#ground

My parents were both from extremely different backgrounds. My father's Italian, my mother was of Swedish descent. They're both first-generation Americans. ↗

— Susan Lucci

#both #descent #different #different backgrounds #extremely

The man who has nothing to boast of but his illustrious ancestry is like the potato - the best part under ground. ↗

— Thomas Overbury

#best #best part #boast #ground #his

I am much less autistic now, compared to when I was young. I remember some behaviors like picking carpet fuzz and watching spinning plates for hours. I didn't want to be touched. I couldn't shut out background noise. I didn't talk until I was about 4 years old. I screamed. I hummed. But as I grew up, I improved. ↗

— Temple Grandin

#am #autistic #background #behaviors #carpet

My Mom is a ballet director, so I had this idea in me that classical training is the best foundation for anything you do, so I wanted to get a classical background and voice. ↗

— Shuler Hensley

#background #ballet #best #classical #classical training

I'm quite grounded. ↗

— Enrique Iglesias

#i #quite

I came from the most orthodox background you could ask for. ↗

— Sonia Johnson

#background #came #could #i #i came

Long after this wonderful event in the Earth's history, when the human species was spread over a good deal of Asia, Europe, and Africa, migration to the American continents began in attempts to find new feeding grounds and unoccupied areas for hunting and fishing. ↗

— Harry Johnston

#after #american #areas #asia #attempts

Oh, I think, watching Magic, him being one of my... I'm one of his biggest fans, and just trying to emulate what he did, going out on the playground, and also playing with older guys. ↗

— Jason Kidd

#being #biggest #did #emulate #fans

You know, I find it so difficult being a... as a matter of fact, little do people know that most of the leading members of the cast have a background that they would never expect them to have, and play the show they did. ↗

— Werner Klemperer

#being #cast #did #difficult #expect

My dad was dean of fine arts at the university. I was casting bronzes in the school foundry. I was using the university as a playground. ↗

— Maya Lin

#casting #dad #dean #fine #fine arts