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"Rashness belongs to youth; prudence to old age."
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"Hesitation increases in relation to risk in equal proportion to age."
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"No woman should ever be quite accurate about her age. It looks so calculating."
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"The class distinctions proper to a democratic society are not those of rank or money, still less, as is apt to happen when these are abandoned, of race, but of age."
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"Forty is the old age of youth; fifty the youth of old age."
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"Age in just a number. It carries no weight. The real weight is in impacts. The truth is that you can do it at any age. Get up and be willing to leave a mark."
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"Old age comes on suddenly, and not gradually as is thought."
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"As technology advances, it reverses the characteristics of every situation again and again. The age of automation is going to be the age of 'do it yourself.'"
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"Utility is the great idol of the age, to which all powers must do service and all talents swear allegiance."
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"The arrogance of age must submit to be taught by youth."
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Explore more quotes by Anne McCaffrey

"I have always used emotion as a writing tool. That goes back to me being on the stage."
Being

"Writing has been so much a part of my life that I'm really quite annoyed that I can't do as much as I used to."
Life

"I also don't have organized religion on Pern. I figured - since there were four holy wars going on at the time of writing - that religion was one problem Pern didn't need."
Religion

"I do outlines when I'm writing with someone, but they also need to have a certain amount of freedom."
Freedom

"Mostly I'm telling people that they don't have to be victims."
People

"But I will say that living in Ireland has changed the cadence and fullness of speech, since the Irish love words and use as many of them in a sentence as possible."
Love

"I'm very fond of the Talent series, and also the Crystal Singer trio."
Talent

"I'm 78, I'm on my pension in Ireland, and all that good stuff."
Life

"What I used to do between writing fits was feed my kids, ride my horse and go shopping for cat and dog food."
Food

"I wouldn't encourage new writers to start off publishing through electronic media... it still isn't wide enough for the readership they would need to get a good start."
Media
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