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Her whole being dilated in an atmosphere of luxury; it was the background she required, the only climate she could breathe in.
- Edith Wharton
We want the best sort of 500 players or so that we can possibly get, and the best 500 players typically have a very similar background. They've played three or four years of college football. They're mature. They're professional.
- Oliver Luck
Each Christian comes from a different background, upbringing, lineage, and environment. But in Christ we are unified.
- Elizabeth George
My mom is Jamaican and Chinese, and my dad is Polish and African-American, so I had a pretty diverse culinary background to work with.
- Ayesha Curry
I'm not saying none of these guys are talented, but people think Ed Sheeran crawled off a couch and lived on the street or something, but him, Ellie Goulding... they all come from Suffolk, Surrey, Richmond... they come from support.
- James Arthur
Along with 'Free,' where I sing quite a bit, there are additional songs on 'Skin' where you can hear my voice in the background - lots of 'oohs' and 'aahs.' But more often than not, I use my vocals to prompt other rappers and singers to feel calmer, better, bolder.
- Flume
I think everything that any actor does, I would assume, is shaped by how and where they grew up.
- Melissa McCarthy
He is an important person to this story, so that it is as well we should know something about him before letting him loose in it.
- AA Milne
If the good people, in their wisdom, shall see fit to keep me in the background, I have been too familiar with disappointments to be very much chagrined.
- Abraham Lincoln
If you want to own the power of God at your waist belt, you should have a background check. If you are a domestic violence abuser, convicted, you should not have a gun where you could snuff out the lives of your loved ones.
- Andrew Gillum
I was really nervous working with actors, since I come from a photography background.
- Gia Coppola