"I have been looking forward to this age of my life for a long time. In my twenties, I marked the days on the calendar - I was sick of playing high-school kids."

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"I have been looking forward to this age of my life for a long time. In my twenties, I marked the days on the calendar - I was sick of playing high-school kids."

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"Show me someone who doesn't have some sort of experience that they would be uncomfortable for people to know about and I'll show you a dullard."

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"I have a lot of great memories, but I can't imagine anything more exciting than the life I have now."

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