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Quotes About Birthplace

I was born in a suit.
~ Leonard Cohen
I was actually born in Miami. We would spend the summers there growing up, so it's like my second home.
~ Dominik Garcia-Lorido
Where were you born? On a battlefield, [Yossarian] answered. No, no. In what state were you born? In a state of innocence.
~ Joseph Heller
In late 1953 Corridan would tell actor Karl Malden, who was visiting Chelsea in preparation for his role as the Corridan-inspired priest in the film On the Waterfront: "I was born in this neighborhood [the West Side]. When I was growing up there were two ways to go. Become a priest or a hood.
~ James T. Fisher
On Earth it is never possible to be farther than sixteen thousand miles from your birthplace
~ Douglas Adams
He suddenly shivered: he experienced a momentary sensation that he didn't understand because no one on Earth had ever experienced it before. In moments of great stress, every life form that exists gives out a tiny subliminal signal. This signal simply communicates an exact and almost pathetic sense of how far that being is from the place of his birth. On Earth it is never possible to be farther than sixteen thousand miles from your birthplace
~ Douglas Adams
I was born in Philadelphia and currently live in Minneapolis. I write for both children and adults.
~ Kate DiCamillo
I was born and raised in Phoenix.
~ Jessica McDonald
I was born in Hoboken. I am an American. Photography is my passion. The search for Truth my obsession.
~ Alfred Stieglitz
I was born in the small city of Hobart in Tasmania, Australia, in 1948. My parents were family physicians. My grandfather and great grandfather on my mother's side were geologists.
~ Elizabeth Blackburn
I was born in Puerto Rico - I used to sit in the sun until I looked like a piece of bacon. It's a wonder now that I don't look like an old wallet. I'm a very fortunate person.
~ Rita Moreno
I was born in a neighborhood called the Third Ward.
~ DeAndre Jordan
I was born in Fayetteville, North Carolina, which is where J. Cole is from. I went up to Washington, D.C., where my mother moved, to stay with her, and then moved back to North Carolina to finish junior high and high school.
~ Brian Tyree Henry
Richmond was my birthplace, but it was merely my launching pad, no home.
~ Ray Blackston
I was born in Palo Alto, California in 1961.
~ Eric Allin Cornell
I am from Pomona, California. I was born in Los Angeles.
~ Larry Wilmore
I was born and raised in Charleston, SC.
~ Khris Middleton
Chennai is the birthplace of a new language in cinema. The audiences here are the most evolved moviegoers to be found anywhere in India.
~ Anurag Kashyap
Being English, being born in England, this is our home and we should be supporting our home country.
~ Moeen Ali
I always say that polo, for you to pursue a career, mainly any sport, you have to be born in the right place. If you're born in Hawaii, you surf. If you're born in Austria, you probably will ski. If you're born in Argentina, you most likely ride horses and have a chance to play polo.
~ Nacho Figueras
My son was born right here in Florida; he went to public schools and went to the University of Florida and surprised me - I'll tell you that - when he went into the service.
~ Lois Frankel
I'm a native son, born in Santa Rosa.
~ Raymond Chandler
I was born on October 21, 1956 in Burbank, California. My father, Eddie Fisher, was a famous singer. My mother, Debbie Reynolds, was a movie star. Her best-known role was in 'Singin' In The Rain.'
~ Carrie Fisher
The happiest years of my mother's life were spent in Washington, D.C. It was where she met my father, where John was born and where I spent my earliest years.
~ Caroline Kennedy