"Books were my pass to personal freedom. I learned to read at age three, and soon discovered there was a whole world to conquer that went beyond our farm in Mississippi."

Age, Books, Freedom, World

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"Old age is a tyrant, who forbids, under pain of death, the pleasures of youth."

Francois de La Rochefoucauld, French Writer

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"Young men soon give, and soon forget, affronts; old age is slow in both."

Joseph Addison, English Writer

Age, Men, Forget, Old

"I do not think either virginity or old age contemptible, and some of the shrewdest minds I have met inhabited the bodies of old maids."

C. S. Lewis, British Author

Age, Aging, Virginity, Wisdom, Respect

"The defects of the mind, like those of the face, grow worse with age."

Francois de La Rochefoucauld, French Writer

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"At the age of 12, I developed an intense interest in mathematics. On exposure to algebra, I was fascinated by simultaneous equations and read ahead of the class to the end of the book."

John Pople, English Scientist

Age, Class, End, Interest

"In the age of the individual's liquidation, the question of individuality must be raised anew."

Theodor Adorno, German Philosopher

Age, Individuality, Question

"You can construct the character of a man and his age not only from what he does and says, but from what he fails to say and do."

Norman Douglas, British Writer

Age, Character, Man

"Age does not diminish the extreme disappointment of having a scoop of ice cream fall from the cone."

Jim Fiebig, American Author

Age, Disappointment, Extreme

"It is folly for an eminent man to think of escaping censure, and a weakness to be affected with it. All the illustrious persons of antiquity, and indeed of every age in the world, have passed through this fiery persecution."

Joseph Addison, English Writer

Age, Censure, Folly, Man

"When I was a kid, my step dad started this business and would go out and get lost cows and stuff. He was part-time truck driver, farmer and cowboy. He taught me how to ride from an early age."

Tim McGraw, American Musician

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"Lots of people want to ride with you in the limo, but what you want is someone who will take the bus with you when the limo breaks down."

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"My first day in Chicago, September 4, 1983. I set foot in this city, and just walking down the street, it was like roots, like the motherland. I knew I belonged here."

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"If you come to fame not understanding who you are, it will define who you are."

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"Understand that the right to choose your own path is a sacred privilege. Use it. Dwell in possibility."

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"Old age is a tyrant, who forbids, under pain of death, the pleasures of youth."

"Young men soon give, and soon forget, affronts; old age is slow in both."

"I do not think either virginity or old age contemptible, and some of the shrewdest minds I have met inhabited the bodies of old maids."

"The defects of the mind, like those of the face, grow worse with age."

"At the age of 12, I developed an intense interest in mathematics. On exposure to algebra, I was fascinated by simultaneous equations and read ahead of the class to the end of the book."

"In the age of the individual's liquidation, the question of individuality must be raised anew."

"You can construct the character of a man and his age not only from what he does and says, but from what he fails to say and do."

"Age does not diminish the extreme disappointment of having a scoop of ice cream fall from the cone."

"It is folly for an eminent man to think of escaping censure, and a weakness to be affected with it. All the illustrious persons of antiquity, and indeed of every age in the world, have passed through this fiery persecution."

"When I was a kid, my step dad started this business and would go out and get lost cows and stuff. He was part-time truck driver, farmer and cowboy. He taught me how to ride from an early age."

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"What I find powerful is a person withthe confidence to be her own self."

"My idea of heaven is a great big baked potato and someone to share it with."

"I still have my feet on the ground, I just wear better shoes."

"The more you praise and celebrate your life, the more there is in life to celebrate."

"Lots of people want to ride with you in the limo, but what you want is someone who will take the bus with you when the limo breaks down."

"My first day in Chicago, September 4, 1983. I set foot in this city, and just walking down the street, it was like roots, like the motherland. I knew I belonged here."

"If you come to fame not understanding who you are, it will define who you are."

"I always knew I was destined for greatness."

"In the mist of Difficulty lies Opportunity."

"Understand that the right to choose your own path is a sacred privilege. Use it. Dwell in possibility."