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Umberto Poli was born in Trieste in 1883, when the city was at its zenith as the major port of the Habsburgs. The irredentist sympathies of Umberto's Italian-speaking parents can be detected in their giving him the first name of the Italian emperor. Susan Stewart
Parents Giving First City Born Emperor Major Name First Name Him Italian Port Zenith Sympathies
The most important American love poet in living memory, and certainly one of the most important American poets tout court, Robert Creeley was born in 1926 and raised in eastern Massachusetts. Susan Stewart
Love Memory Poet Important Living Eastern Born Poets Massachusetts Most Robert Court American The Most Important Certainly Raised
My father, born in Colorado, met my mother, born in Switzerland, when he went into the finance company where she worked and asked for a loan. Susan Straight
Finance Mother Loan Father Met Born Colorado He She Where Worked Asked Company Switzerland
My mother was born in Switzerland, my stepfather in Canada. Susan Straight
Mother Born Stepfather Canada Switzerland
Alan Moore is a peculiarly unsung triumph of British culture, and Northampton, where he was born in 1953, the son of brewery worker Ernest and printer Sylvia, is where you must go to find him. Susanna Clarke
You Son Culture Moore Must Find Born Triumph He Unsung Him Printer Go Where Worker Alan British
I was born in the city of Brantford, Ontario, Canada - but by the time I'd left high school, I'd moved seven times with my family, my father's engineering work taking us to places as far-flung as Bay City, Texas, and Wolnae-Ri in South Korea. Susanna Kearsley
Work Time Family School Father Engineering Seven Bay High City Born High School Ontario Taking Korea South Texas Left South Korea Times Canada Moved Places Us By The Time
I sell my problems. I'm a woman with problems. I've had problems since the day I was born. And I have found a way to turn my problems into assets. Suzanne Somers
Day Woman Problems Way Born Had Since Sell Turn Found Assets
My own musical ambitions were born when I was five, watching the Ed Sullivan Show on TV. When Elvis Presley burst on to the screen, singing 'Don't Be Cruel,' I felt my first sexual thrill, though I didn't know what it was at the time. Suzi Quatro
Time First Singing Ambition Own Sullivan Elvis Elvis Presley Musical Though TV Sexual Born My Own Thrill Cruel Know Ed Sullivan Felt Were Five Screen Burst Show Watching
I was born in a big city - Ivano-Frankivsk in Ukraine - but when I was a child, my father moved us back to his homeland in Minsk. Svetlana Alexievich
Father Big Back Ukraine City Born Big City His Child Moved Us Homeland
Somebody who never got over the embarrassing fact that he was born in bed with a lady. Sydney J. Harris
Somebody Embarrassing Born Fact Never He Over Got Bed Lady Who
Discovery is for forward lookers. So, no one is born with great knowledge. T. B. Joshua
Great Knowledge Born No-One Discovery Forward
Born with blue spectacles, you would think the world was blue and never be conscious of the existence of the distorting glass. T. E. Hulme
You World Think Distorting Would Born Never Glass Existence Blue Conscious Spectacles
I'm the descendant of enslaved black people in this country. You could've been born in 1820 if you were black and looked back to your ancestors and saw nothing but slaves all the way back to 1619. Look forward another 50 or 60 years and saw nothing but slaves. Ta-Nehisi Coates
You People Black Country Nothing Back Saw Way Ancestors Enslaved Born Look Looked Another Were Been Years Your Descendant Forward Slaves
I was born in West Baltimore, lived in a situation in which violence was everywhere. Ta-Nehisi Coates
Situation Everywhere Born West Baltimore Which Lived Violence
I was 24 when Samori was born. His mom was 23. Ta-Nehisi Coates
Mom Born His
I think Barack Obama was born into a home not just to a white woman and white grandparents, but a white woman and white grandparents who shockingly told him it was okay that he was black and that he should not be ashamed of it and that he should, in fact, be proud of it. Ta-Nehisi Coates
Home Woman Black White Think Okay Obama Born Fact He Him Proud Just In Fact Barack Ashamed Barack Obama Should Grandparents Who
While in two very different sectors, both Skype and TransferWise were born out of frustration. Taavet Hinrikus
Frustration Sectors Out Born Both Were Very Different While Skype Two
I was born in New York. I grew up in San Francisco, Long Beach, and Los Angeles. Tab Hunter
Long Francisco Born Angeles Beach Long Beach New Los Los Angeles Up York New York Grew San San Francisco
I'm not sure where I'm from! I was born in London. My father's from Ghana but lives in Saudi Arabia. My mother's Nigerian but lives in Ghana. I grew up in Boston. Taiye Selasi
Mother Father Ghana Arabia London Born Boston Sure Up Where Grew Lives Nigerian Saudi Saudi Arabia
I was born on the fairer side, but I've always been fascinated by dusky and dark tones. So, when the makers of my films asked me to go a few shades darker, I didn't think twice. I am not doing anything extraordinary, but I want to break cinematic notions about outwardly appearances. Tamannaah
Me Dark Few Think Films Extraordinary Side Cinematic Darker Born Shades About Fairer Makers Always Am Doing Go Been Want Anything Break Asked Notions Fascinated Appearances Twice Tones
I have a theory that people are either born 'yeses' or 'nos'. Tamara Taylor
People Born Either Theory
I grew up in a funeral home, born and raised, and everyone was always like, 'Well, what was that like?' and I was like, 'It was normal', because it's all I knew. Tamara Tunie
Home Everyone Born Knew Like Well Because Always Normal Up Grew Raised Funeral
I was born in Jersey City and raised in Bayonne, New Jersey. It's a town that's next to Jersey City, and I'm still there! Tammy Blanchard
City Born New Town New Jersey Still Next Jersey Raised
I consider myself lucky to have been born into a family that valued service to both one's country and one's community. Tammy Duckworth
Service Myself Family Country Community Consider Valued Born Both Been Lucky
I can make a scene that's not supposed to be sexy, very sexy. It's a power you're born with. It's not a physical thing, it comes from inside. It's all in the eyes. Tara Reid
You Eyes Power Inside Sexy Physical Born Physical Thing Scene Supposed Make Very Thing
Not knowing my birthday had never seemed strange. I knew I'd been born near the end of September, and each year I picked a day, one that didn't fall on a Sunday because it's no fun spending your birthday in church. Tara Westover
Day Birthday Strange Church Sunday Year Fall Not Knowing September Spending No Fun Born Seemed Never Had Picked Knew Day One Knowing Because Been End Your Fun Each Near Each Year
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