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"Though why should we expect age to mellow us? If it isn't life's business to reward merit, why should it be life's business to give us warm, comfortable feelings towards its end? What possible evolutionary purpose could nostalgia serve?"

"Though why should we expect age to mellow us? If it isn't life's business to reward merit, why should it be life's business to give us warm, comfortable feelings towards its end? What possible evolutionary purpose could nostalgia serve?"

Julian Barnes, English Writer

Life, Aging, Nostalgia, Reflection

49

"Life is a pilgrimage. The wise man does not rest by the roadside inns. He marches direct to the illimitable domain of eternal bliss, his ultimate destination."

"Life is a pilgrimage. The wise man does not rest by the roadside inns. He marches direct to the illimitable domain of eternal bliss, his ultimate destination."

Swami Sivananda, Indian Philosopher

Life, Inns, Man, Pilgrimage

49

"What's different here is that we have now technologies that allow these life science companies to bypass classical breeding. That's what makes it both powerful and exciting."

"What's different here is that we have now technologies that allow these life science companies to bypass classical breeding. That's what makes it both powerful and exciting."

Jeremy Rifkin, American Economist

Life, Science, Breeding, Now

49

"As a mom, I always feel I have to protect them. I talk about them because they are the most important things in my life but they are private people. I won't use them for my own press."

"As a mom, I always feel I have to protect them. I talk about them because they are the most important things in my life but they are private people. I won't use them for my own press."

Jami Gertz, American Actress

Life, Mom, People, Press

49

"In every age poets and social reformers have tried to stimulate the people of their own time to a nobler life by enchanting stories of the virtues of the heroes of old."

"In every age poets and social reformers have tried to stimulate the people of their own time to a nobler life by enchanting stories of the virtues of the heroes of old."

Alfred Marshall, English Economist

Life, Age, Time, People

49

"Infancy is what is eternal, and the rest, all the rest, is brevity, extreme brevity."

"Infancy is what is eternal, and the rest, all the rest, is brevity, extreme brevity."

Antonio Porchia, Italian Poet

Life, Brevity, Extreme, Rest

49

"To be in the EU, it means to have same rules of... for economy, for social life, to be together in the majority of European countries."

"To be in the EU, it means to have same rules of... for economy, for social life, to be together in the majority of European countries."

Aleksander Kwasniewski, Polish Politician

Life, Countries, Economy, Majority

49

"I wanted to do a show based on what my life would be like if I had never become a comedian."

"I wanted to do a show based on what my life would be like if I had never become a comedian."

Drew Carey, American Actor

49

"To summarize, the particular song a male sings, and the behavioral responses of females to song and morphological signals, are not genetically inherited in a fixed manner but are determined by learning early in life."

"To summarize, the particular song a male sings, and the behavioral responses of females to song and morphological signals, are not genetically inherited in a fixed manner but are determined by learning early in life."

Peter R. Grant, American Scientist

Life, Learning, Song

49

"Everything runs its course. We had told a lot of stories that happened in our life. My kid was getting older, and we were running out of stories to tell."

"Everything runs its course. We had told a lot of stories that happened in our life. My kid was getting older, and we were running out of stories to tell."

Howie Mandel, Canadian Comedian

49

"Any relations in a social order will endure, if there is infused into them some of that spirit of human sympathy which qualifies life for immortality."

"Any relations in a social order will endure, if there is infused into them some of that spirit of human sympathy which qualifies life for immortality."

George William Russell, Irish Writer

Life, Sympathy, Immortality, Order

49

"Most people would rather suffer through a bad situation than take the steps needed to free themselves, especially if they knew that by freeing themselves, it would make them hunted."

"Most people would rather suffer through a bad situation than take the steps needed to free themselves, especially if they knew that by freeing themselves, it would make them hunted."

Sherrilyn Kenyon, American Author

Life, Freedom, Courage, Action, Struggle

49

"My personal philosophy of life is one of ethics."

"My personal philosophy of life is one of ethics."

Alva Myrdal, Swedish Diplomat

Life, Ethics, Philosophy

49

"I feel that life is short, so we should be disciplined, but at the same time we should have a good time."

"I feel that life is short, so we should be disciplined, but at the same time we should have a good time."

Wyclef Jean, American Musician

49

"I really don't think life is about the I-could-have-beens. Life is only about the I-tried-to-do. I don't mind the failure but I can't imagine that I'd forgive myself if I didn't try."

"I really don't think life is about the I-could-have-beens. Life is only about the I-tried-to-do. I don't mind the failure but I can't imagine that I'd forgive myself if I didn't try."

Nikki Giovanni, American Poet

Life, Failure, Mind

49

"All my life I've been looking for diversity."

"All my life I've been looking for diversity."

Max von Sydow, Swedish Actor

Life, Diversity

49

"I'm living my life, not buying a lifestyle."

"I'm living my life, not buying a lifestyle."

Barbara Kruger, American Artist

Life, Buying, Living

49

"It's a fascinating area for me, UFOs have occupied a great part of my life since I was very young."

"It's a fascinating area for me, UFOs have occupied a great part of my life since I was very young."

Dwight Schultz, American Actor

49

"Man unlike the animal has never learned that the sole purpose of life is to enjoy it."

"Man unlike the animal has never learned that the sole purpose of life is to enjoy it."

Samuel Butler, British Poet

Life, Enjoyment, Pleasure, Behavior

49

"I've been around jazz and jazz musicians most of my life."

"I've been around jazz and jazz musicians most of my life."

Kenneth Rexroth, American Poet

Life, Jazz, Musicians

49

"Life is a great bundle of little things."

"Life is a great bundle of little things."

Oliver Wendell Holmes, American Writer

Life, Joy, Moment, Awareness

49

"Never before has a civilization reached such a degree of a contempt for life; never before has a generation, drowned in mortification, felt such a rage to live."

"Never before has a civilization reached such a degree of a contempt for life; never before has a generation, drowned in mortification, felt such a rage to live."

Raoul Vaneigem, Belgian Philosopher

Life, Civilization, Contempt

49

"Life is short and progress is slow."

"Life is short and progress is slow."

Gabriel Lippmann, French Scientist

49

"The most important thing to strive for in life is some kind of personal and professional achievement. Not as a man or a woman, but as a person."

"The most important thing to strive for in life is some kind of personal and professional achievement. Not as a man or a woman, but as a person."

Candace Bushnell, American Writer

Life, Achievement, Man, Woman

49

"Yes, I am Algerian of Moroccan origin through my parents, but all my life is Algeria. I was born there."

"Yes, I am Algerian of Moroccan origin through my parents, but all my life is Algeria. I was born there."

Ahmed Ben Bella, Algerian Politician

49

"Illness is the night side of life, a more onerous citizenship. Everyone who is born holds dual citizenship, in the kingdom of the well and in the kingdom of the sick. Although we all prefer to use the good passport, sooner or later each of us is obliged, at least for a spell, to identify ourselves as citizens of that other place."

"Illness is the night side of life, a more onerous citizenship. Everyone who is born holds dual citizenship, in the kingdom of the well and in the kingdom of the sick. Although we all prefer to use the good passport, sooner or later each of us is obliged, at least for a spell, to identify ourselves as citizens of that other place."

Susan Sontag, American Author

Life, Illness, Duality, Health

49

"As I look back on the last few decades of my life, I am struck by the good fortune that came my way."

"As I look back on the last few decades of my life, I am struck by the good fortune that came my way."

Daniel Nathans, American Scientist

49

"I have no intention of discussing my private life with anyone."

"I have no intention of discussing my private life with anyone."

Claire Bloom, British Actress

Life, Intention

49

"I've already got my rent paid, and it's too late in my life for me to go around talking up stuff that I don't like or believe in."

"I've already got my rent paid, and it's too late in my life for me to go around talking up stuff that I don't like or believe in."

Wilford Brimley, American Actor

49

"But I'm very happy with my life the way it has been turning out. A little time in the country, a little time with the animals and working on behalf of them."

"But I'm very happy with my life the way it has been turning out. A little time in the country, a little time with the animals and working on behalf of them."

Mary Tyler Moore, American Actress

Life, Time, Animals, Country

49

"I had enjoyed life in Paris, and, taking all things into consideration, enjoyed it wholesomely."

"I had enjoyed life in Paris, and, taking all things into consideration, enjoyed it wholesomely."

James Weldon Johnson, American Poet

Life, Consideration, Paris

49

"I was in a very deep, dark slump, and I needed to find a way to get myself out of it. I had to force myself back out into life, back out into experiencing things."

"I was in a very deep, dark slump, and I needed to find a way to get myself out of it. I had to force myself back out into life, back out into experiencing things."

Shania Twain, Canadian Musician

Life, Deep, Force

49

"A trait which differentiated New York from European cities was the incredible freedom and ease in which life, including sexual life, could be carried on, on many levels."

"A trait which differentiated New York from European cities was the incredible freedom and ease in which life, including sexual life, could be carried on, on many levels."

Jerzy Kosinski, Polish Novelist

Life, Cities, Freedom

49

"The dead should not rule the living."

"The dead should not rule the living."

Thomas Jefferson, American President

Life, Death, Power, Existence

49

"The fact of the matter is that the most unexpected and miraculous thing in my life was the arrival in it of poetry itself - as a vocation and an elevation almost."

"The fact of the matter is that the most unexpected and miraculous thing in my life was the arrival in it of poetry itself - as a vocation and an elevation almost."

Seamus Heaney, Irish Poet

Life, Poetry, Fact, Vocation

49

"I've always been very impatient. At age 10 I frankly found life boring, and I can remember age 9 having the awful thought, as it seems now looking back on it, A war! That should liven things up a bit!"

"I've always been very impatient. At age 10 I frankly found life boring, and I can remember age 9 having the awful thought, as it seems now looking back on it, A war! That should liven things up a bit!"

Roger Bannister, British Athlete

Life, Age, Thought, Now

49

"Life has a way of forcing us to grow in one way or another, constantly. We sometimes try to stem the growth by being unbending..yet, look what happens to the branches of a tree, if they refuse to bend to whims of the weather? They snap and break...If one starts to learn to be flexible and not resist life.... one steps into the kind of Mastery that is able to walk on the waters of time."

"Life has a way of forcing us to grow in one way or another, constantly. We sometimes try to stem the growth by being unbending..yet, look what happens to the branches of a tree, if they refuse to bend to whims of the weather? They snap and break...If one starts to learn to be flexible and not resist life.... one steps into the kind of Mastery that is able to walk on the waters of time."

Angie karan, British Author

Life, Growth, Flexibility, Truth

49

"All stereotypes turn out to be true. This is a horrifying thing about life. All those things you fought against as a youth: you begin to realize they're stereotypes because they're true."

"All stereotypes turn out to be true. This is a horrifying thing about life. All those things you fought against as a youth: you begin to realize they're stereotypes because they're true."

David Cronenberg, Canadian Director

49

"To see, and to show, is the mission now undertaken by Life."

"To see, and to show, is the mission now undertaken by Life."

Henry R. Luce, American Editor

Life, Mission, Now

49

"It's too bad that one has to conceive of sports as being the only arena where risks are, for all of life is risk exercise. That's the only way to live more freely, and more interestingly."

"It's too bad that one has to conceive of sports as being the only arena where risks are, for all of life is risk exercise. That's the only way to live more freely, and more interestingly."

William Coffin, Jr., American Minister

Life, Sports, Being, Exercise

49

"As long as you're alive, there's always a chance things will get better."

"As long as you're alive, there's always a chance things will get better."

Laini Taylor, American Novelist

Life, Hope, Persistence, Resilience

49

"Even though you can't expect to defeat the absurdity of the world, you must make that attempt. That's morality, that's religion. That's art. That's life."

"Even though you can't expect to defeat the absurdity of the world, you must make that attempt. That's morality, that's religion. That's art. That's life."

Phil Ochs, American Musician

Life, Art, Religion, Morality

49

"That which you create in beauty and goodness and truth lives on for all time to come. Don't spend your life accumulating material objects that will only turn to dust and ashes."

"That which you create in beauty and goodness and truth lives on for all time to come. Don't spend your life accumulating material objects that will only turn to dust and ashes."

Denis Waitley, American Writer

Life, Beauty, Time, Truth

49

"I grew up doing musicals. I've done so many musicals in my life, I kind of got them out of my system. But, I certainly would be open to them. Rocky Horror Show is a big favorite of mine."

"I grew up doing musicals. I've done so many musicals in my life, I kind of got them out of my system. But, I certainly would be open to them. Rocky Horror Show is a big favorite of mine."

Guy Pearce, English Actor

Life, Favorite, Horror, Open

49

"Only through the conscious action of the working masses in city and country can it be brought to life, only through the people's highest intellectual maturity and inexhaustible idealism can it be brought safely through all storms and find its way to port."

"Only through the conscious action of the working masses in city and country can it be brought to life, only through the people's highest intellectual maturity and inexhaustible idealism can it be brought safely through all storms and find its way to port."

Rosa Luxemburg, Polish Activist

Life, People, Action, Country

49

"Our thoughts shape how we behave."

"Our thoughts shape how we behave."

Bangambiki Habyarimana, Rwandan Author

Life, Thought, Behavior, Mind, Action

49

"Small science, which includes most research in the life sciences all over the world, is science directed usually by an individual senior scientist and a small team of junior associates, perhaps three, ten, fifteen, something in that order."

"Small science, which includes most research in the life sciences all over the world, is science directed usually by an individual senior scientist and a small team of junior associates, perhaps three, ten, fifteen, something in that order."

Daniel Nathans, American Scientist

Life, Science, Order, Research

49

"You have a right to experiment with your life. You will make mistakes. And they are right too. No, I think there was too rigid a pattern. You came out of an education and are supposed to know your vocation. Your vocation is fixed, and maybe ten years later you find you are not a teacher anymore or you're not a painter anymore. It may happen. It has happened. I mean Gauguin decided at a certain point he wasn't a banker anymore; he was a painter. And so he walked away from banking. I think we have a right to change course. But society is the one that keeps demanding that we fit in and not disturb things. They would like you to fit in right away so that things work now."

"You have a right to experiment with your life. You will make mistakes. And they are right too. No, I think there was too rigid a pattern. You came out of an education and are supposed to know your vocation. Your vocation is fixed, and maybe ten years later you find you are not a teacher anymore or you're not a painter anymore. It may happen. It has happened. I mean Gauguin decided at a certain point he wasn't a banker anymore; he was a painter. And so he walked away from banking. I think we have a right to change course. But society is the one that keeps demanding that we fit in and not disturb things. They would like you to fit in right away so that things work now."

Anais Nin, American Author

Life, Vocation, Change, Mistake

49

"Changes come all the time. Just as soon as things get really nice they change,' she said with a sigh."

"Changes come all the time. Just as soon as things get really nice they change,' she said with a sigh."

L. M. Montgomery, Canadian Author

Life, Change, Impermanence, Acceptance

49

"Life obliges me to do something, so I paint."

"Life obliges me to do something, so I paint."

Rene Magritte, Belgian Artist

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