"Man is neither good nor bad; he is born with instincts and abilities."
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"Extenuating circumstance to be mentioned on Judgment Day: We never asked to be born in the first place."
"Glamour is something no woman can be born with. It's not a gift at all. It's more of a concoction than anything else."
"I don't like hawking 'round other people's memories. That wasn't part of the deal when I was born."
"It is hard to know if what you are going to do in life is up to you, or a sum of the contribution of others, plus the circumstances you are born into."
"I like birthdays. Every time someone is born, that's just like bringing more cake into the world."
"You are either born a writer or you are not."
"The one who is not being born is dying."
"With rebellion, awareness is born"
"Well, I was born and raised in Rochester, New York."
"O why was I born with a different face? Why was I not born like the rest of my race?"
"In sooth I know not why I am so sad. It wearies me, you say it wearies you; But how I caught it, found it, or came by it, What stuff 'tis made of, whereof it is born, I am to learn."
"I've been born, and once is enough."
"Between urine and filth we are born."
"I was born with a nervous breakdown."
"I learned at an early age that I was given something special when I was born, and that was the gift of music."
"No one is better born than another, unless they are born with better abilities and a more amiable disposition."
"I think part of me was born loving you."
"The easiest way to get brainwashed is to be born."
"We're all born strangers to ourselves and each other, and we're seldom formally introduced."