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I Was Born Quotes
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These lines trace personal history back to specific hometowns and eras, from a Swiss canton in the 1920s to Sarajevo in the early 1900s, each detail grounding identity in a real place and time. One simply and powerfully states being born free, without qualification. See more in Born quotes.
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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.
- Family
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was born into a family of preachers.
- February
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was born in Washington, D.C., on February 19, 1941, the eldest of four sons.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was born in Kodiak, and I was raised in a place called Dutch Harbor out on the Aleutian Islands. There's a show called the 'Deadliest Catch' on the Discovery Channel. And they film it on Dutch Harbor where I grew up.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was basically raised to look for chances to get even with several families for stuff that happened 30 or 40 years before I was born.
- Cuba
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was born in Havana, Cuba and raised in Madrid, Spain. Then I moved to New Jersey.
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I wanted to use what I was, to be what I was born to be - not to have a 'career', but to be that straightforward obvious unmistakable animal, a writer.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think I was born aged about 86.
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I was born on April 1, 1933, in Constantine, Algeria, which was then part of France. My family, originally from Tangier, settled in Tunisia and then in Algeria in the 16th century after having fled Spain during the Inquisition.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was born in Cambridge but brought up in and around Winchester, in Hampshire. I've also lived in Hong Kong and America.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was born in Sarnia, Ontario; a small town, it's where oil was pretty much discovered in North America.
Whether rooted in Los Angeles or a European city long since changed by history, these origin stories show how much a birthplace can shape a life. Continue with City and Family quotes for more.