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Margaret Mead

"It is utterly false and cruelly arbitrary to put all the play and learning into childhood, all the work into middle age, and all the regrets into old age."

Margaret Mead, American Scientist
Age, Work, Childhood, Learning
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"It is utterly false and cruelly arbitrary to put all the play and learning into childhood, all the work into middle age, and all the regrets into old age."

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"Error is acceptable as long as we are young; but one must not drag it along into old age."

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"Middle age is when you've met so many people that every new person you meet reminds you of someone else."

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"To come across as younger than they are: Women buy creams that promise to slow aging, men buy fast cars."

Mokokoma Mokhonoana, South African Philosopher
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William Shakespeare, English Dramatist
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"Utility is the great idol of the age, to which all powers must do service and all talents swear allegiance."

Friedrich Schiller, German Dramatist
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"The '80s were about trying to establish myself as an actor with a career. And being a teenager enjoying the fruits of being successful with lots of what I think is appropriate for that age."

Rob Lowe, American Actor
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"No woman should ever be quite accurate about her age. It looks so calculating."

Oscar Wilde, Irish Dramatist
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"I read the Life magazine articles about free love and free dope in California. At age 20 I drove to Los Angeles."

Glenn Frey, American Musician
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"The hallmark of our age is the tension between aspirations and sluggish institutions."

John W. Gardner, American Educator
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"Cherish all your happy moments; they make a fine cushion for old age."

Booth Tarkington, American Novelist
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