Quotes About Background

Even with, or perhaps, because of, this background, I have over the past few years sensed a very dramatic change in attitude on the part of Prince Edward Islanders towards the on-going rush for so-called modernization.

I came from a middle-class family. My dad was a professor; my mom was a nurse. I didn't come from money, and I didn't come from circles of power. I didn't come from the country club; I came from the town park.

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

I came from a town of maybe 30,000 people.

My background is a small town with no movie theater. So... I always pictured myself onstage. I went to acting school and learned all the skills. I left early because I did my first movie and discovered that I really loved the minimalistic work with the camera.

President Johnson and I have a lot in common. We were both born in small towns and we're both fortunate in the fact that we think we married above ourselves.

My films are based on themes, so I always go for theme tracks and background score.

I come from a small town and I come from a background where we didn't have money to travel. I thought I'd have to join the military to get to Europe. So I'm thrilled to travel.

I can't advise any of the young ones, because I don't know what their background was, but I would suggest that anyone who wants to be famous more than anything - there's a real problem.

My Mom is a ballet director, so I had this idea in me that classical training is the best foundation for anything you do, so I wanted to get a classical background and voice.

My father was a schoolteacher and my mother came from a teacher's family.

My history defines who I am.

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

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

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.

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

privilege is about context and circumstance

I have a quantitative background, but really, derivatives appealed to me because they require so much creativity.

See, I have no journalism in my background, so I wasn't practised at research or writing non-fiction, nor at handling the truth in a journalistic way. Journalists know when to call a halt and write something, but I kept on looking for answers.

Everyone in the astronaut program has a degree in a science field. The crew are the ones who do the experiments, help to design some of the experiments that come from other primary researchers. So it becomes very important that you have a science background.

I grew up in a humble family with a shy personality.

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

I've always been the DJ or the bass player or the drummer, somebody in the background. I don't think anybody who knows me personally would say that I'm particularly shy or introverted, but I'm definitely not like Mr. Attention.

It's funny, because I had no intention of being in a band because I was so shy. But I loved playing music and loved writing songs. I always thought I'd be in the background and, if I did get into a band, be a backup musician.