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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
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- Nov 07, 2020
I grew up in America - I was born and raised in Texas. I might look different, but at the same time, I'm pretty American.
- I Was Born
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think I was born to be an actor.
- Dad
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My dad was a diplomat and after living in America, where I was born, he was posted to Cairo.
- Parents
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I grew up with parents who were English professors at Wichita State University, and we were more liberal-minded as a family than most of the people I hung out with in Wichita. During summers, we went off to Telluride, Colorado, where I've returned every summer since I was born.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I am not born to make dreamy movies.
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I'm fascinated by the Philippines because I'm from here. I was born here. I'm a Filipino.
- I Am
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I'm proud of who I am, where I came from, what I was born into, and I would represent that till I die.
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I actually got to go back to where I was born and perform there. I just brought my mom up onstage and was like, ‘Look, here we are.'
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No single event can awaken within us a stranger totally unknown to us. To live is to be slowly born. It would be a bit too easy if we could go about borrowing ready-made souls.
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Faith is an aptitude of the spirit. It is, in fact, a talent: you must be born with it.
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- Nov 07, 2020