- Disability
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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
- Mother
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was born and raised in Rogers Park in Chicago. My father sold furniture, and my mother was a Chicago public school teacher and proud member of the Chicago Teachers Union for decades.
- Family
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was actually born in New York, and spent some of my childhood in Boston. But my family moved to San Diego when I was 12, and I went to high school here.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
Well, I think it's real important that people understand, first and foremost, those of us that have lived in Arizona or in southern California, we have a very diverse population. The Hispanic population has been part of all of our lives since we've been born here or since we've grown up here.
- Better Place
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- Nov 07, 2020
When my grandfather was born, there was no healthcare. There were no airplanes. There were no boats. There were no trains. There were no communications. No Internet. No widespread knowledge. It will be a completely different world but a much better place in a hundred years.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I was growing up in Terrell, Texas, I felt that it was not where I was supposed to be. I knew that I was meant for a different destination. I think that the minute I was born, there was something inside telling me where I would go, it's like energy - an intangible destiny.
- Parents
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- Nov 07, 2020
My parents started Party Pieces the same year I was born, so I have grown up with their entrepreneurial way of thinking, which, to me, became the norm.
- High School
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was born in Champaign in 1918. From the neighborhood elementary and intermediate schools, I went to the University High School in the twin city, Urbana.
- Day
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- Nov 07, 2020
Each day the world is born anew for him who takes it rightly.
- Kids
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- Nov 07, 2020
Kids don't have ruts yet that adults have carved into their minds. They're born logical. Crooked thinking has to be taught.
- Live
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- Nov 07, 2020
OUR history begins before we are born. We represent the hereditary influences of our race, and our ancestors virtually live in us.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I love rock. I love the music that was born out of the latter part of the 20th century. It means a lot to me.
- Facts
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- Nov 07, 2020