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Born Quotes - Page 47

Be modest. A lot was accomplished before you were born.

H. Jackson Brown Jr., Rochelle Pennington (2001). “Highlighted in Yellow: A Short Course In Living Wisely And Choosing Well”, p.126, Harper Collins

It does not seem to me as if I were living in the country in which I was born.

George Ticknor (1877). “Life, Letters, and Journals”

The mountain cannot frighten one who was born on it.

"William Tell". Play by Friedrich Schiller (Act III, Scene I), 1804.

Why was I born, if it wasn't forever?

Eugene Ionesco, Charles Marowitz (2015). “Exit the King, The Killer, Macbett”, p.35, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.

We have lost, being born, as much as we shall lose dying: Everything!

Emile M. Cioran (1976). “The Trouble with Being Born”, Viking Books

I have a good attitude. And I was born with a happy heart. I'm always looking for things to be better.

"Dolly Parton: The Southern Living Interview". Interview with Jennifer V. Cole, www.southernliving.com.

The prevailing view is that geniuses are largely built, not born.

David Brooks (2011). “The Social Animal: A Story of How Success Happens”, p.130, Short Books