Being a native of Spain, the country to which I owe much of my education and cultural background, I was deeply influenced by my great predecessor Santiago Ramon y Cajal. — Severo Ochoa Tags: #Great, #Background, #Cultural, #SeveroOchoa, #Spanish, #ScientistMini...
Obviously, I come from one background, and the people that design fitness equipment have been doing it for years and years, and they know what works and doesn’t work. — Lance Armstrong Tags: #Work, #Design, #Background, #LanceArmstrong, #American,...
I always wanted to be a filmmaker and became one through sheer single-mindedness. I came to filmmaking from a background in graphic design. I went to film school at Newcastle Polytechnic. — Neil Marshall Tags: #Filmmaking, #Background, #NeilMarshall, #English,...
I wouldn’t say that I’m a travel novelist, but rather a novelist who travels – and who uses travel as a background for finding stories of places. — Paul Theroux Tags: #Places, #Background, #Finding, #PaulTheroux, #American, #NovelistMini...
Typically, when you look for role models, you want someone who has your interests and came from the same background. Well, look how restricting that is. What people should do is take role models a la carte. If there’s someone whose character you appreciated, you...
