Quotes About Background

Against the background of the meaning of "lost," one can approve of the decision of Arndt, Gingrich, and Danker, following Bauer, to list "lost" in Luke 19:10 under the meaning "perish, die."16 The lost have not only gone astray but are in danger of perishing unless rescued.

You have no idea how much it contributes to the general politeness and pleasantness of diplomacy when you have a little quiet armed force in the background

Television news is akin to audible wallpaper.

It is a paradox that the more egalitarian society becomes, the more important an individual's genes will be. Where opportunity is completely open – should a child's background ever become entirely irrelevant in their attainment – innate advantages will still create division.

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

Sin embargo, los fotógrafos no representaban el auténtico fondo del barril –ese honor recaía sobre los alumnos de comunicación visual y diseño gráfico (¿por qué pagaría alguien tanto dinero para obtener una licenciatura en diseño gráfico?)–, aunque les faltaba bien poquito. Y Jerry no era un tipo de la categoría fondo del barril.

Do you regret my sufferings? Do you regret my unhappiness? I have no sorrow for what I did in my necessity. Let the Galaxy protect itself as best it can, since it stirred not a whit for my protection when I needed it." "Your emotions are, of course," said the First Speaker, "only the children of your background and are not to be condemned—merely changed.

In this movie they took them up in space. They're floating around and doing zero gravity stuff. Well, they had to do it all on wires. All the wires had to be painted black against this black background. If you didn't light it properly you could see the wires. Drove them crazy!

I went to graduate school with zero expectation. I kind of backed into it. I wanted to go back to school because I felt gaps in my literary background. I studied mostly twentieth-century English literature in college, so I thought, 'Maybe I'll go back for my writing.'

My dad's from Zimbabwe, and my mom is Danish, Irish, and Norwegian, so I have influences from a lot of different places.

A man's rootage is more important than his leafage.

I think I started writing about identity, and I used to believe that identity is the story. But now I'm not so much subscribed to that. I mean, with 'Mr. Fox,' it has a feminist agenda as well. And so, as I sort of been away from writing about identity, I still feel that kind of tug of roots and, you know, cultural background.

Both parents were very encouraging - especially my father. My father thought the sun rose and set with me. Neither one had a musical background or any musical talent. They liked classical music, but neither could carry a tune.

I'm all for CM Punk becoming a part of the organization. I think his background and training in martial arts, he should be capable of handling himself and doing well. And bottom line is, people are going to tune in to watch and that's pretty much the bar of getting into the UFC, if you can sell tickets.

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

My father was a Gujarati and my mom Turkish.

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

I started out coming from more of a concert music background. It just turns out that 20th-century music techniques lend themselves to scary movies and horror movies.

I go back and think of President Kennedy, who had a military service background, but he comes into the presidency, and he's faced with a decision on the Bay of Pigs, with the C.I.A. and the military giving him data, and it turns out very badly.

I was a 'Glee' fan before I joined the show! Since my background is musical theater, it was exciting to see a TV show that incorporated music so much and in such a genius way.

I have absolutely no dancing background. I think I took one swing class when I was in college, with a friend of mine. I think I went twice.

I came from a very strict background. [So if you want to make a scary movie] if you were raised as a fundamentalist, just pull all the skeletons out of your closet.

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.

Without the threat of death, it wouldn't have been much of a lesson," said Dr. Gaul. "What happened in the arena? That's humanity undressed. The tributes. And you, too. How quickly civilization disappears. All your fine manners, education, family background, everything you pride yourself on, stripped away in the blink of an eye, revealing everything you actually are. A boy with a club who beats another boy to death. That's mankind in its natural state.