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Age Quotes

"So my father was a person who never lied to me. If I had a question, he answered it. I knew a lot of things at a young age because I was intrigued."

"So my father was a person who never lied to me. If I had a question, he answered it. I knew a lot of things at a young age because I was intrigued."

Nick Cannon, American Musician

Age, Father, Question

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"I started at the age of 8 and have been lucky to be still working."

"I started at the age of 8 and have been lucky to be still working."

Mackenzie Astin, American Actor

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"Whatever poet, orator or sage may say of it, old age is still old age."

"Whatever poet, orator or sage may say of it, old age is still old age."

Sinclair Lewis, American Novelist

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"Every age has a keyhole to which its eye is pasted."

"Every age has a keyhole to which its eye is pasted."

Mary McCarthy, American Author

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"It hurt me a great deal. It put a lot of pressure on me because I was at a young age and the writers around here and throughout the league starting comparing me to Cobb. It put a lot of pressure on me."

"It hurt me a great deal. It put a lot of pressure on me because I was at a young age and the writers around here and throughout the league starting comparing me to Cobb. It put a lot of pressure on me."

Al Kaline, American Athlete

Age, Hurt, Pressure, Writers

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"I have three daughters. I wanted them to be raised where there are real seasons and where everyone their age wasn't trying to get into movies."

"I have three daughters. I wanted them to be raised where there are real seasons and where everyone their age wasn't trying to get into movies."

Chevy Chase, American Comedian

Age, Movies, Daughters, Seasons

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"Age wins and one must learn to grow old."

"Age wins and one must learn to grow old."

Diana Cooper, English Celebrity

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"I personally think that we can win the World Cup. We are improving with every game. With such a young average age in the squad we can only carry on improving."

"I personally think that we can win the World Cup. We are improving with every game. With such a young average age in the squad we can only carry on improving."

Ruud van Nistelrooy, Dutch Athlete

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"I went through a phase when I was 13 where I would only fall in love with people over the age of 19 or 20. I never had a real relationship with any of these people, but it was definitely the guy I wanted to hang out with and wanted to go on trips with. I would be like, 'But, Daddy, he's a musician!'."

"I went through a phase when I was 13 where I would only fall in love with people over the age of 19 or 20. I never had a real relationship with any of these people, but it was definitely the guy I wanted to hang out with and wanted to go on trips with. I would be like, 'But, Daddy, he's a musician!'."

Olivia Wilde, American Actress

Age, Love, People

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"Anything you cannot relinquish when it has outlived its usefulness possesses you, and in this materialistic age a great many of us are possessed by our possessions."

"Anything you cannot relinquish when it has outlived its usefulness possesses you, and in this materialistic age a great many of us are possessed by our possessions."

Peace Pilgrim, American Activist

Age, Possessions, Usefulness

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"It got to the point in the late 70s and early 80s that I was spending so much money buying golden age comics that I could only justify it if I got work in the media."

"It got to the point in the late 70s and early 80s that I was spending so much money buying golden age comics that I could only justify it if I got work in the media."

Bill Mumy, American Actor

Age, Money, Work, Buying

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"I was modeling with an agency in New York and a manager with the agency introduced himself to me one day and he said he had auditions for someone my age. He asked if I would be interested in doing some."

"I was modeling with an agency in New York and a manager with the agency introduced himself to me one day and he said he had auditions for someone my age. He asked if I would be interested in doing some."

Alexis Bledel, American Actress

Age, Manager, Day

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"Because of my age and because there's more work on the small screen. What it's missing in quality it makes up for in quantity. From an actor's selfish point of view."

"Because of my age and because there's more work on the small screen. What it's missing in quality it makes up for in quantity. From an actor's selfish point of view."

Cesar Romero, American Actor

Age, Work, Quality

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"Its not age as much as the experiences I have had."

"Its not age as much as the experiences I have had."

Tony Curtis, American Actor

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"Nearly one in four women will experience domestic violence during her lifetime. And slightly more than half of female victims of domestic violence live in households with children under age 12."

"Nearly one in four women will experience domestic violence during her lifetime. And slightly more than half of female victims of domestic violence live in households with children under age 12."

Lucille Roybal Allard, American Politician

Age, Experience, Women, Children

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"One of the delights known to age, and beyond the grasp of youth, is that of Not Going."

"One of the delights known to age, and beyond the grasp of youth, is that of Not Going."

Anthony Burgess, English Novelist

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"I started tennis around age 2."

"I started tennis around age 2."

Tracy Austin, American Athlete

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"But I've always believed that Christine Cagney shouldn't be played past a certain age."

"But I've always believed that Christine Cagney shouldn't be played past a certain age."

Sharon Gless, American Actress

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"At age 11 in 1960, I moved to an academic state secondary school, Harrow County Grammar School for Boys."

"At age 11 in 1960, I moved to an academic state secondary school, Harrow County Grammar School for Boys."

Paul Nurse, British Scientist

Age, Boys, Grammar, School

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"We are the children of a technological age. We have found streamlined ways of doing much of our routine work. Printing is no longer the only way of reproducing books. Reading them, however, has not changed."

"We are the children of a technological age. We have found streamlined ways of doing much of our routine work. Printing is no longer the only way of reproducing books. Reading them, however, has not changed."

Lawrence Clark Powell, American Librarian

Age, Work, Books, Children

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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."

"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

Age, People, Middleage

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"I am now at an age when they wanted me to play her mother."

"I am now at an age when they wanted me to play her mother."

Isabella Rossellini, Italian Actress

Age, Mother, Now, Play

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"Whether you are just entering the workforce or nearing retirement age, planning for the future is critical."

"Whether you are just entering the workforce or nearing retirement age, planning for the future is critical."

Ron Lewis, American Politician

Age, Future, Planning, Retirement

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"Well, I mean she's of a certain biological age but she didn't have to go around with fat patches and stuff."

"Well, I mean she's of a certain biological age but she didn't have to go around with fat patches and stuff."

Stockard Channing, American Actress

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"My heroes are people like Picasso and Miro and people who at last really reach something in their old age, which they absolutely couldn't ever have done in their youth."

"My heroes are people like Picasso and Miro and people who at last really reach something in their old age, which they absolutely couldn't ever have done in their youth."

Robert Wyatt, English Musician

Age, People, Heroes, Old

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"The 19th century was the age of Individualism; the 20th and 21st are the ages of Socialism."

"The 19th century was the age of Individualism; the 20th and 21st are the ages of Socialism."

Francis Parker Yockey, American Writer

Age, Individualism, Socialism

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"When we signed our deal in 1974, we'd already been together for six years. When they lowered the drinking age in Ontario in 1971 to 18 years, we went from playing two or three high schools in a month to playing clubs two or three times a week."

"When we signed our deal in 1974, we'd already been together for six years. When they lowered the drinking age in Ontario in 1971 to 18 years, we went from playing two or three high schools in a month to playing clubs two or three times a week."

Alex Lifeson, Canadian Musician

Age, Drinking, Schools, Years

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"I'm at the age now where just putting my cigar in its holder is a thrill."

"I'm at the age now where just putting my cigar in its holder is a thrill."

George Burns, American Comedian

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"There's really no age limit when you out there in those streets."

"There's really no age limit when you out there in those streets."

Young Buck, American Musician

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"You want calamities? What about the Ice Age?"

"You want calamities? What about the Ice Age?"

Mario Cuomo, American Politician

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"The age of Lincoln and Jefferson memorials is over. It will be presidential libraries from now on."

"The age of Lincoln and Jefferson memorials is over. It will be presidential libraries from now on."

Ada Louise Huxtable, American Critic

Age, Libraries, Now, Will

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"It is important to note that there are no age limitations on who can donate organs and tissue. Newborns as well as senior citizens have been organ donors."

"It is important to note that there are no age limitations on who can donate organs and tissue. Newborns as well as senior citizens have been organ donors."

Vic Snyder, American Politician

Age, Limitations

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"I'm just a pack mule. I've played leads and I've played character roles. Any actress in Hollywood will tell you as your age climbs, the leads thin."

"I'm just a pack mule. I've played leads and I've played character roles. Any actress in Hollywood will tell you as your age climbs, the leads thin."

Marcia Gay Harden, American Actress

Age, Character, Hollywood, Will

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"Of middle age the best that can be said is that a middle-aged person has likely learned how to have a little fun in spite of his troubles."

"Of middle age the best that can be said is that a middle-aged person has likely learned how to have a little fun in spite of his troubles."

Don Marquis, American Poet

Age, Fun, Middleage

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"I have always paid income tax. I object only when it reaches a stage when I am threatened with having nothing left for my old age - which is due to start next Tuesday or Wednesday."

"I have always paid income tax. I object only when it reaches a stage when I am threatened with having nothing left for my old age - which is due to start next Tuesday or Wednesday."

Noel Coward, English Playwright

Age, Tax, Income, Nothing

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"Look, it's to the point where kids are getting Botox. It's insane. We're not allowed to age."

"Look, it's to the point where kids are getting Botox. It's insane. We're not allowed to age."

Rosanna Arquette, American Actress

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"Anyway, in the mid 80's I was spending a fortune buying old Golden Age books from the late 30's and 40's and I was making personal appearances at a lot of sci fi and comic book conventions all around the country here so that I could find books for my collection."

"Anyway, in the mid 80's I was spending a fortune buying old Golden Age books from the late 30's and 40's and I was making personal appearances at a lot of sci fi and comic book conventions all around the country here so that I could find books for my collection."

Bill Mumy, American Actor

Age, Books, Buying, Country

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"The age I'm at now, you go from being a young girl to suddenly you blossom into a woman. You ripen, you know? And then you start to rot."

"The age I'm at now, you go from being a young girl to suddenly you blossom into a woman. You ripen, you know? And then you start to rot."

Liv Tyler, American Actress

Age, Being, Now, Woman

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"That was fun to play. There were some nice special effects coupled with some really nice moments with child and wife. I also was able to age to about 100 years in 'Brief Candle.'"

"That was fun to play. There were some nice special effects coupled with some really nice moments with child and wife. I also was able to age to about 100 years in 'Brief Candle.'"

Richard Dean Anderson, American Actor

Age, Wife, Fun, Moments

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"So I always figured I'd still be playing at this age."

"So I always figured I'd still be playing at this age."

Lionel Hampton, American Musician

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"It is so important for people at a young age to be invited to embrace classical music and opera."

"It is so important for people at a young age to be invited to embrace classical music and opera."

Luciano Pavarotti, Italian Musician

Age, Music, People, Opera

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"I knew from an early age exactly what I wanted to do. I wanted to be a musician and that was it. It made life a lot easier knowing what I was aiming for."

"I knew from an early age exactly what I wanted to do. I wanted to be a musician and that was it. It made life a lot easier knowing what I was aiming for."

Dan Hawkins, English Musician

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"The age in which we live can only be characterized as one of barbarism. Our civilization is in the process not only of being militarized, but also being brutalized."

"The age in which we live can only be characterized as one of barbarism. Our civilization is in the process not only of being militarized, but also being brutalized."

Alva Myrdal, Swedish Diplomat

Age, Civilization, Being

42

"Old age and sickness bring out the essential characteristics of a man."

"Old age and sickness bring out the essential characteristics of a man."

Felix Frankfurter, American Judge

Age, Man, Old, Sickness

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"I can't date women my own age any more - I hate going to cemeteries."

"I can't date women my own age any more - I hate going to cemeteries."

Cesar Romero, American Actor

Age, Women, Hate

42

"Just call me a family man and an actor who digs his whole scene, side interests and all. Just say I feel mighty good at the ripe old age of 27."

"Just call me a family man and an actor who digs his whole scene, side interests and all. Just say I feel mighty good at the ripe old age of 27."

Bobby Darin, American Musician

Age, Family, Actor, Man

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"Some broad themes brought me where I am today. At a very young age, my hobby became thinking and finding connections."

"Some broad themes brought me where I am today. At a very young age, my hobby became thinking and finding connections."

Dean Kamen, American Inventor

Age, Thinking, Today

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"I mention my age because I find people in this country - women, not men, of course - women are so troubled by their age. There's a culture of youth, and it's a phony culture."

"I mention my age because I find people in this country - women, not men, of course - women are so troubled by their age. There's a culture of youth, and it's a phony culture."

Teresa Heinz, American Celebrity

Age, Women, People, Country

42

"In this age of consumerism film criticism all over the world - in America first but also in Europe - has become something that caters for the movie industry instead of being a counterbalance."

"In this age of consumerism film criticism all over the world - in America first but also in Europe - has become something that caters for the movie industry instead of being a counterbalance."

Wim Wenders, German Director

Age, America, Being, Criticism

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"Everyone seems to be playing well within the boundaries of his usual rule set. I have yet to hear anyone say something that seemed likely to mitigate the idiocy of this age."

"Everyone seems to be playing well within the boundaries of his usual rule set. I have yet to hear anyone say something that seemed likely to mitigate the idiocy of this age."

John Perry Barlow, American Writer

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