- 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
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was born a leader, never a follower. I never felt peer pressure. If the group goes left, I go right.
- Name
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- Nov 07, 2020
If we weren't born with anti-social passions - narcissism, envy, lust, meanness, greed, hunger for power, just to name the more obvious - why the need for so many laws, whether religious or secular, that govern behavior?
- Depression
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- Nov 07, 2020
A middle child, I was born in the depths of the Great Depression. My dad and mom were factory workers, struggling to make ends meet.
- Encounters
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- Nov 07, 2020
'Close Encounters of the Third Kind.' Big, big, big smash for me. My birth of the love of cinema was born with 'Close Encounters' and '2001.' Those sci-fi movies I saw when I was a little kid.
- Racism
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- Nov 07, 2020
Racism isn't born, folks, it's taught. I have a two-year-old son. You know what he hates? Naps! End of list.
- Mom
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- Nov 07, 2020
When my mom and dad got married, they lived in south Boston, which is where the first six of my brothers were born. After that, they moved to Minnesota, which is where the other five of us were born. So there's 11 of us.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
Well, Neighbours wanted to do a song on the show, and they asked me what songs I had. I told them I'd just written this song, called Born to Try, and I had just gone overseas and spoken to some people from Song about it.
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
I am a proud Englishman, having been born and raised in London. However, I am just as proud of my family's Irish heritage and my affinity and connection with the country.
- Happy
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was born in Copenhagen, and when I was a year old, we moved to Bangalore. I was always a shy person and was happy with just a few friends and that came from my own social awkwardness. I did not know how to make conversations.
- Nov 07, 2020
I'm a strong believer in the fact that women are born to multi-task. God has made us like that.
- Down
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- Nov 07, 2020
No one is born a terrorist, but the route to become one is surprisingly easy. We need to listen to those who have been there, and those who have made their way back, if we want to stop others from taking their first steps down this same path into darkness.
- Impact
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- Nov 07, 2020