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"My father taught me Basic and rudimentary C, I learned everything else on my own, including studying computational complexity on my own. That's more a function of my age than anything else though - back when I was in school there were hardly any programming classes."

"My father taught me Basic and rudimentary C, I learned everything else on my own, including studying computational complexity on my own. That's more a function of my age than anything else though - back when I was in school there were hardly any programming classes."

Bram Cohen, American Scientist

Age, Father, Complexity, Programming

30

"I had the good fortune to be able to right an injustice that I thought was being heaped on young people by lowering the voting age, where you had young people that were old enough to die in Vietnam but not old enough to vote for their members of Congress that sent them there."

"I had the good fortune to be able to right an injustice that I thought was being heaped on young people by lowering the voting age, where you had young people that were old enough to die in Vietnam but not old enough to vote for their members of Congress that sent them there."

Birch Bayh, American Politician

Age, Thought, People, Being

30

"My mother did all she could to control me, but at age 14 she sent me to a military school."

"My mother did all she could to control me, but at age 14 she sent me to a military school."

Sam Donaldson, American Journalist

Age, Mother, Control, Military

30

"The really frightening thing about middle age is the knowledge that you'll grow out of it."

"The really frightening thing about middle age is the knowledge that you'll grow out of it."

Doris Day, American Actress

Age, Knowledge, Middle age

30

"Bob Dylan is quite a songwriter, and a great singer and musician. I won't bother with comparing myself to him, but I will say that I heard his records at a very young age and I still listen to all his records."

"Bob Dylan is quite a songwriter, and a great singer and musician. I won't bother with comparing myself to him, but I will say that I heard his records at a very young age and I still listen to all his records."

Frank Black, American Musician

29

"I knew from a young age that I could sing and it was impressed upon me that if I got a classically trained education in voice, it would serve as a foundation for whatever I chose to do."

"I knew from a young age that I could sing and it was impressed upon me that if I got a classically trained education in voice, it would serve as a foundation for whatever I chose to do."

Shuler Hensley, American Actor

Age, Education, Voice

29

"No age, sex, or condition is above or below the absolute necessity of modesty; but without it one is vastly beneath the rank of man."

"No age, sex, or condition is above or below the absolute necessity of modesty; but without it one is vastly beneath the rank of man."

Bernard Barton, American Poet

Age, Sex, Man, Modesty

29

"I refuse to age disgracefully in rock 'n' roll."

"I refuse to age disgracefully in rock 'n' roll."

Ben Harper, American Musician

29

"I also wanted Parker to operate in the Internet age without losing being Parker. He's always operated in the world without really being with the world, and cyberspace means that the rest of us are more and more living the same way."

"I also wanted Parker to operate in the Internet age without losing being Parker. He's always operated in the world without really being with the world, and cyberspace means that the rest of us are more and more living the same way."

Donald E. Westlake, American Writer

Age, Being, Internet, Living

29

"Age does not bring you wisdom, age brings you wrinkles."

"Age does not bring you wisdom, age brings you wrinkles."

Estelle Getty, American Actress

29

"A man's character never changes radically from youth to old age. What happens is that circumstances bring out characteristics which have not been obvious to the superficial observer."

"A man's character never changes radically from youth to old age. What happens is that circumstances bring out characteristics which have not been obvious to the superficial observer."

Hesketh Pearson, English Actor

Age, Character, Circumstances, Man

29

"I don't think so, but it's always in the back of my mind that many of the soldiers being wounded and killed in Iraq are about the same age as my kids. My godson is going over soon, so the war's about to get personal for me."

"I don't think so, but it's always in the back of my mind that many of the soldiers being wounded and killed in Iraq are about the same age as my kids. My godson is going over soon, so the war's about to get personal for me."

Garry Trudeau, American Cartoonist

Age, War, Being, Iraq

29

"If work and leisure are soon to be subordinated to this one utopian principle - absolute busyness - then utopia and melancholy will come to coincide: an age without conflict will dawn, perpetually busy - and without consciousness."

"If work and leisure are soon to be subordinated to this one utopian principle - absolute busyness - then utopia and melancholy will come to coincide: an age without conflict will dawn, perpetually busy - and without consciousness."

Gunther Grass, German Author

Age, Work, Busyness, Conflict

29

"I think if you're writing from the heart, very often, the subject matter will adjust as you age... but you try to write the best song you can possibly write. For us, we have the same basic elements that make up the America sound."

"I think if you're writing from the heart, very often, the subject matter will adjust as you age... but you try to write the best song you can possibly write. For us, we have the same basic elements that make up the America sound."

Gerry Beckley, American Musician

Age, Heart, America, Song

29

"The pleasure of one's effect on other people still exists in age - what's called making a hit. But the hit is much rarer and made of different stuff."

"The pleasure of one's effect on other people still exists in age - what's called making a hit. But the hit is much rarer and made of different stuff."

Enid Bagnold, British Author

Age, People, Effect, Pleasure

29

"To be old is to be part of a huge and ordinary multitude... the reason why old age was venerated in the past was because it was extraordinary."

"To be old is to be part of a huge and ordinary multitude... the reason why old age was venerated in the past was because it was extraordinary."

Ronald Blythe, British Writer

Age, Old, Past, Reason

29

"Donner likes what he does and enjoys being on a set. He doesn't have to do it, its not like he has to make the rent. When I get to be his age and still enjoy what I'm doing like him, I'd be lucky."

"Donner likes what he does and enjoys being on a set. He doesn't have to do it, its not like he has to make the rent. When I get to be his age and still enjoy what I'm doing like him, I'd be lucky."

Ethan Embry, American Actor

28

"Talk radio has made an enormous run around establishment media. But the Interne is making an end run around talk radio. Suddenly we're faced with an information age."

"Talk radio has made an enormous run around establishment media. But the Interne is making an end run around talk radio. Suddenly we're faced with an information age."

Pete du Pont, American Politician

Age, End, Information, Media

28

"There is something in age that ever, even in its own despite, must be venerable, must create respect and to have it ill treated, is to me worse, more cruel and wicked than anything on earth."

"There is something in age that ever, even in its own despite, must be venerable, must create respect and to have it ill treated, is to me worse, more cruel and wicked than anything on earth."

Frances Burney, British Novelist

Age, Earth, Respect

28

"I like to be alone so I can write. But focus can hurt you. I don't want to be some stress casualty in early middle age."

"I like to be alone so I can write. But focus can hurt you. I don't want to be some stress casualty in early middle age."

James Ellroy, American Writer

Age, Focus, Hurt, Middleage

28

"Why should society feel responsible only for the education of children, and not for the education of all adults of every age?"

"Why should society feel responsible only for the education of children, and not for the education of all adults of every age?"

Erich Fromm, American Psychologist

Age, Education, Society, Children

28

"Children know from a remarkably early age that things are being kept from them, that grown-ups participate in a world of mysteries."

"Children know from a remarkably early age that things are being kept from them, that grown-ups participate in a world of mysteries."

Anthony Hecht, American Poet

Age, Being, Children, World

28

"After the age of 80, everything reminds you of something else."

"After the age of 80, everything reminds you of something else."

Lowell Thomas, American Journalist

28

"I got into the studio when I was thirteen. At the age of twelve I was doing public performances."

"I got into the studio when I was thirteen. At the age of twelve I was doing public performances."

Chingy, American Musician

28

"Age is how we determine how valuable you are."

"Age is how we determine how valuable you are."

Jane Elliot, American Actress

27

"Everyone matures. When I was Newt's age, I thought I had the right answer to things. The baby-boomers as political leaders are still on trial by the American people."

"Everyone matures. When I was Newt's age, I thought I had the right answer to things. The baby-boomers as political leaders are still on trial by the American people."

Pete du Pont, American Politician

Age, Thought, People

27

"Old age is an excellent time for outrage. My goal is to say or do at least one outrageous thing every week."

"Old age is an excellent time for outrage. My goal is to say or do at least one outrageous thing every week."

Louis Kronenberger, American Critic

Age, Time, Goal, Old

27

"Experts tell us that 90% of all brain development occurs by the age of five. If we don't begin thinking about education in the early years, our children are at risk of falling behind by the time they start Kindergarten."

"Experts tell us that 90% of all brain development occurs by the age of five. If we don't begin thinking about education in the early years, our children are at risk of falling behind by the time they start Kindergarten."

Robert. L. Ehrlich, American Politician

Age, Education, Time, Development

27

"This is the dawning of the age of Aquarius."

"This is the dawning of the age of Aquarius."

James Rado, American Actor

27

"One must learn to play one's age."

"One must learn to play one's age."

Rajendra Prasad, Indian Statesman

27

"Food fighters in Japan think of themselves as athletes. They have a higher recognition of the game and are constantly thinking about records. I probably won't continue for long because it puts pressure on the body. But I am at the age where I can perform my best."

"Food fighters in Japan think of themselves as athletes. They have a higher recognition of the game and are constantly thinking about records. I probably won't continue for long because it puts pressure on the body. But I am at the age where I can perform my best."

Takeru Kobayashi, Japanese Celebrity

Age, Food, Athletes, Body

27

"I realised from a very early age that God gave me a gift, and that gift was to run, and I wanted to use it to the best of my ability."

"I realised from a very early age that God gave me a gift, and that gift was to run, and I wanted to use it to the best of my ability."

Betty Cuthbert, Australian Athlete

Age, God, Ability

27

"Nothing will see us through the age we're entering but high consciousness, and that comes hard. We don't have a good, modern myth yet, and we need one."

"Nothing will see us through the age we're entering but high consciousness, and that comes hard. We don't have a good, modern myth yet, and we need one."

Robert Johnson, American Psychologist

Age, Consciousness, Myth, Nothing

27

"If one age believes too much it is natural that another believes too little."

"If one age believes too much it is natural that another believes too little."

Ludwig Borne, German Writer

27

"I spend a lot of time at my son's school and I really wanted to do a movie that the kids could see. The good thing about being my age and not having to be the ingenue anymore is that I get to be a mom. I get to have kids in my movies."

"I spend a lot of time at my son's school and I really wanted to do a movie that the kids could see. The good thing about being my age and not having to be the ingenue anymore is that I get to be a mom. I get to have kids in my movies."

Virginia Madsen, American Actress

Age, Movies, Time, Mom

27

"One hour of right-down love is worth an age of dully living on."

"One hour of right-down love is worth an age of dully living on."

Aphra Behn, English Dramatist

Age, Love, Living, Right

27

"I didn't lead a very wise life, myself, but it was a full one and a grown-up one. You come of age very quickly through shipwreck and disaster."

"I didn't lead a very wise life, myself, but it was a full one and a grown-up one. You come of age very quickly through shipwreck and disaster."

Philip Dunne, American Screenwriter

Age, Life, Disaster, Shipwreck

27

"Age acquires no value save through thought and discipline."

"Age acquires no value save through thought and discipline."

James Truslow Adams, American Historian

Age, Thought, Discipline, Value

26

"I'd like to talk about free markets. Information in the computer age is the last genuine free market left on earth except those free markets where indigenous people are still surviving. And that's basically becoming limited."

"I'd like to talk about free markets. Information in the computer age is the last genuine free market left on earth except those free markets where indigenous people are still surviving. And that's basically becoming limited."

Russell Means, American Activist

Age, People, Computer, Earth

26

"There are as many jobs for younger Americans as there are for other Americans of every age group in political campaigns. Campaigns are very labor intensive and volunteer dependent."

"There are as many jobs for younger Americans as there are for other Americans of every age group in political campaigns. Campaigns are very labor intensive and volunteer dependent."

Marc Racicot, American Politician

Age, Americans, Jobs, Labor

26

"Cherish all your happy moments; they make a fine cushion for old age."

"Cherish all your happy moments; they make a fine cushion for old age."

Booth Tarkington, American Novelist

Age, Moments, Old

26

"I believe that the fight against crime starts in the home. Parents must take responsibility for their children and show them love and guidance from an early age so they learn to respect the rights of others."

"I believe that the fight against crime starts in the home. Parents must take responsibility for their children and show them love and guidance from an early age so they learn to respect the rights of others."

Blanche Lincoln, American Politician

Age, Love, Home, Children

26

"The great paradox of the 21st century is that, in this age of powerful technology, the biggest problems we face internationally are problems of the human soul."

"The great paradox of the 21st century is that, in this age of powerful technology, the biggest problems we face internationally are problems of the human soul."

Ralph Peters, American Soldier

Age, Technology, Soul, Paradox

26

"I started working at the age of 2, doing commercials and modeling in New York."

"I started working at the age of 2, doing commercials and modeling in New York."

Nancy McKeon, American Actress

26

"Nature should have been pleased to have made this age miserable, without making it also ridiculous."

"Nature should have been pleased to have made this age miserable, without making it also ridiculous."

Elizabeth Hardwick, American Critic

26

"Years ago we discovered the exact point, the dead center of middle age. It occurs when you are too young to take up golf and too old to rush up to the net."

"Years ago we discovered the exact point, the dead center of middle age. It occurs when you are too young to take up golf and too old to rush up to the net."

Franklin Pierce Adams, American Writer

Age, Golf, Middle age, Old

26

"Middle age snuffs out more talent than ever wars or sudden deaths do."

"Middle age snuffs out more talent than ever wars or sudden deaths do."

Richard Hughes, British Writer

Age, Talent, Middleage

26

"More importantly, I also understand my age and am in a better position to appreciate it."

"More importantly, I also understand my age and am in a better position to appreciate it."

Rajendra Prasad, Indian Statesman

25

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

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

George Orwell, British Author

Age, Aging, Justice, Life, Truth

25

"Civilization is not a spontaneous generation with any race or nation known to history, but the torch to be handed down from race to race from age to age."

"Civilization is not a spontaneous generation with any race or nation known to history, but the torch to be handed down from race to race from age to age."

Kelly Millar, American Artist

Age, History, Civilization, Nation

25

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