- Democracy
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- Nov 07, 2020
Birth Quotes
Reflections on beginnings, from the personal to the poetic.
Birth shows up here as both a literal event and a metaphor, covering everything from a person's early temperament to poetic imagery of color and origin. One line even weighs a well-known theological question about possibility and power. Explore the theme further in Beginning quotes.
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- Hi
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- Nov 07, 2020
Hi, I'm Bill. I'm a birth survivor.
- Fate
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- Nov 07, 2020
The fate of nations is intimately bound up with their powers of reproduction. All nations and all empires first felt decadence gnawing at them when their birth rate fell off.
- Money
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- Nov 07, 2020
Neither money nor position can atone to me for low birth.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
Wouldn't it be lovely if there were no such things as birth certificates? If I really thought I was 53, life would be much better. I'd love to blow up all the birth certificates.
- Living
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- Nov 07, 2020
It is a rare privilege to watch the birth, growth, and first feeble struggles of a living mind; this privilege is mine.
- Demanded
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- Nov 07, 2020
Even Obama's staunchest supporters are starting to leave him. Last week Michelle Obama demanded to see a copy of his birth certificate.
- Death
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was blessed with a birth and a death, and I guess I just want some say in between.
- Person
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm still wearing Doc Martens. I'm sure that you can have a baby and wear Doc Martens, but... Maybe I'll be the first person to give birth in Doc Martens!
- Indian
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- Nov 07, 2020