"Change is the principal feature of our age and literature should explore how people deal with it. The best science fiction does that, head-on."

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"Change is the principal feature of our age and literature should explore how people deal with it. The best science fiction does that, head-on."

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"I learned to play guitar at a young age and converted poems and stuff that I had written to songs."

Gregory Harrison, American Actor

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"I think we ought to raise the age at which juveniles can have a gun."

George W. Bush, American President

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"It doesn't matter how old you are.It does matter how much you care."

Debasish Mridha, American Author

Age, Care, Importance

"At 50, everyone has the face he deserves."

George Orwell, British Author

Age, Aging, Justice, Life, Truth

"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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"We may be coming to a new golden age of instrument making."

Yo-Yo Ma, American Musician

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"I've been going through photos of my mother, looking back on her life and trying to put it into context. Very few people age gracefully enough to be photographed through their aging."

Jamie Lee Curtis, American Actress

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"We're saying no changes for Medicare for people above the age of 55. And in order to keep the promise to current seniors who've already retired and organized their lives around this program, you have to reform it for the next generation."

Paul Ryan, American Politician

Age, People, Order, Promise

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

Ogden Nash, American Poet

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"Save your money. You're going to need twice as much money in your old age as you think."

Michael Caine, English Actor

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"We already live a very long time for mammals, getting three times as many heartbeats as a mouse or elephant. It never seems enough though, does it?"

Time

"Only a knowledgeable, empowered and vocal citizenry can perform well in democracy."

Democracy

"My first duty to write a gripping yarn. Second is to convey credible characters who make you feel what they feel. Only third comes the idea."

Creativity

"It is said that power corrupts, but actually it's more true that power attracts the corruptible. The sane are usually attracted by other things than power."

Power

"When I begin a book, I inevitably discover many things along the way, about the characters, their past histories and the political intrigues that surround them. This discovery process is vital, and I would not prejudice it by deciding too much in advance."

Discovery

"Anyone who wants simple, pat stories should buy another author's product. The real universe ain't that way, and neither are my fictive ones."

Universe

"The worst mistake of first contact, made throughout history by individuals on both sides of every new encounter, has been the unfortunate habit of making assumptions. It often proved fatal."

History

"My education and background thoroughly inform my writing."

Education

"Fortunately, human beings are remarkably diverse models to work from."

Work

"When it comes to privacy and accountability, people always demand the former for themselves and the latter for everyone else."

People