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E. B. White

"Old age is a special problem for me because I've never been able to shed the mental image I have of myself - a lad of about 19."

E. B. White, American Writer
Age, Old
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"Old age is a special problem for me because I've never been able to shed the mental image I have of myself - a lad of about 19."

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

Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe, German Poet
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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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"A man loves the meat in his youth that he cannot endure in his age."

William Shakespeare, English 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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"A woman telling her true age is like a buyer confiding his final price to an Armenian rug dealer."

Mignon McLaughlin, American Journalist
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"49 and holding. Holding tight! Fighting that heinous age every step of the way."

Burt Ward, American Actor
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"A final word: I am not knowledgeable about the internet. I do not have a computer. I guess that at 74 years of age, I don't have the patience to learn."

David Wilkerson, American Clergyman
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"As winter strips the leaves from around us, so that we may see the distant regions they formerly concealed, so old age takes away our enjoyments only to enlarge the prospect of the coming eternity."

Jean Paul, German Author
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"Bad news isn't wine. It doesn't improve with age."

Colin Powell, American Statesman
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"I can't wait to be that age and hanging out with a bunch of people hanging out all day playing golf and going to the beach, all my own age. We'd be laughing and having a good time and getting loopy on our prescription drugs. Driving golf carts around. I can't wait."

Cameron Diaz, American Actress
Age, Time, People, Beach

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