Quotes by Background America's armed forces are an essential background to much of what the U.S. accomplishes internationally. Richard N. Haass backgroundmucharmed-forcesamerica Actors need to learn when their character is front and center and when it's more in the background. J. Smith-Cameron backgroundneedmorecharacter I come from a very working-class background. Janet Montgomery working-classbackgroundcomevery I can move my characters through it easily, because I understand the background; I've really studied it. Jean M. Auel backgroundthroughunderstandi-can Innovation will come from an ecosystem of pervasive computing so natural and all-encompassing that it disappears into the background. Jean-Philippe Courtois backgroundwillinnovationnatural I came from a very normal, un-Hollywood background. My parents provided me with every sort of normal upbringing that they could. Jodie Sweetin backgroundparentsmenormal I multitask and always have the TV on in the background. If I need to focus, I generally have to turn off the TV. Joy Reid backgroundneedalwaysfocus I didn't really get any rigorous background in film history. Joshua Oppenheimer backgroundgetfilmhistory We came from a humble background but with a lot of love, so we were able to overcome that. Jose Aldo overcomebackgroundhumblelove I have a classical music background. I studied violin and trumpet. Johnny Flynn trumpetbackgroundviolinmusic I came from a hospitality background and saw that 80 percent of seats in cars weren't occupied most of the time. John Zimmer backgroundhospitalitypercenttime Anecdotes are factoids of questionable provenance, burnished to a high gloss, often set in gilded venues and populated with familiar names as background atmosphere, purged of ambiguity in the interest of keeping the narrative flowing smoothly. John Gregory Dunne backgroundhighinterestnames I have a crazy background in music, both as a performer and writer. Jesse Itzler backgroundbothmusiccrazy I'm a scrappy outsider from Boston, so didn't have a privileged background at all like many in business. Jeremy Strong outsiderbackgroundlikebusiness My background was in graphic design, but when I was doing it, it was all hand-drawn stuff, not computers. Jeffrey Dean Morgan backgroundcomputersdoingdesign I come from a Hasidic background; I am only one generation removed. Jason Fuchs backgroundi-amgenerationonly My music comes from my personal background. Ludovico Einaudi backgroundpersonalmusic I'm Irish; I grew up in Ireland, and it's impossible to separate my background from who I am as a filmmaker. Lenny Abrahamson backgroundi-amwhoimpossible From my background in travel at HotWire and Expedia, the metrics that TaskRabbit is seeing are more than double at what I saw at both those companies. Leah Busque backgroundmoreseeingtravel It was very useful to learn the history, the theory, and the art of building from a practical background. Mario Botta backgroundbuildinghistoryart«1234567»
