From what deep springs of character our personal philosophies issue, we cannot be sure. In philosophers themselves we seem always able to notice some deep internal correspondence between the man and his philosophy. Are our philosophies, then, merely the inevitable outcome of the body of fate and personal circumstance that is thrust upon each of us? Or are these beliefs the means by which we freely create ourselves as the persons we become? Here, at the very outset, the question of freedom already hovers in the background.
I have a lot of endurance and I have a good background right now in my training and it's time to get ready.
The best writers who have put pen to paper have often had a journalism background.
Compassion gives us a common ground to stand on regardless of your faith background. It gives us a chance to stand shoulder-to-shoulder rather than go fist-to-fist with somebody.
My forebears refused to cut the sugar cane for plantation owners, and I am recognisably a product of that background.
I felt better being in the background. That's the way I like it.
My whole background is theater, and theater is to some degree presentational.
Against the background of general freakishness the case of my particular freakishness was lost.
Whatever causes night in our souls may leave stars. Cimourdain was full of virtues and truth, but they shine out of a dark background.
I have a multicultural background, so I tend to have an open mind about things, and I find other cultures interesting.
I think that my preaching style and many of my ideas and ideals about faith are based in both Pentecostal and Baptist background.
I'm proud of my background, so I hope there will be more roles where Hispanics are being portrayed
Coming from an African background, obviously the foundation of the family home is education, probably because my parents had to work a lot harder for everything that they've got in this country.
A teenager usually wants to try to get people to notice him in some way, to feel like someone gives a damn. Me, all that attention, I just wanted to fade into the background. Be invisible. Disappear.
A weak background is a deadly thing.
The profoundest affinities are the most readily felt; they remain a background and standard for all happiness and if we trace them out we succeed.
As a kid, I had a background in theater.
If I get blocked, it is generally because I don't know enough about some aspect of the story or the characters. The answer for this is generally more research, or making more background notes, so the place and person can be more fully realized inside my own mind.
Mom was always doing something for somebody. She came from a Czech background, one that made her a devout Catholic and gave her a strong belief in the family.
It just occurred to me that there are some beautiful shots [in Rent Control] with the World Trade Center in the background.