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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
- I Was Born
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- Nov 07, 2020
I grew up in East Los Angeles, which is the biggest population of Mexican-Americans in America. I was born and raised there.
- Easter
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was born into the Church of England but in the most nominal way possible you can imagine, so it's Christmas and Easter. And then like a great many clergy in the Church of England I actually got nobbled by being a chorister.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I knew absolutely nothing about acting, and had to be taught everything. Some people are born naturals and know how to walk, talk and hold themselves. I didn't and had to learn everything.
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- Nov 07, 2020
A character who is thought-out is not born, he or she is contrived. A born character is round, a thought-out character is flat.
- Action Film
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- Nov 07, 2020
Eventually, in '84, we made a film for a little over a million dollars - with American actors that was shot in English - that was shown in Finland A little action film called Born American.
- Must
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- Nov 07, 2020
The Palestinians must understand that this is our home, to which we have returned, and we also have to understand that this is the homeland of all those born to it.
- I Was Born
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was born in Catanzaro, Italy, from a Calabrese mother and a Ligurian father.
- Containing
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I was born, my father owned a business called a 'reading circle'; folders containing an assortment of magazines were lent to customers for one week, then recollected and lent out again. The older the folder, the lower was the fee. This was a flourishing branch of industry.
- Pity
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- Nov 07, 2020