Born Quotes
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It's not about where you were born or where you come from that makes you a good scientist. What you need are good teachers, co-students, facilities.
Venkatraman Ramakrishnan
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He was born in 1741, a descendant of the Rhode Island equivalent of royalty. The first Benedict Arnold had been one of the colony's founders, and subsequent generations had helped to establish the Arnolds as solid and respected citizens.
Nathaniel Philbrick
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I've never been one to stay still. I was born a nomad, and I still am a nomad and always will be.
Waris Dirie
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'I wish I had never been born,' she said. 'What are we born for?' 'For infinite happiness,' said the Spirit. 'You can step out into it at any moment...'
C. S. Lewis
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As soon as I got out there I felt a strange relationship with the pitcher's mound. It was as if I'd been born out there. Pitching just felt like the most natural thing in the world. Striking out batters was easy.
Babe Ruth
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We are all born mad. Some remain so.
Samuel Beckett
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Indian classical music was born when time barely existed. It developed further within the structures of royal courts and a system of patronage where the ruler or the feudal master determined all.
Tariq Ali
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My parents are both Belgian-born, and so am I, actually.
Celine Buckens
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When I was born, my father was a copper miner in Butte, Montana. It was a hard-core, blue-collar situation.
Barbara Ehrenreich
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I've often felt I've been born out of my time, and when I started Fairground Attraction in the 1980s, I wanted to be a 1940s jazz singer.
Eddi Reader
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I think family is our reason for being. I was lucky to be born into a very close-knit family.
Irina Shayk
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A child's education should begin at least one hundred years before he is born.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
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Most criminals are not born; they are made.... What the State really punishes in a criminal is often its own neglect, its own failure to do its duty to the citizen.
William Randolph Hearst
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When I was born, my parents were huge into skiing. I grew up on Mont Blanc, skiing on that hill. I was really a ski baby. Loved it; I still love it.
Patrick Chan
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All geniuses born women are lost to the public good.
Mary Pipher
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I was born in England, but then I lived in Calgary, Saudi Arabia, Cyprus, India, Vancouver, London, Toronto, and now L.A.
Hannah Simone
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Barbra Streisand, for one, is one of my idols. I've listened to her since I was a little kid - the first album I ever bought was 'A Star is Born' with Kris Kristofferson.
Idina Menzel
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I was born, to handle situations the way I do. I've always been the type who can be thrown in the fire and make it out. Any time I'm given an opportunity, I feel I'm ready.
Roman Reigns
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I sometimes think I was born to live up to my name. How could I be anything else but what I am having been named Madonna? I would either have ended up a nun or this.
Madonna Breakfast Club
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I was born in Clinton, Mississippi, which had 1,500-2,500 people when I was growing up - a village.
Barry Hannah
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I have a relative who is also gay. We can't help it if they were born that way.
Manny Pacquiao
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A lot of people have asked whether acting is in my genes. I don't know if anyone is born to act. And it certainly wasn't pushed on me. It was something I wanted to do.
Laura Dern
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I'm born with a pencil in my hand. I did lots of sketching.
Karl Lagerfeld
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In our family, as far as we are concerned, we were born and what happened before that is myth.
V. S. Pritchett