- Dawn
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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
- Husband
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- Nov 07, 2020
My husband and I were born three weeks apart, and our plan had always been to throw a joint party for our 40th birthdays.
- God
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was at a point of asking God whether acting was what He really wanted me to do. Oprah Winfrey came to one of my workshops, and a couple of months later, she reached out to Uncle BeBe, who co-wrote 'Born For This.' Oprah told him she was interested in me for the role of Charity on 'Greenleaf' and asked him to help her contact me.
- Neighborhood
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was born in a neighborhood called the Third Ward.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I wanted to have no ribs. I wore what was called a waist-nipper in those days. My mother made it. It's a piece of rubber band I wore around to hold my rib cage in. I don't know why I always loved that. I guess I was a glutton for punishment. I think I was born one of those people who loved swords and fought in armor.
- I Was Born
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was born to a Nigerian dad and a Kenyan mom, and coming to the States was really academic.
- Go
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was born in Lagos, Nigeria, and I moved to Anderson, Indiana, in 2003 to go to school. I finished high school in America, then I went to college.
- My Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
It goes without saying that the first few months after my son was born were the toughest of my life.
- I Was Born
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was born into a family of preachers.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
Getting to do what I think was my fifth BBC drama with Nikki Amuka-Bird - we've done 'Shoot The Messenger,' 'Five Days,' 'The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency,' 'Born Equal' and now 'Small Island' - was another highlight for me. And filming in Jamaica was great, too.
- Brain
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- Nov 07, 2020
Throughout our lifetimes, we are constantly regenerating new brain cells in the hippocampus, a process called neurogenesis. New stem cells are constantly being born in the hippocampus that ultimately differentiate into fully functional neurons.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020