just came as the roles were available. Votes: 0

My undergraduate degree is in business, so I'm trying to get a bit of a background before I go in. Votes: 0

I grew up in Fall River, Massachusetts. My background was modest, and I worked at a Portuguese bakery in town. Votes: 0

I have the same sense of the power and virtue of knowledge that some people get from a religious background. Votes: 0

I came from a very normal, un-Hollywood background. My parents provided me with every sort of normal upbringing that they could. Votes: 0

The six colors, including the white background, represent the colors of all the world's flags ... this is a true international emblem. Votes: 0

I personally have a background of many days on end of confusion, understimulation, overstimulation, and uncomfortableness with the world around me. Votes: 0

I have a multicultural background, so I tend to have an open mind about things, and I find other cultures interesting. Votes: 0

Every philosophy is tinged with the coloring of some secret imaginative background, which never emerges explicitly into its train of reasoning. Votes: 0

A typical day is full of anxiety and boredom. Flow experiences provide the flashes of intense living against this dull background. Votes: 0

I'm a boys' girl! I come from an army background and I haven't known what being a 'good Indian girl' means. Votes: 0

My films often have a spiritual dimension which comes from my Muslim background, and I'm happy to tackle that in cinema. Votes: 0

I did a film that's on YouTube of me reading hate mail with a woman playing the cello in the background. Votes: 0

Jazz is not background music. You must concentrate in order to get the most out of it. You must absorb it. Votes: 0

My background is that I came from a middle class family, and I think those values stay where ever you go. Votes: 0

I came from the Bronx and a certain background. I worked really hard. I kept my focus on the right things. Votes: 0

Accountancy prepares one to be able to run very different kinds of businesses, and my background prepared me for the music. Votes: 0

I think [my kids] are runners. They definitely have the background. I try to help them as much as I can. Votes: 0

Whatever you do has to be commercial and it can't be too distracting - it has to be background music, basically. Votes: 0

Power in a corporation becomes residual and dwells in the background. It is the ability to exercise nice matters of judgment. Votes: 0

Coming from an athletic background, the scientific aspect is a really big part of understanding beauty and how the body works. Votes: 0

You should know the ins and outs [of the marriage]. So it was nice to see a little bit of background. Votes: 0

I had a background in theater as an actor, and then a photographer, and then as an experimental filmmaker and editor." Votes: 0

If thou wouldst be interesting, keep thy personality in the background, and be great and strong in and through thy subject. Votes: 0

A liberal education... frees a man from the prison-house of his class, race, time, place, background, family and even his nation. Votes: 0

It's a quality of my life that I wouldn't change for the world, having grown up with such a humble background. Votes: 0

My father was a teacher and my mother also worked in the school, so the family has a background in education. Votes: 0

I find something fascinating about the quiet man in the background who has no desire to be the center of attention. Votes: 0

My background's working class. My parents had to work to make ends meet. We don't come from any sense of privilege. Votes: 0

I come from a modest background. I put myself through college and law school and a postdoctorate program in tax law. Votes: 0

Some of my cronies call me a pessimist and a decadent, but there is always a background of faith behind resignation. Votes: 0

On a standard space shuttle crew, two of the astronauts have a test pilot background - the commander and the pilot. Votes: 0

I came out of Capitol Hill. Well, that's just not an ordinary background for a writer of the ordinary American sort. Votes: 0

Despite the fact that I had a writing background, they didn't want to accept whatever ideas I had as a writer. Votes: 0

Bones tell me the story of a person's life - how old they were, what their gender was, their ancestral background. Votes: 0

I had a background in theater as an actor, and then a photographer, and then as an experimental filmmaker and editor. Votes: 0

Having a mixed background and feeling a little bit like a fish out of water in most places can be a benefit. Votes: 0

In the U.K. I'm probably better known as a comedy writer - or certainly that's my background is in writing comedy. Votes: 0

I play music - I write my own music, but I play music, just background music really, and just let it happen. Votes: 0

I come from a dancing background, and I know it's stereotypical, but I would dance because I wasn't comfortable speaking to people. Votes: 0

It's almost embarrassing to go back into my liberal background because it was about as shallow a belief system as humanly possible. Votes: 0

To some of us the thought of God is like a sort of quiet music playing in the background of the mind. Votes: 0

I attend film school, my background is acting and directing. But the acting does best, I like to work on the stage. Votes: 0

I feel blessed to have had such a background, where animals, food raising, harvesting and canning were a natural part of life. Votes: 0

I feel blessed to have had such a background, where animals, food raising, harvesting and canning were a natural part of life. Votes: 0

Bones tell me the story of a person's life — how old they were, what their gender was, their ancestral background, Votes: 0

I did a lot of background and research on 'End Of Watch,' and I definitely used certain skills that I learned. Votes: 0

For me, music was always a second language. I didn't have a musical background, and I started studying very late, at fourteen. Votes: 0

I did a lot of short films online, so I come from that background where a lot of people see your stuff. Votes: 0

O timid one, awaken, exert yourself, draw back the curtains your training and background have hung over the windows of your soul. Votes: 0

I said to myself, 'You're a man from a humble background, what you didn't learn in school, you'll learn now. Catch up. Votes: 0

The race is your face. Obviously, I come from a mixed background. Who I am and how I look and being black. Votes: 0

Survival is the main objective. There are going to be some awful days, I know that from my background in the sport. Votes: 0

The Eagles, let's face it, they were a pretty cool group, Fleetwood Mac, Blondie. I had this really eclectic background in music. Votes: 0

A building is a human being's space and the background for his dignity and its exterior should reflect its contents and function Votes: 0

I come from a filmmaking tradition and a storytelling background. So somehow I've emerged like a mutant who can straddle both worlds. Votes: 0

I put out a recording of me singing mostly jazz because I wanted people to know I'm coming from a jazz background. Votes: 0

It just occurred to me that there are some beautiful shots [in Rent Control] with the World Trade Center in the background. Votes: 0

What strikes me every single time is that the aspirations of Indians are unique and unparalleled. They're very demanding, regardless of background. Votes: 0

One's mind has a way of making itself up in the background, and it suddenly becomes clear what one means to do. Votes: 0

I understand that I may make mistakes with characters who don't share my own background, but I commit to doing my best. Votes: 0

We need to ban assault weapons. We need to ban the high-capacity clips and magazines. We need serious background information, system upgrade. Votes: 0

Let's start with the church. As you know, it's my background, it's a natural setting for me and it's definitely my roots. Votes: 0

I believe that there are certain things that could be taken care of that you don't need a strong political background in. Votes: 0

The point of decorating, as far as I can tell, is to create the background for the best life you can have. Votes: 0

Just watching people who come from a stand-up background is different from watching people who come from an improv or sketch background. Votes: 0

I'll definitely say that, before film school, I didn't have much of a film-history background. I didn't know much about classic cinema. Votes: 0

You get royalties from certain songs that you do when you do background. It's according to the work that you put in. Votes: 0

Odd that I couldn't catch any of your dream," Bones went on. "Normally your dreams are like background music to me. Votes: 0

My background is in physics, so I was the mission specialist, who is sort of like the flight engineer on an airplane. Votes: 0

Well, my background is journalism. I don't have any creative-writing experience except for one class I took as a sophomore in college. Votes: 0

Beautifully drawn, solid, compelling characters against a background so real and scary I left the lights on all night. It was great! Votes: 0

I had had a huge background in the nuance of the accent because I went to drama school in England for four years. Votes: 0

Most of the time I was in the background. I never played [the Virgin] Mary. I was always kind of the third angel. Votes: 0

I come from an African Caribbean background. I've been influenced by a reggae church music style, contemporary gospel, and rock all fused together. Votes: 0

Before the arrival of the Credit Union, people who were from the poor background or a working class background couldn't borrow from banks. Votes: 0

The Romans thought of themselves as the chosen people, yet they built the greatest army on Earth by recruiting warriors from any background. Votes: 0

If I were governor, and a bill came to my desk that provided for background checks at gun shows, I would sign that. Votes: 0

I never took classic business classes in college, so I don't have the background that any of the people running large companies have. Votes: 0

We have a man [Donald Trump] who judges people based on their performance regardless of your gender, race, your ethnic or religious background. Votes: 0

Catherine Tate was a proven comedy actress from a comedy background with great taste. I knew her work, and was an incredible fan. Votes: 0

...consider yourself a functional character in someone else's novel - a background character - a person on the street - that's the perspective ... Votes: 0

I have a lot of endurance and I have a good background right now in my training and it's time to get ready. Votes: 0

I think that my preaching style and many of my ideas and ideals about faith are based in both Pentecostal and Baptist background. Votes: 0

I come from an improvisational background so I'm used to playing. I'm used to not knowing what exactly is going to come out. Votes: 0

There are a lot of things you can do with a law degree background, but I just didn't have a passion for it. Votes: 0

I thought it would be nice to marry Virgil [Thomson] to have a musical background, but I never got far with the project. Votes: 0

Life is a series of family photos in which you keep moving to the rear until finally you're a portrait in the background. Votes: 0

I was raised on a family farm in western Minnesota. So I didn't have the background to prepare me for this business life. Votes: 0

Everything which we loved is lost. We are in a desert .... Before us is nothing but a black square on a white background! Votes: 0

My family is a Jewish Iranian family, but I was born in Turkey and raised in Italy. So it's a very mixed background. Votes: 0

I grew up very much in a sporting background. I always wanted to be an actor, but my escapism always came in sports. Votes: 0

I love fashion, but I don't come from a background of loving clothes, and I remember feeling badly dressed from a young age. Votes: 0

I vaguely remember my schooldays. They were what was going on in the background while I was trying to listen to the Beatles. Votes: 0

I like Stella [McCartney] a lot - she's a very open and warm person. I don't particularly want to know about her background. Votes: 0

We think it's reasonable to provide mandatory, instant criminal background checks for every sale at every gun show. No loopholes anywhere for anyone. Votes: 0

A classic is a work which persists as a background noise even when a present that is totally incompatible with it holds sway. Votes: 0

I studied movies for many years, but I am professionally an actor because I, my background is actually a stage actor and acting. Votes: 0

When you come from a background like mine, where you're entering worlds that are so different than your own, you have to be afraid. Votes: 0

I come from an army background, and everyone at my home has a habit of getting up early. I continue this habit even today. Votes: 0

Generally, what adults want to know is my background, why I write what I write, and very personal insights that some say are inspiring. Votes: 0

I do believe that every person has an equal opportunity to be a good and wise judge regardless of their background or life experiences. Votes: 0

It is not that love is blind. It is that love sees with a painter's eye, finding the essence that renders all else background. Votes: 0

I come from a very rough background, and I'm saying that if you work hard and dedicate yourself that you can make it, too. Votes: 0

As much as writing is an emotional experience, it is a business as well. Coming from a business background, I treat it as such. Votes: 0

What's genius about 'Gravity' is that you are close upon the actors, but 3D works best when you have foreground, middle ground and background. Votes: 0

It is the duty of all to support and side with Dharma. All must fight and support Dharma regardless of their personality, background, status. Votes: 0

Whatever causes night in our souls may leave stars. Cimourdain was full of virtues and truth, but they shine out of a dark background. Votes: 0

I was always the one in the background or the donkey. I was never a star, I never got to be the main part. Votes: 0

The FBI background check would show that Rudolph Giuliani had an out-of-control affair with his Press Secretary while he was mayor of New York. Votes: 0

I never work with music. I hate background music, always did. I only like music in the foreground, meaning, deliberately listen to it, actually. Votes: 0

You'd be surprised how many people want to hang an electric chair on their living-room wall. Specially if the background color matches the drapes. Votes: 0

I have an urban background, but I need melody, I need a song, so I try to mix and match and keep it fluid. Votes: 0

Sometimes I worked with just a background of a rock or a tree or black velvet, and just had to imagine the whole thing. Votes: 0

Singing background has always been such a precious thing. I'm always going to be excited to sing behind an artist and learn from them. Votes: 0

I'm from a working-class background, and I've experienced that worry of not having a job next week because the unions are going on strike. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

The years I spent paying my dues are in the background, and so are my concerns about whether my performance is good or bad. Votes: 0

I have mainly come from a theatre background, I did 'Oliver' here I played the Artful Dodger and I did 'The Sound of Music. Votes: 0

A person shows himself for an instant as in a photograph but clearer and in the background something which is bigger than his shadow. Votes: 0

How much can you do with two voices? You can sing thirds or you can sing fifths or you can do a background harmony. Votes: 0

I'm not the least bit polished, I come from a blue collar background and I never thought I could feel comfortable around the English. Votes: 0

I studied audio engineering at university. The background I am from, music was never seen as a viable career; it was always a hobby. Votes: 0

Long necks. The thrust of the head in a certain position. The way the fingers work, fabrics work. It's all part of my painting background. Votes: 0

I actually have an ice-skating background. I skated until I was 15, for about eight years. It was hardcore skating for about eight hours a day. Votes: 0

I have mainly come from a theatre background, I did 'Oliver' here I played the Artful Dodger and I did 'The Sound of Music.' Votes: 0

Much of life becomes background, but it is the province of art to throw buckets of light into the shadows and make life new again. Votes: 0

Thankfully, I have a background as an actor, and you learn how to live in that world of not knowing what's going to happen next. Votes: 0

I built websites for myself. I didn't want to work for anyone else. I came from a science background, so I approached things fairly analytically. Votes: 0

As for the subject matter in my painting.. ..it is very often an incidental thing in the background, elusive and unclear, that really stirred me. Votes: 0

I normally hate books that have anything to do with medicine, thanks to my own background in nursing - FYI, almost everybody gets it wrong. Votes: 0

As a child, I'd always liked cowboys and Indians stories where there were two layers - gruesome in the foreground but funny in the background. Votes: 0

My own background is fairly liberal and so this notion of 'protecting women from outside intrusion' is not in my nature, nor in my upbringing. Votes: 0

My background is advertising: I moved to New York from London in 1998 to start up the U.S. office of ad agency Bartle Bogle Hegarty. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

I came from a very poor background. I came from children's homes; I came from a violent family, and against all the odds, I succeeded. Votes: 0

The first thing is we got to make sure we try to keep guns out of the wrong hands. And I want comprehensive background checks. Votes: 0

No matter how hard a man may labor, some woman is always in the background of his mind. She is the one reward of virtue. Votes: 0

I do think that given my background as a poet, and also I work in a different field, you're sort of neither here nor there. Votes: 0

I love the plus (fashion) industry! It embraces a lot of women who would otherwise disappear into the background. I truly love what I do! Votes: 0

How are things visible? Can you see an egg against a white background? Not by drawing a line around it can you make it evident. Votes: 0

The profoundest affinities are the most readily felt; they remain a background and standard for all happiness and if we trace them out we succeed. Votes: 0

Comedy is something that we can all share, no matter what language we speak or our background, it has the power to unite us all. Votes: 0

I have a background and an understanding of what's happened in the Middle East that a lot of people don't have, because there's been no interest. Votes: 0

When I joined the band I was coming largely from an improvising background, and the idea of a fluid rhythm that was really coherent attracted me. Votes: 0

Many of the people I've worked with over the years came from a sketch-comedy background or an improv background, and I've learned a lot from them. Votes: 0

Once I engage in something, I really engage in it, and I love the process of reading and researching because I come from an academic background. Votes: 0

What we have is a more sophisticated form of imperialism, which is economic. But lurking in the background, always ready to go, is an armed force. Votes: 0

All my songs were solo voices. Just me singing. In fact, that was the gimmick - no gimmick. Just singing straight with not too much background. Votes: 0

It takes a couple of years just to get the background and knowledge that you need before you can go into detailed training for your mission. Votes: 0

My roots, my background and the way I act is working class, but it would be hypsocritical to say I'm anything else than middle class now. Votes: 0

I wouldn't miss the fame. I don't go out hunting for it. I try to avoid it and to slip into the background wherever I go. Votes: 0

People know my background and for people who need an improviser, I'm one of the people they think to use if I'm appropriate for the part. Votes: 0

Im a New Yorker. My background is in theater, so staying here, I have the opportunity to get back to that, which I would love to do. Votes: 0

I want to see an open and tolerant society here in the United Kingdom, I want to see a country that works for everyone whatever their background. Votes: 0

I'm a New Yorker. My background is in theater, so staying here, I have the opportunity to get back to that, which I would love to do. Votes: 0

I don't come from money or an educated family background or any sort of supportive family life, so all of my choices are made on my own. Votes: 0

He barely knew I existed. I knew some of the same people he knew, but I was a girl in the background, several degrees of seperation removed. Votes: 0

I have a taekwondo background, but I also try to invent new moves and make sure that when I step into the Octagon, I'm a different fighter. Votes: 0

I come from a martial arts background so kicking and punching and using your hands and your feet is more of the art that I was taught. Votes: 0

Sarah Palin is an attractive candidate, but based on her background, she only was governor for what, two years. I don`t think she passed that test. Votes: 0

Life would be flat without music. It is the background to all I do. It speaks to the heart in its own special way like nothing else. Votes: 0

I have a strong dance background. I danced from age five until 18, and that helps a lot. Doing a fight routine is like doing a dance routine. Votes: 0

My background is deep and set in deep time, and in a narrow space, oral traditions going back a long, long time, which I inherited by osmosis. Votes: 0

I come from athletics and I have a pretty big boxing background, so I never really shy away or get nervous about the physical rigors of filmmaking. Votes: 0

I have such a strong acting background because I know what I'm looking for, I know what the needs are, and I know acting when I see it. Votes: 0

People say to me that I'm a role model in technology, but it makes me laugh, because I'm not a technologist, I'm a journalist - that's my background. Votes: 0

When I want to choose to work with someone, you know, I definitely have to do some research on their background and how they were raised as people. Votes: 0

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 what I'm like. Votes: 0

I was born in Jerusalem with a religious background and a rabbi as a father... it was rather poor, but what we did have, we did have books. Votes: 0

I really looked up to Tina Fey as a writer, and because I did have a background in writing, she is someone whose career I really did admire. Votes: 0

I believe that each of us-no matter what our age or background or walk of life-each of us has something to contribute to the life of this nation. Votes: 0

I come from a violent background. So I became hard. I realised that I had made myself that way to deal with a feeling of abandonment and shame. Votes: 0

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 bit of thigh. Votes: 0

I didn't want to go out and change anything. I just wanted to make the music that was part of my background, which was rock and blues and hip-hop. Votes: 0

My mom and dad put my brother and sister through university and they were very keen for us to have an academic background just to give us a chance. Votes: 0

I just hope that our fans are people who are inspired by music, and just use our music as a background or inspiration for whatever it is they do. Votes: 0

I have a short temper - I think it's part of the Celtic background. I used to be a lot more angry, but I was quite discreet with it. Votes: 0

I used to love to call L.A. when I lived in New York...Is that the Big One I hear in the background? Bye you lizard scum! Bye! Votes: 0

I was the worst extra, I was 'that' guy. I was the guy on the phone trying to get the Oscar for best extra - for best background performance. Votes: 0

I'm a filmmaker and I'm proud of the movies I've made. But in the background of my life I was also very involved in the creation of the sport. Votes: 0