#background

It takes a couple of years just to get the background and knowledge that you need before you can go into detailed training for your mission. ↗

— Sally Ride

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Of course, the way writers think about those things is almost certain to be affected by their own cultural background, and it would be hard to deny that, for whatever reasons, a lot of SF writers come from Anglo or European backgrounds. ↗

— Stanley Schmidt

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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. ↗

— John Sladek

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The first months at Harvard were more than challenging, as I came to the realization that the humanities could be genuinely interesting, and, in fact, given the weaknesses of my background, very difficult. ↗

— Philip Warren Anderson

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My job is to play many different roles with all sorts of different backgrounds and orientations. ↗

— Josh Charles

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Children from a given family background, when put in schools of different social compositions, will achieve at quite different levels. ↗

— James S. Coleman

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My background wasn't one blessed with all the luxuries in life. Nothing is forever and I realize that. ↗

— Junior Seau

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To create characters, one must build background. And one of the tools we use is improvisation. ↗

— Harvey Keitel

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