- 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
- Know
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- Nov 07, 2020
Writers aren't born properly labeled so it is hard to know one when one appears.
- Man
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- Nov 07, 2020
I stand before you tonight as a young American, a proud American, of a generation born as the Cold War receded, shaped by the tragedy of 9/11, connected by the digital revolution and determined to re-elect the man who will make the 21st century another American century - President Barack Obama.
- I Was Born
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was born 'neath a clouded star.
- Must
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- Nov 07, 2020
We are born charming, fresh and spontaneous and must be civilized before we are fit to participate in society.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think, unfortunately, some people are just bad, they're just born bad, and I don't know why.
- Loved
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was born in the studio. I knew I loved music. I found my niche at, like, seven or eight. That's when I knew I wanted to rap.
- Parents
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- Nov 07, 2020
My parents were born abroad. I was born in France, but I feel comfortable everywhere - I don't see the borders.
- London
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was raised in Maryland. My mom was born in London, and my dad was born in Chattanooga, Tennessee.
- Father
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- Nov 07, 2020
My father was born in Amsterdam in a highly religious family. He was in Amsterdam, and he went into hiding right near where Anne Frank was. He was a theoretical physicist and the last Jew to get a Ph.D. in Amsterdam.
- Men
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- Nov 07, 2020
It is to such men as Abraham Lincoln and Jefferson and Jackson and Franklin, all most lowly born, that we owe most of our greatness as a nation.
- Nov 07, 2020
Some people are born mediocre, some people achieve mediocrity, and some people have mediocrity thrust upon them.
- May
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- Nov 07, 2020