When I was born, the doctor was looking for me.


Mangesh Desai

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I was born to be funny.
BUDDY HACKETT
I was born in Palo Alto, California in 1961.
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By ancestry, I was born to rule.
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I was born in Homestead, Florida.
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I was born and raised in Honolulu, Hawaii.
STEVE CASE
I was born into a family of preachers.
DAVID SOUL
Leadership is something I was born with.
CARMELO ANTHONY
I was born looking older - and I've been aging since I was a teenager.
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When I was born the doctor took one look at my face, turned me over and said, Look ... twins!
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To my embarrassment I was born in bed with a lady.
WILSON MIZNER
I was born as a soldier and will die as one.
MUSTAFA KEMAL ATATURK
I was born and bred to be a great flirt.
CYBILL SHEPHERD
I was born with a fierce need for independence.
MICHELLE WILLIAMS
I was born to travel and write verse.
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As I was born to be unfortunate, my sun soon clouded.
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Beirut is where I was born and raised.
REEM ACRA
I vehemently deny that I was born a cynic and a pessimist.
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I'm sorry, but I was born with a towel on my head.
CHARLES OLSON
My mom says I was born screaming.
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I was born to hit a baseball. I can hit a baseball.
BARRY BONDS
I am not afraid... I was born to do this.
JOAN OF ARC
When I was born, the doctor slit my throat to see if I could talk.
SEAN KILPATRICK
It was always easy for me. I was born very rich and lucky.
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I love people. I was born loving people.
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CHARLES KEATING
I've always been conservative. I was born that way.
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DANIEL EK
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I was born and raised in Lancaster, Pennsylvania - in Amish Country!
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I was born into the world as the king of truth for the salvation of the world.
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I was born in and worked in a period that could be called enviable.
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I was born to play baseball.
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I was born in Messina, Sicily. I stayed there until I was 18 and finished my studies.
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I was born in India - but never really lived there.
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I was born in France. I grew up in Africa.
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I was born in Chicago and grew up in the suburb of Evanston.
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I was born a character actor.
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Frankly, I was born with a silver spoon.
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I was born with an enormous need for affection, and a terrible need to give it.
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I'm a night owl for sure. I was born at 1 A.M., and that's the excuse I use.
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I was born in the middle of the century in the middle of the country, a classic Baby Boomer.
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My father is from Bosnia, and my mother is from Croatia, but I was born in Sweden.
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Where a beast would have claws, I was born with talent.
KLAUS KINSKI
I was born just barely south of the Mason Dixon line.
NED BEATTY
I was born in Washington, D.C., on February 19, 1941, the eldest of four sons.
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I was near sighted. I was born myopic, and I got glasses, right after that.
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I have always been regretting that I was not as wise as the day I was born.
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I was born to be alone, and I always shall be; but now I want to be.
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I feel like trouble has followed me from the day I was born.
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I was born in a family with a strong military background, so I chose to be a soldier.
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I was born in South Bend, and I've been a Hoosier all my life.
JACKIE WALORSKI
I was born and raised in a suburb of Paris by a working-class family.
OLIVIER MARTINEZ
I was born Roman, and I'll die Roman. I'll never leave this team or my city.
FRANCESCO TOTTI
My voice, I have to say, is kind of miraculous because I was born with a cleft palate.
GALE GORDON
I look like this for a reason. I was born this way. It was God-given.
CANELO ALVAREZ
I was born at a bad time for Spain, but a really good one for cinema.
PEDRO ALMODOVAR
I was born and raised in the ghetto, on welfare, two minutes from homeless.
WILL.I.AM
I was born in 1942, so I was mainly aware of Howard Hughes' name on RKO Radio Pictures.
MARTIN SCORSESE
Yes, I was born in Coney Island. The Holy Land.
ARLO GUTHRIE
Well, I was born and raised in Rochester, New York.
ARTHUR ROCK
I consider the recording studio where I was born.
JIMMY IOVINE
I was born in Morocco and lived there until I was 13; I'm really proud of my heritage.
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The rules only applied to
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I love America the way I love my family - I was born into it. And there's no escape out of it.
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I was born in 1970 in Illinois, but all the life I remember I've spent in Chapel Hill, N.C.
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I was born when you kissed me. I died when you left me. I lived a few weeks while you loved me.
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