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"Biological age, I think because I've been taking care of myself for so long I know not just my reproductive organs but my heart, you know, are much younger than - than what I am."

"Biological age, I think because I've been taking care of myself for so long I know not just my reproductive organs but my heart, you know, are much younger than - than what I am."

Cheryl Tiegs, American Model

Age, Heart, Care

46

"The balance of private good and general welfare is at the bottom of civilized morals; but the morals of the Heroic Age are founded on individuality, and on nothing else."

"The balance of private good and general welfare is at the bottom of civilized morals; but the morals of the Heroic Age are founded on individuality, and on nothing else."

Lascelles Abercrombie, British Poet

Age, Balance, Individuality, Morals

46

"I've never been more in love with anyone nearly half my age than I am today. I'd get married in a minute if I weren't still married to somebody else."

"I've never been more in love with anyone nearly half my age than I am today. I'd get married in a minute if I weren't still married to somebody else."

Rod Stewart, Scottish Musician

Age, Love, Today

46

"You can judge your age by the amount of pain you feel when you come in contact with a new idea."

"You can judge your age by the amount of pain you feel when you come in contact with a new idea."

Pearl S. Buck, American Novelist

Age, Idea, Pain

46

"In my youth I stressed freedom, and in my old age I stress order. I have made the great discovery that liberty is a product of order."

"In my youth I stressed freedom, and in my old age I stress order. I have made the great discovery that liberty is a product of order."

Will Durant, American Historian

Age, Discovery, Freedom, Liberty

46

"Every age needs men who will redeem the time by living with a vision of the things that are to be."

"Every age needs men who will redeem the time by living with a vision of the things that are to be."

Adlai E. Stevenson, American Politician

Age, Men, Time, Vision

46

"I'm very pleased to be here. Let's face it, at my age I'm very pleased to be anywhere."

"I'm very pleased to be here. Let's face it, at my age I'm very pleased to be anywhere."

George Burns, American Comedian

46

"Just this morning, out of a large memory for songs, and having been obsessed by them since childhood, suddenly, at the age of 84, I thought of a song I hadn't thought of in over 50 years. It came into my head unbidden."

"Just this morning, out of a large memory for songs, and having been obsessed by them since childhood, suddenly, at the age of 84, I thought of a song I hadn't thought of in over 50 years. It came into my head unbidden."

Tom Glazer, American Musician

Age, Thought, Childhood, Memory

46

"Once I had learnt my twelve times table (at the age of three) it was downhill all the way."

"Once I had learnt my twelve times table (at the age of three) it was downhill all the way."

Fred Hoyle, English Scientist

46

"I have always felt that a woman has the right to treat the subject of her age with ambiguity until, perhaps, she passes into the realm of over ninety. Then it is better she be candid with herself and with the world."

"I have always felt that a woman has the right to treat the subject of her age with ambiguity until, perhaps, she passes into the realm of over ninety. Then it is better she be candid with herself and with the world."

Carl Sandburg, American Poet

Age, Ambiguity, Right, Woman

46

"That appropriation of resources and the transformation of them into goods and services through the European production system characterized, and characterizes to this day, all industrial systems including the information age."

"That appropriation of resources and the transformation of them into goods and services through the European production system characterized, and characterizes to this day, all industrial systems including the information age."

Paul Hawken, American Environmentalist

Age, Day, Information, Production

46

"We may be coming to a new golden age of instrument making."

"We may be coming to a new golden age of instrument making."

Yo-Yo Ma, American Musician

45

"He has a profound respect for old age. Especially when it's bottled."

"He has a profound respect for old age. Especially when it's bottled."

Gene Fowler, American Journalist

Age, Old, Respect

45

"Pretend to be dumb, that's the only way to reach old age."

"Pretend to be dumb, that's the only way to reach old age."

Friedrich Durrenmatt, Swiss Author

45

"Middle Age - later than you think and sooner than you expect."

"Middle Age - later than you think and sooner than you expect."

Earl Wilson, American Journalist

45

"There are three periods in life: youth, middle age and "how well you look"."

"There are three periods in life: youth, middle age and "how well you look"."

Nelson Rockefeller, American Vice President

Age, Middleage, Youth

45

"I avoid talking before the youth of the age as I would dancing before them: for if one's tongue don't move in the steps of the day, and thinks to please by its old graces, it is only an object of ridicule."

"I avoid talking before the youth of the age as I would dancing before them: for if one's tongue don't move in the steps of the day, and thinks to please by its old graces, it is only an object of ridicule."

Horace Walpole, English Author

Age, Dancing, Day, Old

45

"Learning to dislike children at an early age saves a lot of expense and aggravation later in life."

"Learning to dislike children at an early age saves a lot of expense and aggravation later in life."

Robert Byrne, American Celebrity

Age, Life, Children, Learning

45

"A man is a fool if he drinks before he reaches the age of 50, and a fool if he doesn't afterward."

"A man is a fool if he drinks before he reaches the age of 50, and a fool if he doesn't afterward."

Frank Lloyd Wright, American Architect

Age, Drinks, Fool, Man

45

"So, do I think I'm missing something? I really don't, and I think that comes with age."

"So, do I think I'm missing something? I really don't, and I think that comes with age."

Jami Gertz, American Actress

45

"These days too many of us seem inclined to cover our ears, close our eyes, and blindly follow the most narrow, conservative tenets of religion; or else seek comfort in the ancient traditions of New Age ritual."

"These days too many of us seem inclined to cover our ears, close our eyes, and blindly follow the most narrow, conservative tenets of religion; or else seek comfort in the ancient traditions of New Age ritual."

Joan D. Vinge, American Author

Age, Religion, Comfort, Conservative

45

"My ordination in the Church of God in Christ was at age 9, and I later became a Baptist minister, which I am today."

"My ordination in the Church of God in Christ was at age 9, and I later became a Baptist minister, which I am today."

Al Sharpton, American Politician

Age, God, Church, Christ

45

"Litigation takes the place of sex at middle age."

"Litigation takes the place of sex at middle age."

Gore Vidal, American Novelist

Age, Sex, Middleage

45

"Hollywood is sexist and age-ist, and that covers all the bases, I guess."

"Hollywood is sexist and age-ist, and that covers all the bases, I guess."

Kyra Sedgwick, American Actress

45

"When I got old enough to go to night clubs to hear that music at the age of 15."

"When I got old enough to go to night clubs to hear that music at the age of 15."

Johnny Winter, American Musician

Age, Music, Night, Old

45

"Alexander at the head of the world never tasted the true pleasure that boys of his own age have enjoyed at the head of a school."

"Alexander at the head of the world never tasted the true pleasure that boys of his own age have enjoyed at the head of a school."

Horace Walpole, English Author

Age, Boys, Pleasure, School

45

"I would always encourage people of any age not to be so quick to follow other people's truths but to search and follow your own moral code and live by your own integrity, and mostly just be brave."

"I would always encourage people of any age not to be so quick to follow other people's truths but to search and follow your own moral code and live by your own integrity, and mostly just be brave."

Jewel Kilcher, American Musician

Age, People, Integrity, Quick

45

"I've been going through photos of my mother, looking back on her life and trying to put it into context. Very few people age gracefully enough to be photographed through their aging."

"I've been going through photos of my mother, looking back on her life and trying to put it into context. Very few people age gracefully enough to be photographed through their aging."

Jamie Lee Curtis, American Actress

Age, Life, Mother, People

45

"We virtually never feel our age, but thinking that we should can lead to disaster."

"We virtually never feel our age, but thinking that we should can lead to disaster."

Martha Beck, American Author

Age, Disaster, Thinking

45

"At the age of 12, I developed an intense interest in mathematics. On exposure to algebra, I was fascinated by simultaneous equations and read ahead of the class to the end of the book."

"At the age of 12, I developed an intense interest in mathematics. On exposure to algebra, I was fascinated by simultaneous equations and read ahead of the class to the end of the book."

John Pople, English Scientist

Age, Class, End, Interest

45

"Science cannot tell theology how to construct a doctrine of creation, but you can't construct a doctrine of creation without taking account of the age of the universe and the evolutionary character of cosmic history."

"Science cannot tell theology how to construct a doctrine of creation, but you can't construct a doctrine of creation without taking account of the age of the universe and the evolutionary character of cosmic history."

John Polkinghorne, British Physicist

Age, History, Science, Character

45

"Middle age is when you're sitting at home on a Saturday night and the telephone rings and you hope it isn't for you."

"Middle age is when you're sitting at home on a Saturday night and the telephone rings and you hope it isn't for you."

Ogden Nash, American Poet

Age, Home, Hope, Middleage

45

"We have to instill in them the skills they need to succeed at a young age and open up their imaginations to the very real opportunities they can be afforded if they put their minds to it."

"We have to instill in them the skills they need to succeed at a young age and open up their imaginations to the very real opportunities they can be afforded if they put their minds to it."

Michael N. Castle, American Politician

Age, Open, Succeed

45

"I think the biggest disease the world suffers from in this day and age is the disease of people feeling unloved. I know that I can give love for a minute, for half an hour, for a day, for a month, but I can give. I am very happy to do that, I want to do that."

"I think the biggest disease the world suffers from in this day and age is the disease of people feeling unloved. I know that I can give love for a minute, for half an hour, for a day, for a month, but I can give. I am very happy to do that, I want to do that."

Princess Diana, British Royalty

Age, Love, People, Day

45

"So many people are accustomed to written information that you really have to have a few more bells and whistles in this day and age."

"So many people are accustomed to written information that you really have to have a few more bells and whistles in this day and age."

Chris Bell, American Politician

Age, People, Bells, Day

45

"Old age has got to start creeping up on me one day soon, and frankly I'm very scared. I don't want to be old. I've always felt so young. And I want to stay that way."

"Old age has got to start creeping up on me one day soon, and frankly I'm very scared. I don't want to be old. I've always felt so young. And I want to stay that way."

David Niven, English Actor

Age, Day, Old, Want

45

"Self-acceptance has been a blessed by-product of middle age."

"Self-acceptance has been a blessed by-product of middle age."

Candice Bergen, American Actress

Age, Middle age, Self

45

"I have read only the first 'Harry Potter' book. I thought it excellent, perhaps the best thing written for older children since The Hobbit. I wish the books had been around when my kids were the right age for them."

"I have read only the first 'Harry Potter' book. I thought it excellent, perhaps the best thing written for older children since The Hobbit. I wish the books had been around when my kids were the right age for them."

Gene Wolfe, American Writer

Age, Thought, Books, Children

45

"Age becomes reality when you hear someone refer to that attractive young woman standing next to the woman in the green dress, and you find that you're the one in the green dress."

"Age becomes reality when you hear someone refer to that attractive young woman standing next to the woman in the green dress, and you find that you're the one in the green dress."

Lois Wyse, American Advertising Executive

Age, Dress, Reality, Woman

45

"I'm 42 and the age of a guy who has kids, so I guess I'm playing right where I'm supposed to be. I'm comfortable with that, but in the same breath I'd do something edgy. If someone came to me and offered me an edgy and funny story, then I'd do it."

"I'm 42 and the age of a guy who has kids, so I guess I'm playing right where I'm supposed to be. I'm comfortable with that, but in the same breath I'd do something edgy. If someone came to me and offered me an edgy and funny story, then I'd do it."

Eddie Murphy, American Comedian

Age, Funny, Kids, Right

45

"I think I don't regret a single 'excess' of my responsive youth - I only regret, in my chilled age, certain occasions and possibilities I didn't embrace."

"I think I don't regret a single 'excess' of my responsive youth - I only regret, in my chilled age, certain occasions and possibilities I didn't embrace."

Henry James, American Writer

Age, Possibilities, Regret, Youth

45

"We put so much pressure on kids to excel in school at such a young age."

"We put so much pressure on kids to excel in school at such a young age."

Bruce Jenner, American Athlete

Age, Kids, Pressure, School

45

"The world is a tougher place to live in than it was back then, as we come into the computer age."

"The world is a tougher place to live in than it was back then, as we come into the computer age."

Joe Cocker, English Musician

Age, Computer, World

45

"It's only at this age that I can say the word 'art' without flinching."

"It's only at this age that I can say the word 'art' without flinching."

Mira Nair, Indian Director

45

"Since age seven, I've been composing and have never stopped composing, yet, the creative process is as elusive to me as it has ever been."

"Since age seven, I've been composing and have never stopped composing, yet, the creative process is as elusive to me as it has ever been."

Lukas Foss, German Composer

45

"I am of a healthy long lived race, and our minds improve with age."

"I am of a healthy long lived race, and our minds improve with age."

William Butler Yeats, Irish Poet

45

"Almost all my middle-aged and elderly acquaintances, including me, feel about 25, unless we haven't had our coffee, in which case we feel 107."

"Almost all my middle-aged and elderly acquaintances, including me, feel about 25, unless we haven't had our coffee, in which case we feel 107."

Martha Beck, American Author

Age, Coffee, Elderly

45

"Not just in commerce but in the world of ideas too our age is putting on a veritable clearance sale. Everything can be had so dirt cheap that one begins to wonder whether in the end anyone will want to make a bid."

"Not just in commerce but in the world of ideas too our age is putting on a veritable clearance sale. Everything can be had so dirt cheap that one begins to wonder whether in the end anyone will want to make a bid."

Soren Kierkegaard, Danish Philosopher

Age, Ideas, Commerce, End

45

"All the faults of the age come from Christianity and journalism. Christianity, of course, but why journalism?"

"All the faults of the age come from Christianity and journalism. Christianity, of course, but why journalism?"

Frank Harris, Irish Author

Age, Christianity, Faults, Journalism

45

"So by the time I taught myself the bass guitar at the age of 14, my hands were already pretty nimble."

"So by the time I taught myself the bass guitar at the age of 14, my hands were already pretty nimble."

John Entwistle, English Musician

Age, Time, Guitar, Pretty

45

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