"At my age it is unseemly to be pessimistic."

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"At my age it is unseemly to be pessimistic."

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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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"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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"For example, UNICEF works with governments to change legislation such as in India where a law was passed raising the age of compulsory school completion to keep children in school and away from the workplace for longer."

Carol Bellamy, American Educator

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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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"Energy, energy? Energy is, is, it's nothing more than a lot of new age hokum masquerading as religion."

Tony Wilson, British Journalist

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

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"Utility is the great idol of the age, to which all powers must do service and all talents swear allegiance."

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."

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"If we reject science, we reject the common man."

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"The writer interweaves a story with his own doubts, questions, and values. That is art."

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"If the urge to write should ever leave me, I want that day to be my last."

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"I accepted the interviews and encounters that had to be held with the media, but I would have preferred to work in peace."

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"As the tension eases, we must look in the direction of agriculture, industry and education as our final goals, and toward democracy under Mr Mubarak."

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"History is full of people who went to prison or were burned at the stake for proclaiming their ideas. Society has always defended itself."

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"It's clearly more important to treat one's fellow man well than to be always praying and fasting and touching one's head to a prayer mat."

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"I love Sufism as I love beautiful poetry, but it is not the answer. Sufism is like a mirage in the desert. It says to you, come and sit, relax and enjoy yourself for a while."

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