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Age Quotes

"I did successfully kick tobacco at the age of 34. I smoked for like 20 years, from 14 to 34."

"I did successfully kick tobacco at the age of 34. I smoked for like 20 years, from 14 to 34."

Larry Hagman, American Actor

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"I was taught from a young age that many people would treat me as a second-class citizen because I was African-American and because I was female."

"I was taught from a young age that many people would treat me as a second-class citizen because I was African-American and because I was female."

Queen Latifah, American Musician

Age, People, African

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"I learned at an early age that I was given something special when I was born, and that was the gift of music."

"I learned at an early age that I was given something special when I was born, and that was the gift of music."

Randy Bachman, Canadian Musician

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"I think you have to be a little bit strict. You can't be friend and their parent in a lot of situations, especially in this day and age where it's so dangerous for kids. So there's a bit of sternness, I guess, in the way I raise my kids."

"I think you have to be a little bit strict. You can't be friend and their parent in a lot of situations, especially in this day and age where it's so dangerous for kids. So there's a bit of sternness, I guess, in the way I raise my kids."

Tim McGraw, American Musician

Age, Friend, Day, Kids

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"This is the age of insincerity. The movies had the misfortune to come along in the twentieth century, and because they appeal to the masses there can be no sincerity in them."

"This is the age of insincerity. The movies had the misfortune to come along in the twentieth century, and because they appeal to the masses there can be no sincerity in them."

Lionel Barrymore, American Actor

Age, Movies, Insincerity, Misfortune

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"Age is something that doesn't matter, unless you are a cheese."

"Age is something that doesn't matter, unless you are a cheese."

Billie Burke, American Actress

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"I decided I wanted to be a lawyer when I was 11 years of age."

"I decided I wanted to be a lawyer when I was 11 years of age."

Johnnie Cochran, American Lawyer

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"It's disturbing at my age to look at a young woman's destructive behaviour and hear the echoes of it, of one's own destructiveness in youth."

"It's disturbing at my age to look at a young woman's destructive behaviour and hear the echoes of it, of one's own destructiveness in youth."

Helen Garner, Australian Novelist

Age, Woman, Youth

36

"I read. It's also nice for me to get involved in schoolwork, which is a totally different world than acting. It makes me feel like I am doing things that normal people are doing at my age."

"I read. It's also nice for me to get involved in schoolwork, which is a totally different world than acting. It makes me feel like I am doing things that normal people are doing at my age."

Monica Keena, American Actress

Age, People, Acting, World

36

"When I was a kid, I wrote music - from the age of 11 until the age of 18."

"When I was a kid, I wrote music - from the age of 11 until the age of 18."

Harrison Birtwistle, British Composer

36

"The harvest of old age is the recollection and abundance of blessing previously secured."

"The harvest of old age is the recollection and abundance of blessing previously secured."

Marcus Tullius Cicero, Roman Statesman

Age, Abundance, Harvest, Old

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

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

Tony Wilson, British Journalist

Age, Religion, Energy, Nothing

36

"I wanted to look at the upper-middle-class scene since the war, and in particular my generation's part in it. We had spent our early years as privileged members of a privileged class. How were we faring in the Age of the Common Man? How ought we to be faring?"

"I wanted to look at the upper-middle-class scene since the war, and in particular my generation's part in it. We had spent our early years as privileged members of a privileged class. How were we faring in the Age of the Common Man? How ought we to be faring?"

Simon Raven, English Novelist

Age, War, Class, Man

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"Stories about the ongoing dramas in our lives as we age are not being told because women find it difficult to be honest about what's going on - about, for example, our heightened sexuality as we age or about living in a society that only values youth."

"Stories about the ongoing dramas in our lives as we age are not being told because women find it difficult to be honest about what's going on - about, for example, our heightened sexuality as we age or about living in a society that only values youth."

Olympia Dukakis, American Actress

Age, Society, Women, Values

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"Throughout history there have been many other examples, similar to that of Haeckel, Huxley and the cell, where a key piece of a particular scientific puzzle was beyond the understanding of the age."

"Throughout history there have been many other examples, similar to that of Haeckel, Huxley and the cell, where a key piece of a particular scientific puzzle was beyond the understanding of the age."

Michael Behe, American Scientist

Age, History, Key, Understanding

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"Paradoxical as it may seem, to believe in youth is to look backward; to look forward we must believe in age."

"Paradoxical as it may seem, to believe in youth is to look backward; to look forward we must believe in age."

Dorothy L. Sayers, British Author

Age, May, Youth

36

"I was born at the age of twelve on an MGM lot."

"I was born at the age of twelve on an MGM lot."

Judy Garland, American Actress

36

"Middle age is when a guy keeps turning off lights for economical rather than romantic reasons."

"Middle age is when a guy keeps turning off lights for economical rather than romantic reasons."

Lillian Gordy Carter, American Celebrity

Age, Middle age, Romantic

36

"Probably induced by the asthma, I started reading and writing early on, my literary efforts from the age of about nine running chiefly to poetry and plays."

"Probably induced by the asthma, I started reading and writing early on, my literary efforts from the age of about nine running chiefly to poetry and plays."

Patrick White, Australian Author

Age, Poetry, Literary, Reading

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"Middle age is when your broad mind and narrow waist begin to change places."

"Middle age is when your broad mind and narrow waist begin to change places."

E. Joseph Cossman, American Businessman

Age, Change, Middleage, Mind

36

"It has been claimed at times that our modern age of technology facilitates dictatorship."

"It has been claimed at times that our modern age of technology facilitates dictatorship."

Henry A. Wallace, American Vice President

Age, Technology, Dictatorship

36

"In every age and every man there is something to praise as well as to blame."

"In every age and every man there is something to praise as well as to blame."

James Beattie, British Poet

Age, Blame, Man, Praise

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"In fact I have a full page warning, right in the front of the book, that no one under the age of eighteen should read this book and no one should even turn the pages if they are sexually conservative or erotically deprived."

"In fact I have a full page warning, right in the front of the book, that no one under the age of eighteen should read this book and no one should even turn the pages if they are sexually conservative or erotically deprived."

Burt Ward, American Actor

Age, Conservative, Fact, Right

36

"Setting a good example for your children takes all the fun out of middle age."

"Setting a good example for your children takes all the fun out of middle age."

William Feather, American Author

Age, Children, Example, Fun

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"The performance of a lifetime is the perfect thing to be doing at this age because I can use the age."

"The performance of a lifetime is the perfect thing to be doing at this age because I can use the age."

Fritz Weaver, American Actor

Age, Performance

36

"Each moment of a happy lover's hour is worth an age of dull and common life."

"Each moment of a happy lover's hour is worth an age of dull and common life."

Aphra Behn, English Dramatist

Age, Life, Worth

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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."

"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

35

"My view is that climate changes have happened in the last 80 years, that is, the world has got a little bit warmer, although not as warm as it has been in Medieval times, or the Bronze Age."

"My view is that climate changes have happened in the last 80 years, that is, the world has got a little bit warmer, although not as warm as it has been in Medieval times, or the Bronze Age."

Piers Corbyn, English Scientist

Age, Climate, World, Years

35

"My youth is escaping without giving me anything it owes me."

"My youth is escaping without giving me anything it owes me."

Ivy Compton-Burnett, English Novelist

Age, Giving, Youth

35

"It is not classified as a pagan religion. The so-called New Age activities and this are not called religions and therefore don't come under the prohibition of mingling church and state that we have in this country."

"It is not classified as a pagan religion. The so-called New Age activities and this are not called religions and therefore don't come under the prohibition of mingling church and state that we have in this country."

Dixie Lee Ray, American Politician

Age, Religion, Church, Country

35

"Can a moment of madness make up for an age of consent?"

"Can a moment of madness make up for an age of consent?"

Basil Bunting, British Poet

35

"Age does not diminish the extreme disappointment of having a scoop of ice cream fall from the cone."

"Age does not diminish the extreme disappointment of having a scoop of ice cream fall from the cone."

Jim Fiebig, American Author

Age, Disappointment, Extreme

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"In spite of advances in technology and changes in the economy, state government still operates on an obsolete 1970s model. We have a typewriter government in an Internet age."

"In spite of advances in technology and changes in the economy, state government still operates on an obsolete 1970s model. We have a typewriter government in an Internet age."

Matt Blunt, American Politician

Age, Government, Technology, Economy

35

"The hallmark of our age is the tension between aspirations and sluggish institutions."

"The hallmark of our age is the tension between aspirations and sluggish institutions."

John W. Gardner, American Educator

Age, Aspirations, Tension

35

"The greatest writers of this age... are aware of the mystery of our existence."

"The greatest writers of this age... are aware of the mystery of our existence."

J. B. Priestley, British Writer

Age, Existence, Mystery, Writers

35

"Some of your teachers are actually closer in age to you than you think."

"Some of your teachers are actually closer in age to you than you think."

Maya Lin, American Architect

35

"Age gives you a great sense of proportion. You can be very hard on yourself when you're younger but now I just think 'well everybody's absolutely mad and I'm doing quite well'."

"Age gives you a great sense of proportion. You can be very hard on yourself when you're younger but now I just think 'well everybody's absolutely mad and I'm doing quite well'."

Steven Morrissey, English Musician

Age, Now, Sense

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"The secret of genius is to carry the spirit of the child into old age, which mean never losing your enthusiasm."

"The secret of genius is to carry the spirit of the child into old age, which mean never losing your enthusiasm."

Aldous Huxley, English Novelist

Age, Genius, Enthusiasm, Losing

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"I have had a few turning points, the first day I entered a gymnastics school at age 6."

"I have had a few turning points, the first day I entered a gymnastics school at age 6."

Nadia Comaneci, Romanian Athlete

Age, Day, First, School

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"Childhood itself is scarcely more lovely than a cheerful, kindly, sunshiny old age."

"Childhood itself is scarcely more lovely than a cheerful, kindly, sunshiny old age."

Lydia M. Child, American Activist

Age, Childhood, Old

35

"By the age of fifty, you have made yourself what you are, and if it is good, it is better than your youth."

"By the age of fifty, you have made yourself what you are, and if it is good, it is better than your youth."

Marya Mannes, American Journalist

35

"It is utterly false and cruelly arbitrary to put all the play and learning into childhood, all the work into middle age, and all the regrets into old age."

"It is utterly false and cruelly arbitrary to put all the play and learning into childhood, all the work into middle age, and all the regrets into old age."

Margaret Mead, American Scientist

Age, Work, Childhood, Learning

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"People are so busy dreaming the American Dream, fantasizing about what they could be or have a right to be, that they're all asleep at the switch. Consequently we are living in the Age of Human Error."

"People are so busy dreaming the American Dream, fantasizing about what they could be or have a right to be, that they're all asleep at the switch. Consequently we are living in the Age of Human Error."

Florence King, American Writer

Age, People, Dream

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"As Buddy Rich, for instance, broke into the business at the age of three, I think it was, on drums, so indeed did I break into the business at the age of four as a singer."

"As Buddy Rich, for instance, broke into the business at the age of three, I think it was, on drums, so indeed did I break into the business at the age of four as a singer."

Mel Torme, American Musician

35

"The first and continuing argument for the curtailment of working hours and the raising of the minimum age was that education was necessary in a democracy and working children could not attend school."

"The first and continuing argument for the curtailment of working hours and the raising of the minimum age was that education was necessary in a democracy and working children could not attend school."

Grace Abbott, American Activist

Age, Education, Argument, Children

35

"My mother sent me to psychiatrists since the age of four because she didn't think little boys should be sad. When my brother was born, I stared out the window for days. Can you imagine that?"

"My mother sent me to psychiatrists since the age of four because she didn't think little boys should be sad. When my brother was born, I stared out the window for days. Can you imagine that?"

Andy Kaufman, American Comedian

Age, Mother, Brother, Boys

35

"In my day, at 12 years old, which was 38 years ago, we worked out in summer months for two and a half hours. Today someone in that age group might work out for four hours, two hours in the morning and two at night."

"In my day, at 12 years old, which was 38 years ago, we worked out in summer months for two and a half hours. Today someone in that age group might work out for four hours, two hours in the morning and two at night."

Mark Spitz, American Athlete

Age, Work, Day, Months

35

"Ours is essentially a tragic age, so we refuse to take it tragically."

"Ours is essentially a tragic age, so we refuse to take it tragically."

David Herbert Lawrence, English Writer

35

"I did musicals from about age 10 to 18."

"I did musicals from about age 10 to 18."

Alison Lohman, American Actress

35

"In a secular age, an authentic miracle must purport to be a hoax, in order to gain credit in the world."

"In a secular age, an authentic miracle must purport to be a hoax, in order to gain credit in the world."

Angela Carter, English Novelist

Age, Credit, Gain, Order

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