Quotes of: Backgrounds Keyword

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

Jerry Spinelli

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

Jodie Sweetin

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

Josh Turner

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

Dexter Fletcher

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

Damian McGinty

I had a bit of a martial arts background from when I was a teenager: I did a bit of karate.

Joel Edgerton

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

Sundar Pichai

I did not have a very literary background. I came to poetry from the sciences and mathematics, and also through an interest in Japanese and Chinese poetry in translation.

Robert Morgan

I come from a theatrical background, where, if you're working on a movie or a play, you always respect the people you work with. You're accommodating.

Derek Hough

I think it's awesome to see people of all different ages from all kinds of backgrounds come together for the love of music.

Miranda Lambert

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.

Valorie Curry

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

Chet Faker

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

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

Alexa Vega

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

Toni Tennille

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

Tina Weymouth

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

Tom Wolfe

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

Carol Vorderman

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

Italo Calvino

All women, regardless of her economic status or racial background, have a right to vote, and no politician or regressive law should prevent her from doing so.

Al Sharpton

I entered Princeton University as a graduate student in 1959, when the Department of Mathematics was housed in the old Fine Hall. This legendary facility was marvellous in stimulating interaction among the graduate students and between the graduate s...

Phillip A. Griffiths