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Age Quotes

"Like I said on my bio on my webpage, I was born at an early age, I was close to my mother."

"Like I said on my bio on my webpage, I was born at an early age, I was close to my mother."

Peter Jurasik, American Actor

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"I worked hard in gymnastics since the time I was six years old until I retired at 23 years of age."

"I worked hard in gymnastics since the time I was six years old until I retired at 23 years of age."

Nadia Comaneci, Romanian Athlete

Age, Time, Old, Years

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"I don't think it's a question of age as much as it's a question of what kind of shape you're in."

"I don't think it's a question of age as much as it's a question of what kind of shape you're in."

Strom Thurmond, American Politician

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"I really believe great actors, even with disease and age, can be great."

"I really believe great actors, even with disease and age, can be great."

Olivier Martinez, French Actor

Age, Actors, Disease

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"I started acting professionally at age 19."

"I started acting professionally at age 19."

Bruce Boxleitner, American Actor

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"At the age of fifteen my grandmother became the concubine of a warlord general."

"At the age of fifteen my grandmother became the concubine of a warlord general."

Jung Chang, British Writer

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"Youth condemns; maturity condones."

"Youth condemns; maturity condones."

Amy Lowell, American Poet

Age, Maturity, Youth

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"Every year 3.1 million Indian children die before the age of 5, mostly from diseases of poverty like diarrhea."

"Every year 3.1 million Indian children die before the age of 5, mostly from diseases of poverty like diarrhea."

Nicholas D. Kristof, American Writer

Age, Children, Poverty

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"It has been suggested at various times that I should start an operation in the United Kingdom but - bearing in mind my age and medical history - I think this would be not a very sensible way to go forward."

"It has been suggested at various times that I should start an operation in the United Kingdom but - bearing in mind my age and medical history - I think this would be not a very sensible way to go forward."

Martin Fleischmann, English Scientist

Age, History, Medical, Mind

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"This age thinks better of a gilded fool Than of a threadbare saint in wisdom's school."

"This age thinks better of a gilded fool Than of a threadbare saint in wisdom's school."

Thomas Dekker, English Dramatist

Age, Wisdom, Fool, School

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"I don't want to be daft and say I had some spiritual awakening or something, but I really did come of age in Los Angeles, where we recorded the album. I had my own little house and my own little circle and I really got to feel how the city ticks."

"I don't want to be daft and say I had some spiritual awakening or something, but I really did come of age in Los Angeles, where we recorded the album. I had my own little house and my own little circle and I really got to feel how the city ticks."

Melanie Chisholm, English Musician

Age, Spiritual, Want

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"I have always had a tremendous amount of energy and any band I was ever in from the age of fourteen, I would always be the one who would describe the future and vibe everyone up."

"I have always had a tremendous amount of energy and any band I was ever in from the age of fourteen, I would always be the one who would describe the future and vibe everyone up."

Jim Capaldi, British Musician

Age, Energy, Future

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"I was a sickly child, contracting tuberculosis at the age of five."

"I was a sickly child, contracting tuberculosis at the age of five."

Dinah Sheridan, English Actress

Age, Contracting

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"At my age, you are naturally inclined towards teaching."

"At my age, you are naturally inclined towards teaching."

James Levine, American Musician

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"Jazz is the folk music of the machine age."

"Jazz is the folk music of the machine age."

Paul Whiteman, American Celebrity

Age, Music, Folk, Jazz

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"We live in an age of universal investigation, and of exploration of the sources of all movements."

"We live in an age of universal investigation, and of exploration of the sources of all movements."

Alfred de Vigny, French Poet

Age, Exploration, Investigation

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"In this age of globalization, instant real time media and television, everyone all over the world realizes that high energy usage equates with a high standard of living and wealth."

"In this age of globalization, instant real time media and television, everyone all over the world realizes that high energy usage equates with a high standard of living and wealth."

John Olver, American Politician

Age, Time, Wealth, Energy

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"The Olympic Spirit is neither the property of one race nor of one age."

"The Olympic Spirit is neither the property of one race nor of one age."

Pierre de Coubertin, French Leader

Age, Property, Race, Spirit

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"At the age of 16, something happened with my finger and the doctor told me, you never can be a organist or pianist, so think about what you do with music."

"At the age of 16, something happened with my finger and the doctor told me, you never can be a organist or pianist, so think about what you do with music."

Kurt Masur, German Musician

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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."

"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."

David Brin, American Author

Age, Change, Science, People

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"From a generation that came of age during the Great Depression, millions of our country's best and bravest took up arms in a worldwide struggle against tyranny."

"From a generation that came of age during the Great Depression, millions of our country's best and bravest took up arms in a worldwide struggle against tyranny."

Steve Buyer, American Politician

Age, Country, Depression, Struggle

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"The present age has seen a great slump in humanist values."

"The present age has seen a great slump in humanist values."

Christopher Dawson, English Writer

Age, Values, Present

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"A moment comes, which comes but rarely in history, when we step out from the old to the new; when an age ends; and when the soul of a nation long suppressed finds utterance."

"A moment comes, which comes but rarely in history, when we step out from the old to the new; when an age ends; and when the soul of a nation long suppressed finds utterance."

Jawaharlal Nehru, Indian Leader

Age, History, Soul, Nation

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"I'm tired of people questioning me because of my age. If you looked at my numbers and watched me throw and covered my birthdate, would age be an issue?"

"I'm tired of people questioning me because of my age. If you looked at my numbers and watched me throw and covered my birthdate, would age be an issue?"

Randy Johnson, American Athlete

Age, People, Numbers, Questioning

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"Middle age snuffs out more talent than even wars or sudden death does."

"Middle age snuffs out more talent than even wars or sudden death does."

Gerald Brenan, English Writer

Age, Death, Talent, Middleage

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"The year I was born, 1956, was the peak year for babies being born, and there are more people essentially our age than anybody else. We could crush these new generations if we decided too."

"The year I was born, 1956, was the peak year for babies being born, and there are more people essentially our age than anybody else. We could crush these new generations if we decided too."

Tom Hanks, American Actor

Age, People, Babies, Being

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"But really, it was reading that led me to writing. And in particular, reading the American classics like Twain who taught me at an early age that ordinary lives of ordinary people can be made into high art."

"But really, it was reading that led me to writing. And in particular, reading the American classics like Twain who taught me at an early age that ordinary lives of ordinary people can be made into high art."

Russell Banks, American Author

Age, Art, People

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"From the age of four, I was a huge comic fan and still am. When Lost in Space came along it was like being in a huge comic so we jumped at the chance of being part of that project and it proved to be a good choice."

"From the age of four, I was a huge comic fan and still am. When Lost in Space came along it was like being in a huge comic so we jumped at the chance of being part of that project and it proved to be a good choice."

Bill Mumy, American Actor

Age, Being, Chance, Choice

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"I'm totally into new age and self-help books. I used to work in a bookstore and that's the section they gave me, and I got way into it. I just loved the power of positive thinking, letting yourself go."

"I'm totally into new age and self-help books. I used to work in a bookstore and that's the section they gave me, and I got way into it. I just loved the power of positive thinking, letting yourself go."

Jason Mraz, American Musician

Age, Power, Work, Positive

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"Time has changed and now is the age of spending."

"Time has changed and now is the age of spending."

Zhang Yimou, Chinese Director

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"The age of the book is almost gone."

"The age of the book is almost gone."

George Steiner, American Critic

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"Age should not have its face lifted, but it should rather teach the world to admire wrinkles as the etchings of experience and the firm line of character."

"Age should not have its face lifted, but it should rather teach the world to admire wrinkles as the etchings of experience and the firm line of character."

Clarence Day, American Author

Age, Experience, Character, World

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"I just yesterday returned from a trip where I photographed a woman with two children whom I photographed first when she was the age of the older of the two children."

"I just yesterday returned from a trip where I photographed a woman with two children whom I photographed first when she was the age of the older of the two children."

Jock Sturges, American Photographer

Age, Children, First, Woman

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"You feel a sense of urgency, especially at my advanced age, when you're staring into the grave."

"You feel a sense of urgency, especially at my advanced age, when you're staring into the grave."

Frank McCourt, Irish Author

Age, Grave, Sense

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"Most women are indulgent of themselves. This is a mistake. It should be only the reward of old age."

"Most women are indulgent of themselves. This is a mistake. It should be only the reward of old age."

Anna Held, Polish Entertainer

Age, Women, Mistake, Old

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"The nicest thing about coming of age is that I can do whatever I like."

"The nicest thing about coming of age is that I can do whatever I like."

Cilla Black, British Musician

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"I'm inspired by people who keep on rolling, no matter their age."

"I'm inspired by people who keep on rolling, no matter their age."

Jimmy Buffett, American Musician

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"We are an age without leaders. We stopped having leaders at the end of the 20th century."

"We are an age without leaders. We stopped having leaders at the end of the 20th century."

Oriana Fallaci, Italian Journalist

Age, End, Leaders

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"Can you picture yourself at the age 60 doing what you do now?"

"Can you picture yourself at the age 60 doing what you do now?"

Dick Cavett, American Entertainer

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"Youth, what man's age is like to be, doth show; We may our ends by our beginnings know."

"Youth, what man's age is like to be, doth show; We may our ends by our beginnings know."

John Denham, British Politician

Age, Beginnings, Man, May

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"The golden age has not passed; it lies in the future."

"The golden age has not passed; it lies in the future."

Paul Signac, French Artist

Age, Future, Lies

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"To keep the heart unwrinkled, to be hopeful, kindly, cheerful, reverent that is to triumph over old age."

"To keep the heart unwrinkled, to be hopeful, kindly, cheerful, reverent that is to triumph over old age."

Amos Bronson Alcott, American Educator

Age, Heart, Old

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"Every age has its happiness and troubles."

"Every age has its happiness and troubles."

Jeanne Calment, French Celebrity

39

"I felt a tremendous sadness for men who can't deal with a woman of their own age."

"I felt a tremendous sadness for men who can't deal with a woman of their own age."

Michael Caine, English Actor

Age, Men, Sadness, Woman

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"If repression has indeed been the fundamental link between power, knowledge, and sexuality since the classical age, it stands to reason that we will not be able to free ourselves from it except at a considerable cost."

"If repression has indeed been the fundamental link between power, knowledge, and sexuality since the classical age, it stands to reason that we will not be able to free ourselves from it except at a considerable cost."

Michel Foucault, French Historian

Age, Power, Knowledge, Reason

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"About age ten, we moved from the place where I was born, moved overseas."

"About age ten, we moved from the place where I was born, moved overseas."

Mary Chapin Carpenter, American Musician

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"The question isn't at what age I want to retire, it's at what income."

"The question isn't at what age I want to retire, it's at what income."

George Foreman, American Athlete

Age, Income, Question, Want

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"Is someone different at age 18 or 60? I believe one stays the same."

"Is someone different at age 18 or 60? I believe one stays the same."

Hayao Miyazaki, Japanese Director

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"They that have lived a single day have lived an age."

"They that have lived a single day have lived an age."

Jean de la Bruyere, French Philosopher

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"Each age tries to form its own conception of the past. Each age writes the history of the past anew with reference to the conditions uppermost in its own time."

"Each age tries to form its own conception of the past. Each age writes the history of the past anew with reference to the conditions uppermost in its own time."

Frederick Jackson Turner, American Historian

Age, History, Time, Past

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