#born

Some people are born with the necessary gift, and some work hard to build on the few gifts they have. ↗

— Peter Garrett

#build #few #gift #gifts #hard

I'm constantly saying to myself, 'I'm lucky I was born in the United States.' ↗

— Melinda Gates

#constantly #i #i was born #lucky #myself

You can find virtually everybody black back as far as the 1870 census. Why 1870? That's when the ex-slaves first have surnames. But if you find your great-great-grandfather in 1870 and it says he's 50, that means he was born in 1820 and you're back to 1820 already. For an American that's pretty damned good, you know? ↗

— Henry Louis Gates

#american #as far as #back #black #born

You're born with two strikes against you, so don't take a third one on your own. ↗

— Connie Mack

#born #own #strikes #take #third

What we need is hatred. From it our ideas are born. ↗

— Jean Genet

#hatred #ideas #need #our

The burden which is well borne becomes light. ↗

— Ovid

#borne #burden #light #well #which

I think, unfortunately, some people are just bad, they're just born bad, and I don't know why. ↗

— Judge Mills Lane

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I'm one of those old-fashioned homosexuals, not one of the newfangled ones who are born joining parades. ↗

— Nathan Lane

#homosexuals #i #joining #old-fashioned #ones

A weekend in Vegas without gambling and drinking is just like being a born-again Christian. ↗

— Artie Lange

#born-again #christian #drinking #gambling #just

For years and years I have done the work I was born for. ↗

— James Larkin

#done #i #i was born #work #years