Quotes of: Backgrounds Keyword

I really appreciate the sport background because the structure and the discipline that that gives a person is incredible, and it just carries with you wherever you go.

Estella Warren

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

Grace Jones

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.

Neil Diamond

One difference between poetry and lyrics is that lyrics sort of fade into the background. They fade on the page and live on the stage when set to music.

Stephen Sondheim

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

Zarin Mehta

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

Sophia Bush

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

W. E. B. Griffin

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

Jon Bon Jovi

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

Merry Clayton

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

Jenny Eclair

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

Very Good, Jeeves!

In the animal kingdom, one of the keys to survival is to outwit your enemies. And when you're surrounded by carnivores, one of the best strategies is to fade into the background and disappear.

Neil deGrasse Tyson

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

Stephen Cole Kleene

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

Tom Jones

Justice is mean't for everyone no matter the race no matter the background it should be equal for everyone.

Mike "The Sweet One" Desert

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

Nothing in my background has anything to do with films. In that sense, I am a complete outsider.

Nimrat Kaur

My background has been very helpful for this experience. But everyone was so accommodating because they knew it's not the most comfortable position to be the new kid.

Jeri Ryan

Head Start is designed to ensure that all children - regardless of their family's income, race, or ethnic background - are able to enter kindergarten ready to learn.

Lucille Roybal-Allard

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

Nita Ambani

It's against type in the sense of my background, but it's with type in the sense that I am a loner who's new to this business and sceptical about a lot of it.

Ben McKenzie