"My father taught me to paint when I was young with watercolors and so I learned at a very young age the essential elements of the value of light and composition."

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"My father taught me to paint when I was young with watercolors and so I learned at a very young age the essential elements of the value of light and composition."

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

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"A man loves the meat in his youth that he cannot endure in his age."

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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."

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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."

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Experience

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Light

"We should all aspire in life to do a multitude of things well - to be a great father, to be a good husband, to be a good lover, you know, to try to do things the best you can is very important to me."

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"Stanley didn't shy away from true humanity or from the ugliness that all people are capable of."

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"I never set out to be rich and famous. I wanted to follow my own path."

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