#ground

Whenever I have had to write fiction, I've always had to invent a character who roughly has my background. ↗

— V. S. Naipaul

#background #character #fiction #had #i

When we separated, I did not want to get in a slugfest. I had to take the high ground. ↗

— Marla Maples

#get #ground #had #high #high ground

In the dim background of mind we know what we ought to be doing but somehow we cannot start. ↗

— William James

#cannot #dim #doing #know #mind

Time is but the shadow of the world upon the background of Eternity. ↗

— Jerome K. Jerome

#eternity #shadow #time #upon #world

In America, we're trying to find a peaceful solution in the Middle East and we're not going to be divided along any lines, including religious lines, including ethnic backgrounds. ↗

— Darrell Issa

#america #any #backgrounds #divided #east

America's strength is not our diversity; our strength is our ability to unite people of different backgrounds around common principles. A common language is necessary to reach that goal. ↗

— Ernest Istook

#america #around #backgrounds #common #common language

My father was the son of immigrants, and he grew up bilingual, but English is what my father taught me and what he spoke to me. America's strength is not our diversity; it is our ability to unite around common principles even when we come from different backgrounds. ↗

— Ernest Istook

#america #around #backgrounds #bilingual #come

We believe the use of force against Iraq, especially with reference to previous resolutions of the UN Security Council, has no grounds, including legal grounds. ↗

— Igor Ivanov

#believe #council #especially #force #grounds

I think because of my background - I went through university and did an academic career and fell into acting - I've never had a game plan for my career because I got into it quite ad hoc. ↗

— Rob James-Collier

#acting #ad #background #because #career

My mom and dad put my brother and sister through university and they were very keen for us to have an academic background just to give us a chance. ↗

— Rob James-Collier

#background #brother #brother and sister #chance #dad