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- Nov 07, 2020
Born Quotes
Where you start shapes who you become.
This page gathers quotes about origins in the literal sense — being born into music, born in a specific state or country — alongside a more analytical note on how each generation's tastes differ from the one before it. For more on personal identity, see our Identity quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Family
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was born in Pennsylvania, but for most of my childhood, my family lived in Lynchburg, Virginia.
- Fat
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was born fat and have always been, which was just fine and even healthy and cute until I turned ten or so. Puberty hit like a hurricane and brought a new set of rules. All of a sudden it was my fault I was chubby.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was born October 5, 1957, on the South Side of Chicago, in the Woodlawn area, a neighborhood that hasn't changed much in forty-five years. Our house was on 66th and Blackstone, but the city tore it down when the rats took over.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
Part of my evolution has been to learn how painful most people's childhoods are. They grow up not liking themselves, not loving themselves. Ask people if they were lovable the minute they were born, and watch them sit back and have to think about it. One lady said, 'I suppose so.' That's painful.
- Long
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was born in Long Branch, New Jersey, and no one had ever taught anybody that young, back in those days.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
My mother, Laura Sumner, had cerebral palsy. She was born absolutely fine, but after about three days, she started having convulsions that left her with a condition that would confine her to a wheelchair her entire life.
- Day
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- Nov 07, 2020
The first jazz pianist I heard was Thelonious Monk. My father was listening to an album of his called 'Monk's Dream' almost every day from the time I was born.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm 50% Asian actually, so yes I was born in Paris but I feel more international than French so I can't talk about French women.
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- Nov 07, 2020
Joel? He's the rock star! When you see Joel step on stage... he's born to be a rock star.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020