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I have so much respect for people who do blue-collar work because I come from that background myself. — Cynthia Kadohata

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. — George Santayana

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. — Rob James-Collier

Bergman has a very special eye for people. His background taught him to listen and to feel. — Max Von Sydow

But Venice, like Oxford, had kept the background for romance, and, to the true romantic, background was everything, or almost everything. — Oscar Wilde

Believe me I do understand and I am disgusted by the idea that we should aim for any less for a child from a poor background than a rich one. — David Cameron

A historian who works for a bank: That's not the most likely background for someone who capers around the cosmos having adventures, is it? — Charles Stross

My family background has always been very supportive. They're going to be there for me no matter what. — Mark Sanchez

I've sung background for a couple of bands. — Randy Jackson

The error is needed to set off the truth, much as a dark background is required for exhibiting the brightness of a picture. And — William James

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

History is a mighty dramos, enacted upon the theatre of times, with suns for lamps and eternity for a background. — Thomas Carlyle

I spent 10 years as a marketing manager. I've found my experience in the financial world invaluable background for writing about white-collar crimes. — Sara Paretsky

Hitch was interested in what I had to offer, like one of my background ideas for Norman's upbringing. — Joseph Stefano

If you eat meat, something like that is going on in the background for you too. — Ann Althouse

A building is a human being's space and the background for his dignity and its exterior should reflect its contents and function — Gottfried Bohm

I came out of Capitol Hill. Well, that's just not an ordinary background for a writer of the ordinary American sort. — Gore Vidal

My forebears refused to cut the sugar cane for plantation owners, and I am recognisably a product of that background. — Diane Abbott

Your background and environment is with you for life. No question about that. — Sean Connery

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

I value my Catholic background very much. It taught me not to be afraid of rigorous thought, for one thing. — Terry Eagleton

Don't let your background or commitment to your own tradition make you fearful of joining in the adventure the Holy Spirit prepares for you. — Wesley Hill

The radiation experiments are part of the climate and historical background for mind control experimentation. — Colin A. Ross

You don't need a religious background to strive for something good, for genuine compassion and love for others. — Miriam Toews

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. — Aretha Franklin

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. — Julia Sawalha

Background for Humans — Wilferd Peterson

You know, my background, I was at a non-profit for years. — Elizabeth Emken

Accountancy prepares one to be able to run very different kinds of businesses, and my background prepared me for the music. — Zarin Mehta

She said that sometimes she uses a formula when writing a short story, which goes ABDCE, for Action, Background, Development, Climax, and Ending. — Anne Lamott

When I was young, I thought classical music was only the background noise for cartoons. — Ben Carson

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

It is really astonishing how few colors are inharmonious when they are profusely massed and have green for a background. — Mabel Osgood Wright

I have a curious background for someone who turns out to be a writer. — Jerry Spinelli

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. — Jason Mantzoukas

I lived in L.A. for four years, and basically, every corner you go to, or in a restaurant, you can't even find people from the same background. — Marko Jaric

I made a living being a background singer for years. — Katey Sagal

I had come from an orchestral background, but I didn't really have any orchestral pieces for film. — Marco Beltrami

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

Look at me, dancing my little dance for a few moments against the background of eternity. — Sarah Manguso

For most people, most of the time, the media are little more than a background hum. . . — Julianne Schultz

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. — William Baziotes

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. — Jon Favreau

A good short-story writer has an instinct for sketching in just enough background to ground the specific story. — Lynn Abbey

I studied movies for many years, but I am professionally an actor because I, my background is actually a stage actor and acting. — Tommy Wiseau

Sometimes the rain
falls
just for you and me

to be the violin
playing
in the background
of our loneliness's song. — Sanober Khan

Creating the fictional background for a game world isn't significantly different from creating a background for fiction. — John M. Ford

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

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. — T. V. Carpio

Naturally, everything depends on one's background books and on what one is looking for. — Umberto Eco

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. — Michael Birch

Becoming a model was very counter-culture for my background, which is hyper-liberal, academic and feminist. — Cameron Russell

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

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. — Charles Martin Smith

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. — Sally Ride

The point of decorating, as far as I can tell, is to create the background for the best life you can have. — Deborah Needleman

I had had a huge background in the nuance of the accent because I went to drama school in England for four years. — Lake Bell

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

He had offered some of his own background. A youth in the South. An education in the North. Bred for life in the East. Trying not to die in the West. — Mary Doria Russell

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. — Maynard James Keenan

Do not allow your background to draw you to the ground. Imagine the bigger picture, for you will get there. — Osunsakin Adewale

I came from the most orthodox background you could ask for. — Sonia Johnson

I believe our background and circumstances may have influenced who we are but we are responsible for who we have become. — Unknown

In 1999, the NRA leadership in Washington, pretty much the same people intact, were for (expanded background checks.) — Joe Manchin

It is suicidal for other runners to copy my hill sessions without adequate background. — Pekka Vasala