#ground

Your background and environment is with you for life. No question about that. ↗

— Sean Connery

#background #environment #life #question #you

The late sixties and early seventies were kind of a breeding ground for exciting new sounds because easy listening and folk were kind of taking over the airwaves. I think it was a natural next step to take that blissful, easy-going sound and strangle the life out of it. ↗

— Alice Cooper

#because #breeding #early #easy #easy-going

When I was little, there were so many people in my house. Everyone was enjoying themselves, rehearsing, having fun. It was like a playground. ↗

— Marion Cotillard

#everyone #fun #having #having fun #house

When people say 'What are underground comics?' I think the best way you can define them is just the absolute freedom involved... we didn't have anyone standing over us. ↗

— Robert Crumb

#absolute freedom #anyone #best #best way #comics

I've got my feet firmly on the ground, I can't see life changing too much. I reckon more girls will talk to me at college and more people will look at me, but they know me for who I am. ↗

— Gareth Gates

#changing #college #feet #firmly #got

Yes, there was a sort of underground cult following, which came from nowhere, and grew, and grew. It was quite surprising to us all, because all of us had spent probably the previous five to ten years without it. So it was quite overwhelming. Overwhelming and humbling. ↗

— Michael Giles

#came #cult #five #following #grew

My art is an attempt to reach beyond the surface appearance. I want to see growth in wood, time in stone, nature in a city, and I do not mean its parks but a deeper understanding that a city is nature too-the ground upon which it is built, the stone with which it is made. ↗

— Andy Goldsworthy

#art #attempt #beyond #built #city

Moreover, I want us to urge political and religious leaders, and all peoples of the world, to move forward in a conciliatory spirit, to deal with religious matters in a responsible and balanced way, and to focus on their common grounds. ↗

— Alcee Hastings

#common #deal #focus #forward #grounds

Thankfully, I have a background as an actor, and you learn how to live in that world of not knowing what's going to happen next. ↗

— Jon Favreau

#background #going #happen #how #i

Billions of taxpayers' money has been wasted in bad deals. The London Underground modernisation, personally negotiated by one of Gordon Brown's team, was a disaster, as the National Audit Office has confirmed. ↗

— Vince Cable

#bad #been #billions #brown #confirmed