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Background Quotes

On the roots that quietly shape who we become.

This page collects thoughts on background as the foundation for later work, whether that's an accounting education leading into music or years of theater shaping a whole career. A stricter upbringing is mentioned as its own kind of formative influence. Related reflections continue in Family quotes.

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I'm a self-taught guitarist, but I have a classical music background.

Quotes by Adam Jones

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When I moved to Mumbai I had no acting background and so was unable to make a breakthrough for years.

Quotes by Abhimanyu Singh

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My family background was deeply Christian.

Quotes by Abbe Pierre

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One's mind has a way of making itself up in the background, and it suddenly becomes clear what one means to do.

Quotes by A. C. Benson

Always Quotes

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Accountancy prepares one to be able to run very different kinds of businesses, and my background prepared me for the music.

Quotes by Zarin Mehta

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My whole background, my whole life was just lots and lots of theater, a lot of that being musical theater.

Quotes by Zachary Levi

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My background is in theoretical physics, and it's something very close to my heart.

Quotes by Yuri Milner

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I can't stand recipes that don't have background.

Quotes by Yotam Ottolenghi

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One of my main reasons for going to college is to try to get a liberal arts background.

Quotes by Yolanda King

Come Quotes

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Suppose I put polka dots all over my body and then cover my background completely with polka dots. The polka dots on my body, merging with those in the background, create an optically strange scene.

Quotes by Yayoi Kusama

Across these lines, background is treated less as limitation and more as preparation. See also Come quotes for more on where people started out.