#background

The old interests of aristocracy - the romance of action, the exalted passions of chivalry and war - faded into the background, and their place was taken by the refined and intimate pursuits of peace and civilization. ↗

— Lytton Strachey

#aristocracy #background #chivalry #civilization #exalted

It's a quality of my life that I wouldn't change for the world, having grown up with such a humble background. ↗

— Hilary Swank

#change #grown #having #humble #i

When you have such a huge past, a big background as we have, you can play off that - a lot of people do. But we felt we wouldn't have a legitimate future unless we put something new together. ↗

— Andy Taylor

#big #felt #future #huge #legitimate

The American landscape has no foreground and the American mind no background. ↗

— Edith Wharton

#background #foreground #landscape #mind

I was aware of it, but I grew up in a very a-religious family. My mother never went to church, she never had any religious training or background. It was never a part of our social interaction. ↗

— Donald Johanson

#aware #background #church #family #grew

With my background, I came out of the theater. ↗

— Joe Morton

#came #i #i came #out #theater

There is a real diversity of talent and background on the A list so as to better reflect our society in all walks. There are people who have been candidates before, Councillors, Doctors, business leaders, charity campaigners. ↗

— Adam Rickitt

#been #before #better #business #business leaders

You've got to step up, Emme. They need to hear your voice, hear you. You're better than being stuck in the background. ↗

— Elizabeth Eulberg

#eulberg #inspirational #music #step-up #take-a-bow

Stage work, that's all I have in my background. Wasteland was my first TV experience. Dawson's was my first long-term, I mean the entire season of 22 episodes. ↗

— Sasha Alexander

#dawson #entire #episodes #experience #first

I am super-proud to have a sort of famous character in my background that if you're a certain age, he was probably a part of your youth. I think that's pretty cool. ↗

— Adam Brody

#am #background #certain #certain age #character