- I Was Born
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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
- Old
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was born in Barranquilla, Colombia, and I came to attend high school in Massachusetts when I was about 15 years old.
- Nobody
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- Nov 07, 2020
Nobody's born evil. I guess that's why we're drawn to violence. We're fascinated by it, but there's a moral in how you examine it.
- Culture
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- Nov 07, 2020
Venezuelans have a long history. So we are able to listen to each other, to talk to each other. From here were born the liberators of the region, and they said before and after that process we have a culture of political action. We are not in despair. That's the image broadcast to abroad.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
I wasn't born thin. I train. But I would never starve myself. I mean, what is happening with women these days? I just couldn't see myself looking that thin. I like a bit of waist and leg.
- Crazy
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- Nov 07, 2020
I should have been born a crazy rich Asian because I do have expensive taste. I have champagne taste but I'm on a beer budget.
- Family
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was born in Japan, so for me, Uniqlo is a family brand. My granny used to wear Uniqlo. And my Italian dad wore Uniqlo. I wore Uniqlo, of course.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
The biggest determinant in our lives is culture, where we are born, what the environment looks like. But the second biggest determinant is probably governance, good governance or a certain kind of governance makes a huge difference in our lives.
- Car
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- Nov 07, 2020
The death of the MG marks the end of one of the most perfect products of free enterprise, born out of the voracious will to succeed of one man and the burgeoning market for middle-class status symbols. The car first appeared as a souped-up Morris Oxford in 1923 when it won the Land's End Rally.
- Humor
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was born in England - though both of my parents are American - and there's something about the 'Muppets' where they have this combination of English and American humor.
- More
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- Nov 07, 2020
We're all born storytellers. It's part of the species. But, more specifically, I suppose a particular combination of sensitivity and trauma made me a writer: an essential disquiet with reality, which required exploration through portrayal.
- Moment
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- Nov 07, 2020
After the 1954 Geneva international conference, Vietnam was divided into two parts. On paper, North and South Vietnam were twin countries born at the same moment.
- Heritage
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- Nov 07, 2020