Quotes About Background

If the good people in their wisdom shall see fit to keep me in the background, I have been too familiar with disappointments to bevery much chagrined.

I think that my preaching style and many of my ideas and ideals about faith are based in both Pentecostal and Baptist background.

I had no political background. That's why PM Bhutto gave me the responsibility of the nuclear programme, and we acquired nuclear capability in a span of mere six years, which was a great milestone.

My father is Chinese, Spanish, and Filipino; my mother is half-Irish and half-Japanese; Greek last name; born in Hawaii, raised in Germany.

Novels have much more space than short stories, which gives you more leeway with the number of characters you can include. Even 'furniture' characters can be described and given speaking parts to develop background or atmosphere.

My background is in physics, so I was the mission specialist, who is sort of like the flight engineer on an airplane.

My background is in psychology - that's what my bachelor's degree is from, and my specialization.

There's a kind of optimism specifically within Christianity about the world - about whose side God is on. Well, I didn't have any of that in my background. I had physicality and chaos.

Not long ago, in response to a spell of insomnia, I learned some of the principles of meditation, to empty my mind piece by piece. It was like the old game of jacks - cautiously lifting each jack clear of its neighbor until only the empty background remained.

'Mercury' being a silent film needed a strong background score that could give you chills down the spine.

Who among us is so certain of our identity? Who hasn't been asked, 'What's your background?' and hesitated, even for a split second, to answer their inquisitor. Howard Jacobson's 'The Finkler Question' forces us to ask that of ourselves, and that's why it's a must read, no matter what your background.

I don't know Dr. Rosenberg. I have never met her, I have never spoken or corresponded with this woman. And to my knowledge, she is ignorant of my work and background except in the very broadest of terms.

I find something fascinating about the quiet man in the background who has no desire to be the center of attention.

Apparently the part of the brain that identified things as funny kept running as a background process even when its contributions were useless.

The Rock now the hottest thing. He come from wrestling background. Father, mother, grandfather all from wrestling business: 2-3 generations. I watch his movie. He great movie star, and I be wrestling with his father Rocky Johnson. I love them.

My mum's American. She's from Detroit.

I always knew I wanted an educational background, and my mum and dad were quite big on that.

My computer background is a black and white picture I took of the Niteroi Contemporary Art Museum in Brazil.

The performance of a music director should be judged in a holistic manner, which includes songs as well as background score.

Gospel influences your soul. If you've had church in your background... it's just a part of your musical DNA.

I actually don't see that strong of a connection between my background as a rock 'n roller and my early films. In a way I think your musical identity in film work is determined by the jobs that come your way.

My background is musical theater. I have a BFA from the University of Florida.

I trained at a conservatory as a mezzo-soprano and was a musical theater major in college so I had a theater background.

If you go back to before me doing comedy, my background was dancing and then it was musical theatre, but Im a bit of a comedian as far as my careers gone. You evolve in your career and I think thats a good thing.