#background

To play June, I had an immediate connect with her background and culture. We grew up with the same religion and shared a lot of the same values of family and spirituality. But I was really so inspired by what a modern woman she was. ↗

— Reese Witherspoon

#connect #culture #family #grew #had

My athleticism was really the core to social acceptance, because in those days the overwhelming number of students came from more of a public school background than I did. ↗

— Roger Bannister

#background #because #came #core #days

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. ↗

— Gordon Getty

#background #both #carry #classical #classical music

I have the same sense of the power and virtue of knowledge that some people get from a religious background. ↗

— Walter Gilbert

#get #i #knowledge #people #power

In the true sense one's native land, with its background of tradition, early impressions, reminiscences and other things dear to one, is not enough to make sensitive human beings feel at home. ↗

— Emma Goldman

#beings #dear #early #enough #feel

I have a strong Lutheran background, and my parents instilled in me strong morals. ↗

— Tippi Hedren

#i #instilled #me #morals #parents

We had people of all backgrounds coming together - all races, all creeds, all colors, all status in life. And coming together there was a kind of quiet dignity and a kind of sense of caring and a feeling of joint responsibility. ↗

— Dorothy Height

#caring #colors #coming #creeds #dignity

When you have a background in combat sports, people think you're this martial arts expert, but really I'm just a guy who is able to do certain things without making a mess of himself. ↗

— Rick Yune

#arts #background #certain #certain things #combat

A liberal education... frees a man from the prison-house of his class, race, time, place, background, family and even his nation. ↗

— Robert M. Hutchins

#class #education #even #family #frees

In a continent but recently settled, many parts of which have as yet little historical or cultural background, the material for this volume has been gathered from a section that was one of the first to be colonized. ↗

— Hervey Allen

#been #continent #cultural #first #gathered