- Passion
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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
- Journey
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- Nov 07, 2020
I believe that human beings are born first and given passports later. I'm really thankful for my journey. And it's a journey I didn't design.
- Footballer
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- Nov 07, 2020
I always wanted to be a footballer; I always wanted to play. I was born to be a footballer.
- Family
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- Nov 07, 2020
I wasn't born to a wealthy or powerful family - mother from Puerto Rico, dad from the South Bronx.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
I know what it's like to access the privilege of a ZIP Code but also be born in one that could have destined me to something else.
- Dad
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was born to a dad who was born in the South Bronx while the Bronx was burning, while landlords were committing arson to their own buildings.
- Children
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- Nov 07, 2020
I grew up in southern Africa but was born in England, so my family was afflicted with the stiff upper lip of the British. When coupled with the violence we saw as children, that can be a fatal combination. Fortunately, I have an outlet for trauma in my writing.
- Kisses
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- Nov 07, 2020
My 10th Sonata is a sonata of insects. Insects are born from the sun... they are the sun's kisses.
- Little
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- Nov 07, 2020
A man, as a general rule, owes very little to what he is born with - a man is what he makes of himself.
- Consequently
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- Nov 07, 2020
Dumbness comes from the fact that a child is born deaf and that it consequently never learns how to articulate, for it is by the medium of hearing that such instruction is acquired.
- Blame
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- Nov 07, 2020
No one is to blame. It is neither their fault nor ours. It is the misfortune of being born when a whole world is dying.
- Decision
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- Nov 07, 2020
It wasn't a conscious decision to search for my Asian self; it was an urgency born out of an emptiness I was trying to fill.
- More
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- Nov 07, 2020
My brother Arthur was born in 1951. I came next, followed by three more siblings in rapid succession.
- Here
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- Nov 07, 2020
My daughter was born in the States, and she went into the educational system here.
- Mom
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- Nov 07, 2020
Both my parents are Italian. My mom was born and raised in Italy. My dad was born in Canada, but then they moved to Italy.
- Make
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- Nov 07, 2020
It takes two to make a murder. There are born victims, born to have their throats cut, as the cut-throats are born to be hanged.
- Disease
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- Nov 07, 2020