- Poetry
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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
- Others
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's kind of almost not fair that certain people don't get the opportunities that others get just because of where they are born or where they were brought up.
- Family
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- Nov 07, 2020
This is the standard line of the Trump side of the party, that us who oppose him are just a bunch of elites who live in the Acela corridor in this bubble of unimaginable wealth. I wish I had been born into an extremely wealthy New York real estate family and been given multimillion dollar loans to get my start in life.
- My Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was born in Belgium, but we moved to Kilburn when I was one, so 'Time Out' has always been in the background of my life.
- Getting
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was born in Middletown, Connecticut, while my dad was getting his Ph.D. in ethnomusicology and anthropology at Wesleyan University.
- Nov 07, 2020
I think you're born with a comedy gene, and you can't teach timing, and you can't teach satire, pathos.
- Children
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was born Gaynor Hopkins, one of seven children. My mum, Elsie, and dad, Glyndwr, always said they had seven children, although my sister Paulene was stillborn.
- Couple Years
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- Nov 07, 2020