Top 1200 Ethnic Background Quotes & Sayings - Page 18

'WASP' is the only ethnic term that is in fact a term of class, apart from redneck, which is another word for the same group but who are in the lower social strata, so it's inexplicably tied up with social standing and culture and history in a way that the other hyphenations just are not.

Anyone of any age or background who loved pop music liked our songs.

I came from a very strict background, and didn't hear any Jamaican music when I was growing up.

[Donald] Trump, he - you know, buy American, buy American, anti-free trade, and got big cheers. They're waving Russian flags, probably partly as a joke. But, still, the party has become an ethnic nationalist party.

Well I had a musical background, but I still didn't know a lot about drums at the time.

My whole family growing up played sports, so I'm definitely from a strong sporting background.

The cultural pressure for a middle-class Chinese-American to walk, talk and act like a lower-class thug from Chinatown is nil. The same can be said of Jews, or of any other ethnic group. But in black America the folly is so commonplace it fails to attract serious attention.

Because of my background in theater and radio acting, I knew that I could make a living as an actor.

I'm not able to change the tools that I bring to the table. I've tried to fade into the background many times, and I just can't do it.

Urban is not actually my world. It was me trying something out, basically. I come from a gospel background.

He [Reagan] likes to tell jokes and that's why he told the ethnic joke that got him into some trouble. Perhaps if reporters didn't overreact to a politician's telling the very same joke they routinely hear and tell in the city room, we'd get more humor.

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

I try to find the core values that are so fundamental that they transcend ethnic identity. That doesn't mean I run from it. I embrace African-American culture and I love it and embrace it, but it is a part of a human identity. So I'm always trying to make a larger human statement.

In science novelty emerges only with difficulty, manifested by resistance, against a background provided by expectation.

If you know anything about Lou Lamoriello, his background and what he does, he will do what it takes to win.

I think doing love scenes is never easy without a strong emotional background.

I think that every country presents its own particular challenges, different cultures, different histories, different religions, different people. And different ethnic make-ups in those countries present different challenges.

That's the spirit of America, right? Anybody from any background can make it anywhere with enough hard work.

So, while fitting in, she was like a wicked detail standing out against a placid background.

Survival is the main objective. There are going to be some awful days, I know that from my background in the sport.

History is for all of us to discuss. All history is our common heritage to discuss and analyze. The founding of the state of Israel, for example, based on ethnic cleansing is there for us all to discuss.

My forebears refused to cut the sugar cane for plantation owners, and I am recognisably a product of that background.

My identity and my background still remain with me when I go to a foreign country. I have kept my nationality.

My MMA background, I think, only enhances my experience on 'Tough Enough' or in the WWE in general.

You should know the ins and outs [of the marriage]. So it was nice to see a little bit of background.

I had a very strong background in journalism, so it's my instinct to try to be as fair and accurate as possible.

The creation of India and Pakistan were pyrrhic victories for their denizens because the political, socioeconomic, psychological, and culture havoc wreaked by that momentous event is reflected in those pogroms, ethnic cleansing, proliferation of nuclear weapons, poverty, and riots that continue to cause seismic tremors in the Indian subcontinent.

You don't need a religious background to strive for something good, for genuine compassion and love for others.

I have so much respect for people who do blue-collar work because I come from that background myself.

Teach First is uniquely placed to help universities broaden the social background of their student intake.

I have a background and an understanding of what's happened in the Middle East that a lot of people don't have, because there's been no interest.

Moving ourselves to the background and others to the foreground is evidence that the (spiritual) search is achieving its purpose.

My background is that I came from a middle class family, and I think those values stay where ever you go.

I feel half faded away like some figure in the background of an old picture.

I wanted to develop a career where I could use my engineering background to have a positive effect on society.

I value my Catholic background very much. It taught me not to be afraid of rigorous thought, for one thing.

You can say I had a severe case of 'Roots' envy. I wanted to be like Alex Haley, and I wanted to be able to... do my family tree back to the slave ship and then reverse the Middle Passage, as I like to put it, and find the tribe or ethnic group that I was from in Africa.

Lebanon, of course, is a country with great problems. Traditionally, they have religious-national groups or ethnic-national groups. They have the Druses. Even the two Moslem sects, the Sunnis and the Shiites, are apart. Then they have the armed groups. Everybody's got a private army.

My iPhone background says, 'If you build it, they'll come.' You know, quality over quantity. And I really live by that.

I speak to black and ethnic coaches who ring me, or write to me, for some advice. There is a frustration from a lot of young, very able, black coaches to find that pathway that will get them into full-time positions.

I did a lot of background and research on 'End Of Watch,' and I definitely used certain skills that I learned.

I come from a very loving, stable background where I've been persuaded to just be myself and anything is possible.

I grew up in Fall River, Massachusetts. My background was modest, and I worked at a Portuguese bakery in town.

I always work with the same composer, his name is Ali Helnwein. I don't have a musical background.

I'm very honest about my food background; I've never tried to pretend like I was a chef.

My family, my background... it just parallels really nicely with a lot of social and cultural movements.

it is really astonishing how few colors are inharmonious when they are profusely massed and have green for a background.

You'd be surprised how many politicians have a working class background but they get it beaten out of them.

I did a film that's on YouTube of me reading hate mail with a woman playing the cello in the background.

There had to be dark and muddy waters so that the sun could have something to background it's flashing glory.

I come from a dancing background, and I know it's stereotypical, but I would dance because I wasn't comfortable speaking to people.

Caprice, independence and rebellion, which are opposed to the social order, are essential to the good health of an ethnic group. We shall measure the good health of this group by the number of its delinquents. Nothing is more immobilizing than the spirit of deference.

People just think Africa is this one thing. So if you're from Nigeria, then you're the same as somebody from Kenya; not realizing that within Nigeria, right, we have 250 different ethnic groups, right? Two hundred and fifty different languages.

I don't come from a film background, so I am free to work in any script that interests me.

The years I spent paying my dues are in the background, and so are my concerns about whether my performance is good or bad.

To be honest, I think I would like a really fun, quirky character with an interesting background.

My background is in broadcast television - I used to be a travel host for BBC, Discovery, and National Geographic.

The simplest and most effective way to sanctity is to disappear into the background of ordinary every day routine.

I set up the KC Academy to get more people from a black background into cycling.

The actors in 'Eight Men Out' really know how to play, and the background athletes are all professionals.