- Football
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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
- Egyptian
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- Nov 07, 2020
I am an American citizen born in Kuwait of Egyptian parents. I grew up in Great Britain, Malaysia, and Egypt and have lived in the United States since 1965, when I was seventeen.
- Picture
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- Nov 07, 2020
The press was all over to get a picture of me. It got to the point where they were all over my house, following me to work... Then Tom Brokaw and everybody else was doing stories, 'A star is born.'
- Men
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- Nov 07, 2020
My dad was born in 1905, and the men from that period were real men. He prepared me for the world.
- Back
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was born in East Germany, before the wall came down. We sort of escaped, I guess. I grew up all over the place. Germany, London, back and forth between Minnesota and Germany. I was sort of an army brat, but not in the army.
- Foolish
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- Nov 07, 2020
No grand idea was ever born in a conference, but a lot of foolish ideas have died there.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
My dad has a really great record collection that basically went up to the year I was born: 1984.
- Hands
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- Nov 07, 2020
Besides the physical ordinance of baptism and the laying on of hands, one must be spiritually born again to gain exaltation and eternal life.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
Before me, sprinters retired at 23 or 24. I run because I still like it, I can make a living, and I feel I was born to do it. And because people tell me I can't do it.
- Mother
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- Nov 07, 2020
When Kelly was born, I thought seriously about retirement. But I wanted to see if it was possible to mix being a mother with tennis and the two combined very well.
- China
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- Nov 07, 2020
Confucius, who was born in the sixth century B.C., traditionally had a stature in China akin to that of Socrates in the West.
- Made
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- Nov 07, 2020
Confucius - or Kongzi, which means Master Kong - was not born to power, but his idiosyncrasies and ideas made him the Zelig of the Chinese classics.
- Education
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was born in Corpus Christi, Texas, the youngest of four girls, including my oldest sister, Lisa, who has special needs. My mom was a special education teacher, and my dad worked on the Army base. We weren't wealthy, but we were determined to succeed.
- Nov 07, 2020