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"I started writing songs at age 15."
Vince Clarke
"I started writing songs at age 15."
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"To me, old age is always fifteen years older than I am."
Bernard Baruch
"To me, old age is always fifteen years older than I am."
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"When I came back to Britain, I realized that I was no longer a very young woman. I had to meet my new consciousness, my new age, with roles that reflected it somewhat."
Julie Christie
"When I came back to Britain, I realized that I was no longer a very young woman. I had to meet my new consciousness, my new age, with roles that reflected it somewhat."
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"My Brat Pack buddies and I didn't exactly handle celebrity very well. Success at an early age is far more difficult to handle than failure."
Judd Nelson
"My Brat Pack buddies and I didn't exactly handle celebrity very well. Success at an early age is far more difficult to handle than failure."
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"An artist must be a reactionary. He has to stand out against the tenor of the age and not go flopping along."
Andre Maurois
"An artist must be a reactionary. He has to stand out against the tenor of the age and not go flopping along."
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"What turns me on about the digital age, what excited me personally, is that you have closed the gap between dreaming and doing. You see, it used to be that if you wanted to make a record of a song, you needed a studio and a producer. Now, you need a laptop."
Bono
"What turns me on about the digital age, what excited me personally, is that you have closed the gap between dreaming and doing. You see, it used to be that if you wanted to make a record of a song, you needed a studio and a producer. Now, you need a laptop."
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"No sex, age, or condition is above or below the absolute necessity of modesty; but without it one vastly beneath the rank of man."
Bruce Barton
"No sex, age, or condition is above or below the absolute necessity of modesty; but without it one vastly beneath the rank of man."
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"Retro looking stuff but a lot of these guys doing these shows are my age or younger. I was just disgusted. I hated being around that kind of thing. Not that it affected what I did because when it comes down to it I was doing my own show."
Jhonen Vasquez
"Retro looking stuff but a lot of these guys doing these shows are my age or younger. I was just disgusted. I hated being around that kind of thing. Not that it affected what I did because when it comes down to it I was doing my own show."
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"Middle age is when your age starts to show around your middle."
Bob Hope
"Middle age is when your age starts to show around your middle."
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"Love makes those young whom age doth chill, and whom he finds young keeps young still."
William Cartwright
"Love makes those young whom age doth chill, and whom he finds young keeps young still."
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"Books were my pass to personal freedom. I learned to read at age three, and soon discovered there was a whole world to conquer that went beyond our farm in Mississippi."
Oprah Winfrey
"Books were my pass to personal freedom. I learned to read at age three, and soon discovered there was a whole world to conquer that went beyond our farm in Mississippi."
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"All we can do when we think of kids today is think of more hours of school, earlier age at the computer, and curfews. Who would want to grow up in that world?"
James Hillman
"All we can do when we think of kids today is think of more hours of school, earlier age at the computer, and curfews. Who would want to grow up in that world?"
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"In our age there is no such thing as 'keeping out of politics.' All issues are political issues, and politics itself is a mass of lies, evasions, folly, hatred and schizophrenia."
George Orwell
"In our age there is no such thing as 'keeping out of politics.' All issues are political issues, and politics itself is a mass of lies, evasions, folly, hatred and schizophrenia."
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"Good roles are hard to find no matter what age."
Glenn Close
"Good roles are hard to find no matter what age."
Age,
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"Age is only a number, a cipher for the records. A man can't retire his experience. He must use it. Experience achieves more with less energy and time."
Bernard Baruch
"Age is only a number, a cipher for the records. A man can't retire his experience. He must use it. Experience achieves more with less energy and time."
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"The face you have at age 25 is the face God gave you, but the face you have after 50 is the face you earned."
Cindy Crawford
"The face you have at age 25 is the face God gave you, but the face you have after 50 is the face you earned."
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"Old age, believe me, is a good and pleasant thing. It is true you are gently shouldered off the stage, but then you are given such a comfortable front stall as spectator."
Confucius
"Old age, believe me, is a good and pleasant thing. It is true you are gently shouldered off the stage, but then you are given such a comfortable front stall as spectator."
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"A small child from a developing country has the advantage, from a very early age, of having access to toys which structure his mind, which constitute a sure advantage over the little African child who has never even held a modern toy."
Abdoulaye Wade
"A small child from a developing country has the advantage, from a very early age, of having access to toys which structure his mind, which constitute a sure advantage over the little African child who has never even held a modern toy."
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"Any time a running back reaches the age of 31 or 32, he has to lose a step. No one is a freak of nature. No one is going to be able to take the pounding a running back has to take over a 10- or 12-year career and not lose a step."
Al Michaels
"Any time a running back reaches the age of 31 or 32, he has to lose a step. No one is a freak of nature. No one is going to be able to take the pounding a running back has to take over a 10- or 12-year career and not lose a step."
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"It is not the young people that degenerate; they are not spoiled till those of mature age are already sunk into corruption."
Charles de Montesquieu
"It is not the young people that degenerate; they are not spoiled till those of mature age are already sunk into corruption."
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"It is not possible to live in this age if you don't have a sense of many contradictory forces."
Rem Koolhaas
"It is not possible to live in this age if you don't have a sense of many contradictory forces."
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"We in middle age require adventure."
Carolyn Heilbrun
"We in middle age require adventure."
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"The Victorian era is the sexiest age for me, but I also like a woman in a pair of jeans."
Dylan McDermott
"The Victorian era is the sexiest age for me, but I also like a woman in a pair of jeans."
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"The idea of regretting not doing this seemed insane to me. Sitting in the corner at a bar at age 60, saying: 'I could've been Bond. Buy me a drink.' That's the saddest place I could be. At least now at 60 I can say: 'I was Bond. Now buy me a drink.'"
Daniel Craig
"The idea of regretting not doing this seemed insane to me. Sitting in the corner at a bar at age 60, saying: 'I could've been Bond. Buy me a drink.' That's the saddest place I could be. At least now at 60 I can say: 'I was Bond. Now buy me a drink.'"
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"Old age has deformities enough of its own. It should never add to them the deformity of vice."
Eleanor Roosevelt
"Old age has deformities enough of its own. It should never add to them the deformity of vice."
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"A woman my age is not supposed to be attractive or sexually appealing. I just get kinda tired of that."
Kathleen Turner
"A woman my age is not supposed to be attractive or sexually appealing. I just get kinda tired of that."
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"Age steals away all things, even the mind."
Virgil
"Age steals away all things, even the mind."
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"It's rather amusing at my advanced age to become a sex symbol."
John Forsythe
"It's rather amusing at my advanced age to become a sex symbol."
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"Also in the new constitution, we want to lower the voting age from 20 years to 18 years and also gradually implement a voluntary military service in replacement of the current compulsory military service."
Chen Shui-bian
"Also in the new constitution, we want to lower the voting age from 20 years to 18 years and also gradually implement a voluntary military service in replacement of the current compulsory military service."
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"I still like to listen to the people that I came of age on."
Gary Cole
"I still like to listen to the people that I came of age on."
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"Age is an ugly thing, and it goes on getting worse."
Diana Cooper
"Age is an ugly thing, and it goes on getting worse."
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"Filth and old age, I'm sure you will agree, are powerful wardens upon chastity."
Geoffrey Chaucer
"Filth and old age, I'm sure you will agree, are powerful wardens upon chastity."
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"The territorial state is such an ancient form of society - here in Europe it dates back thousands of years - that it is now protected by the sanctity of age and the glory of tradition. A strong religious feeling mingles with the respect and the devotion to the fatherland."
Christian Lous Lange
"The territorial state is such an ancient form of society - here in Europe it dates back thousands of years - that it is now protected by the sanctity of age and the glory of tradition. A strong religious feeling mingles with the respect and the devotion to the fatherland."
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"I believe the true function of age is memory. I'm recording as fast as I can."
Rita Mae Brown
"I believe the true function of age is memory. I'm recording as fast as I can."
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"I went to high school, which was a good thing because I hadn't interacted with many people my age, and I didn't really have friends. I had a million acquaintances and no friends."
Macaulay Culkin
"I went to high school, which was a good thing because I hadn't interacted with many people my age, and I didn't really have friends. I had a million acquaintances and no friends."
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"Some say that the age of chivalry is past, that the spirit of romance is dead. The age of chivalry is never past, so long as there is a wrong left unredressed on earth."
Charles Kingsley
"Some say that the age of chivalry is past, that the spirit of romance is dead. The age of chivalry is never past, so long as there is a wrong left unredressed on earth."
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"Age has been the perfect fire extinguisher for flaming youth."
Navjot Singh Sidhu
"Age has been the perfect fire extinguisher for flaming youth."
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"In America, people rarely stay in the town where they grew up, rarely stay in close proximity to their parents throughout their lives. You rarely find parents in their old age being taken care of by their children."
Robert Benton
"In America, people rarely stay in the town where they grew up, rarely stay in close proximity to their parents throughout their lives. You rarely find parents in their old age being taken care of by their children."
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"If you watch Cheers, in 12 years they didn't age a day."
William Devane
"If you watch Cheers, in 12 years they didn't age a day."
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"I borrowed a guitar at age 16 and taught myself to play because I wanted to write songs."
Adrian Belew
"I borrowed a guitar at age 16 and taught myself to play because I wanted to write songs."
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"The criminal law needs to be improved to meet new forms of crime, but to denounce financial devices which are useful and legitimate because use is made of them for fraud, is ridiculous and unworthy of the age in which we live."
William Graham Sumner
"The criminal law needs to be improved to meet new forms of crime, but to denounce financial devices which are useful and legitimate because use is made of them for fraud, is ridiculous and unworthy of the age in which we live."
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"It's amazing how, age after age, in country after country, and in all languages, Shakespeare emerges as incomparable."
M. H. Abrams
"It's amazing how, age after age, in country after country, and in all languages, Shakespeare emerges as incomparable."
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"Certainly in the modern age where everything is glossed over, when somebody speaks their mind, the majority of the public go, I'd love to have said that."
Pete Waterman
"Certainly in the modern age where everything is glossed over, when somebody speaks their mind, the majority of the public go, I'd love to have said that."
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"My acting career began at age three and my parents got me into it. I was in a McDonald's commercial."
Corey Feldman
"My acting career began at age three and my parents got me into it. I was in a McDonald's commercial."
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"Age wrinkles the body. Quitting wrinkles the soul."
Douglas MacArthur
"Age wrinkles the body. Quitting wrinkles the soul."
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"This is an exciting time. I believe we stand at the edge of a new age - a Golden Age - of freedom that will rival any of the great eras of world history because it will be the entire world itself that is changing."
Joe Lieberman
"This is an exciting time. I believe we stand at the edge of a new age - a Golden Age - of freedom that will rival any of the great eras of world history because it will be the entire world itself that is changing."
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"Because I'm in an adult world and I'm really working, my age is just a number. It's not really who I am."
Mandy Moore
"Because I'm in an adult world and I'm really working, my age is just a number. It's not really who I am."
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"The first crocodile I ever caught was at nine years of age, and it was a rescue."
Steve Irwin
"The first crocodile I ever caught was at nine years of age, and it was a rescue."
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"Talking is the disease of age."
Ben Jonson
"Talking is the disease of age."
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"I have a strong dance background. I danced from age five till 18, and that helps a lot. Doing a fight routine is like doing a dance routine."
Yvonne Strahovski
"I have a strong dance background. I danced from age five till 18, and that helps a lot. Doing a fight routine is like doing a dance routine."
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