- Music
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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
- Look
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- Nov 07, 2020
Clothes should look as if a woman was born into them. It is a form of possession, this belonging to one another.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's very important to me that people see I am an American and I was born in the States.
- Doing
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- Nov 07, 2020
I started 'American Born Chinese' as a mini-comic. I would write and draw a chapter, photocopy a hundred or so copies at the corner photocopy store, and then try to sell them on consignment through local comics shops. If I could sell maybe half a dozen, I'd be doing okay.
- Finished
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- Nov 07, 2020
I finished 'American Born Chinese' in 2005, so after that, I started actively researching the Boxer Rebellion.
- Doing
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- Nov 07, 2020
When 'American Born Chinese' started getting a lot of attention, I freaked out a little bit because I realized that up until then I had just been doing comics by following my gut. I didn't really know much about plot structure or anything; I kind of just followed my gut.
- Getting Older
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- Nov 07, 2020
I noticed that when my daughter was born, my son really, really liked her. But then as she started getting older, and as she started crawling around our house and touching different things that were his, sibling rivalry issues started appearing.
- Lots
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was born with lots of deformities.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
Most of us have days or weeks or months so awful, we wish we'd never been born.
- Language
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- Nov 07, 2020
A special kind of beauty exists which is born in language, of language, and for language.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
I love things on the decline because that's really the natural progression of our lives. We're born, we're feisty for the first couple of years, and then the inevitable decline begins.
- Freedom
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm so proud of my Chinese ancestry, but I was born and raised in America, and I really believe in American values, our American system, our freedom, our liberties.
- Drama
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was born in Ballaghadreen, but I grew up in Galway, and when I went to the University College of Galway, I became involved in the drama society there and started directing plays.
- Think
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- Nov 07, 2020