Brad Pitt

My father came from a very poor background, but I was very fortunate in the sense that we were never in need. My dad was determined to make sure that we didn't want for things. He wanted to give us more opportunity than he had, a better shot at a better life.

Actor

Venus Williams

I have a lot of good role models in my family for things off the court - like my older sister, who's a lawyer. I don't like writing papers, but she's helped me a lot. It's nice to have an art and business background because they tie together perfectly.

American Tennis Player

Sonia Sotomayor

When you come from a background like mine, where you're entering worlds that are so different than your own, you have to be afraid.

American Judge

Jerome K. Jerome

Time is but the shadow of the world upon the background of Eternity.

English Author

D. Imman

The background score plays an important role in black comedies.

Indian Musician

Jonathan Franzen

The Mekons were kind of like the background music of my life.

American Novelist

Coco Lee

I was bred and raised in a multi-cultural music background.

Chinese Musician

John Locke

The discipline of desire is the background of character.

English Philosopher

Randy Meisner

A background person is all I've been all my life.

Nyjah Huston

American Athlete

Use 'background' to describe elements that add depth and layers to a visual scene.

Visual Depth

'Background' implies something not in the main focus but still contributing to the overall image.

Not Center Stage

Employers often conduct a 'background check' to verify a candidate's personal and professional history.

Personal History

Relate 'background' to the necessary knowledge or experience needed for a task or job.

Academic Relevance

In tech, 'background' refers to processes on a computer or device that runs without user interaction.

Technical Processes

Use 'background' to set the scene or explain the circumstances surrounding an event or decision.

Setting Context

A person's actions may be better understood against their personal or cultural background.

Understanding Motives

'Background' music or noise is meant to enhance the environment without being the main focus.

Atmospheric Ambience

Background sounds or music should not overpower conversation or the primary action.

Subtle Presence

 you play the same sports, there's a high chance that you're going to want to help that person out. But for the person in the room who has no shared experiences with you it becomes extremely difficult to find that connection. The idea of finding someone different to mentor, someone who doesn't come from the same background as you, whatever that background is,

What does my headscarf...

 toe the line between visual art and poetry. Meanwhile, E.E. Cummings wrote poems whose shapes were as important as the words themselves, in this case amplifying the sad loneliness of a single leaf falling through space. If the visual nature of poetry faded into the background, perhaps we'd be left with music,

What makes a poem … a...

 about the most common established patterns at a given point in time. This is important, not only for formal contexts, but it also makes communication easier between non-native speakers from different backgrounds. Descriptivism, on the other hand, gives us insight into how our minds work

Does grammar matter? -...

 habituated wolf you can see that she's pretty well camouflaged against her background if you're looking from a long way away against a big landscape you find this wolf pretty hard to spot but that's not how of caribou see the world and to get an idea of what they see I'm

Caribou Spot Wolves...

 A well-dressed child princess refuses a glass of water from a handmaid, while a dwarf teases a dog. A second dwarf stands next to them, while the artist himself pauses at his canvas. Two more people whisper in the background, while a third appears to be exiting the room,

Why is this painting so...

 the rules that can restrict the amount of carbon dioxide emitted from power plants, and make energy companies around the world wary of what they put into the air. Until then, every time you turn on a screen or flick a light switch, coal is lurking in the background,

How to create cleaner...

 At some point, the order became set in stone and the story was locked into place as the one we read today. But since the world has changed a bit in the last several thousand years, it helps to have some background before jumping in.

Everything you need to...

 people of all different colors and backgrounds and you know what the main ingredient that day was mutual respect we sat down with southern white folks as cousins rather than combatants you know what the ancestors who lived in those

Gastronomy and the...

 Stage and screen engage some of our senses directly. We see and hear the interactions of the characters and the setting. But with prose fiction, all you have is static symbols on a contrasting background.

How to write descriptivel...

 you know, these mountains in the background, that are so… it looks like a watercolour. Wow. Endless, it feels like just water that goes on forever.