"By all but the pathologically romantic, it is now recognized that this is not the age of the small man."

John Kenneth Galbraith, American Economist

Age, Man, Now, Romantic

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"By all but the pathologically romantic, it is now recognized that this is not the age of the small man."

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"Another belief of mine; that everyone else my age is an adult, whereas I am merely in disguise."

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"There is a certain age at which a child looks at you in all earnestness and delivers a long, pleased speech in all the true inflections of spoken English, but with not one recognizable syllable."

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"It doesn't matter how old you are.It does matter how much you care."

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"Old age has its pleasures, which, though different, are not less than the pleasures of youth."

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"If you will always remember your age and forget your dream, you will live great years and narrow impacts will come out of it."

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"How beautiful the leaves grow old. How full of light and color are their last days."

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"From the age of four, I was a huge comic fan and still am. When Lost in Space came along it was like being in a huge comic so we jumped at the chance of being part of that project and it proved to be a good choice."

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"It got to the point in the late 70s and early 80s that I was spending so much money buying golden age comics that I could only justify it if I got work in the media."

Bill Mumy, American Actor

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