#born

The art music of the West has developed through out its history by means of individual geniuses, and out of the soil supporting them; non-Western musicians were born, and grew like the grasses of the field. ↗

— Toru Takemitsu

#born #developed #field #geniuses #grasses

The thought grew strong in me that since I had gone to the trouble of being born, I might as well be useful in helping people live long and healthy lives. And this thought has always resided in the back of my mind. ↗

— Koichi Tanaka

#back #being #born #gone #grew

Soon after I was born, my parents moved to the South Florida area, and I've lived here ever since (with a few years of living in both Portugal and Brazil in my younger days). ↗

— Joe Tex

#area #born #both #brazil #days

Born ham, that's basically me. ↗

— Whoopi Goldberg

#born #ham #me

You're a Catholic in Italy when you're born, it's unthinkable to stop being Catholic. You just take the rules a lot more seriously, because it pervades your culture. ↗

— Andrew Greeley

#being #born #catholic #culture #italy

I was born at St. John's, where they lived for a short time. ↗

— Maria Monk

#i #i was born #john #lived #short

I was born with success. Lucky for me I am able to handle it. Also, I damn well deserve it! ↗

— Larry Hagman

#also #am #born #damn #deserve

The man who bears my name, and who claims to be me, was born on July 15, 1865, the sixth in a family of seven. He was an ugly child, and remained ugly till his eighteenth year, when his looks gradually improved. ↗

— Laurence Housman

#born #child #claims #eighteenth #family

I'd like to open an animal orphanage in Kenya. I do a lot of work for Born Free. ↗

— Rachel Hunter

#born #free #i #i do #kenya

The proper time to influence the character of a child is about a hundred years before he is born. ↗

— Dean Inge

#before #born #character #child #hundred