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"No matter how old you are, there's always something good to look forward to."

"No matter how old you are, there's always something good to look forward to."

Lynn Johnston, American Cartoonist

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"Shoe Suede Blues is ten years old this year. The Band consists of four members."

"Shoe Suede Blues is ten years old this year. The Band consists of four members."

Peter Tork, American Musician

5

"I'm too old to adapt to somebody else's ways."

"I'm too old to adapt to somebody else's ways."

Claudia Christian, American Actress

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"I'm 82 years old, wherever I go everybody knows me, but here's why... I'm a merchandiser, I'm not just a writer, I stay in every avenue you can think of."

"I'm 82 years old, wherever I go everybody knows me, but here's why... I'm a merchandiser, I'm not just a writer, I stay in every avenue you can think of."

Mickey Spillane, American Author

Old, Writer, Years

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"I've said it once and I'll say it a a hundred times, I'm forty-four years old."

"I've said it once and I'll say it a a hundred times, I'm forty-four years old."

Satchel Paige, American Athlete

5

"Old #64 chose... a gentle jog, fast enough to prove I was alive, slow enough to savor the cheers. They washed over me. They warmed me. I knew I could live without them but I loved them."

"Old #64 chose... a gentle jog, fast enough to prove I was alive, slow enough to savor the cheers. They washed over me. They warmed me. I knew I could live without them but I loved them."

Jerry Kramer, American Athlete

5

"When you're in a movie, they treat you like you're four years old and give you whatever you want."

"When you're in a movie, they treat you like you're four years old and give you whatever you want."

Eric Stoltz, American Actor

Old, Want, Years

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"I was just about 6 weeks old when we moved to Detroit."

"I was just about 6 weeks old when we moved to Detroit."

Eddie Floyd, American Musician

4

"It's really a grand old, legendary theatre where the spirits of like Judy Garland and all these great performers have been. The clubs are way more underground."

"It's really a grand old, legendary theatre where the spirits of like Judy Garland and all these great performers have been. The clubs are way more underground."

Deborah Cox, Canadian Musician

Old, Spirits, Theatre

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"There's that old adage about how there's only seven plots in the world and Shakespeare's done them all before."

"There's that old adage about how there's only seven plots in the world and Shakespeare's done them all before."

Terri Windling, American Artist

Old, Shakespeare, World

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"We have groups that do that, but I can't rap with the mentality of an 18 year old when I'm in my 30's."

"We have groups that do that, but I can't rap with the mentality of an 18 year old when I'm in my 30's."

Ice T, American Musician

4

"And I continued to grow until I was 25 years old."

"And I continued to grow until I was 25 years old."

Julius Erving, American Athlete

4

"As long as any adult thinks that he, like the parents and teachers of old, can become introspective, invoking his own youth to understand the youth before him, he is lost."

"As long as any adult thinks that he, like the parents and teachers of old, can become introspective, invoking his own youth to understand the youth before him, he is lost."

Margaret Mead, American Scientist

Old, Parents, Teachers, Youth

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"The old believe everything, the middle-aged suspect everything, the young know everything."

"The old believe everything, the middle-aged suspect everything, the young know everything."

Oscar Wilde, Irish Dramatist

4

"You just witnessed an old-fashioned rump kicking."

"You just witnessed an old-fashioned rump kicking."

Hayden Fry, American Coach

4

"It is better to be young in your failures than old in your successes."

"It is better to be young in your failures than old in your successes."

Flannery O'Connor, American Author

4

"I long to be in the Field again, doing my part to keep the old flag up, with all its stars."

"I long to be in the Field again, doing my part to keep the old flag up, with all its stars."

Joshua Chamberlain, American Soldier

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"If you're old and you lose, they say you're outmoded. If you're young and you lose, they say you're green. So don't lose."

"If you're old and you lose, they say you're outmoded. If you're young and you lose, they say you're green. So don't lose."

Terry Brennan, American Football Coach

4

"When I was a kid, I loved Popeye, but the old ones, the real old ones."

"When I was a kid, I loved Popeye, but the old ones, the real old ones."

John Goodman, American Actor

4

"I am not old but mellow like good wine."

"I am not old but mellow like good wine."

Stephen Phillips, English Poet

4

"I was born in Massachusetts and lived there until I was thirteen years old."

"I was born in Massachusetts and lived there until I was thirteen years old."

Robert Goulet, American Musician

4

"Younger hackers are hard to classify. They're probably just as diverse as the old hackers are. We're all over the map."

"Younger hackers are hard to classify. They're probably just as diverse as the old hackers are. We're all over the map."

Larry Wall, Canadian Author

4

"I find Jesse Jackson to be religiously, progressively old fashioned."

"I find Jesse Jackson to be religiously, progressively old fashioned."

Jackie Jackson, American Musician

4

"Of course I'm respectable. I'm old. Politicians, ugly buildings, and whores all get respectable if they last long enough."

"Of course I'm respectable. I'm old. Politicians, ugly buildings, and whores all get respectable if they last long enough."

Robert Towne, American Actor

Old, Politicians, Ugly

4

"I'm an old curmudgeon and I know it."

"I'm an old curmudgeon and I know it."

Jonathan Frid, Canadian Actor

4

"I'd pick a young white guy over an old white guy for president anytime because the younger guy is more likely to have been influenced by the great social changes of the '60s and '70s."

"I'd pick a young white guy over an old white guy for president anytime because the younger guy is more likely to have been influenced by the great social changes of the '60s and '70s."

D. L. Hughley, American Actor

4

"My major league debut came at old Busch Stadium on Grand Avenue in St. Louis against the Pittsburgh Pirates."

"My major league debut came at old Busch Stadium on Grand Avenue in St. Louis against the Pittsburgh Pirates."

Steve Carlton, American Athlete

4

"We owned a bearded collie for many years. Sophie. She was old, and she died last year."

"We owned a bearded collie for many years. Sophie. She was old, and she died last year."

Erika Slezak, American Actress

4

"That Mississippi sound, that Delta sound is in them old records. You can hear it all the way through."

"That Mississippi sound, that Delta sound is in them old records. You can hear it all the way through."

Muddy Waters, American Musician

4

"New links must be forged as old ones rust."

"New links must be forged as old ones rust."

Jane Howard, American Journalist

4

"Everything that's old is new, and everything that's new is old."

"Everything that's old is new, and everything that's new is old."

Stephanie Mills, American Musician

4

"The only thing that differentiates you and me from a couple of fourteen year old pyromaniacs is balistic glass!"

"The only thing that differentiates you and me from a couple of fourteen year old pyromaniacs is balistic glass!"

Adam Savage, American Entertainer

4

"I warn you not to be ordinary, I warn you not to be young, I warn you not to fall ill, and I warn you not to grow old."

"I warn you not to be ordinary, I warn you not to be young, I warn you not to fall ill, and I warn you not to grow old."

Neil Kinnock, Spanish Politician

4

"I'm old fashioned with my cell phone. I like that human contact and I think it's important."

"I'm old fashioned with my cell phone. I like that human contact and I think it's important."

Giovanni Ribisi, American Actor

4

"There is room in our ranks for the old and decrepit, as well as the young and vigorous."

"There is room in our ranks for the old and decrepit, as well as the young and vigorous."

Gerrit Smith, American Politician

4

"I'm much too young to feel this damn old."

"I'm much too young to feel this damn old."

Garth Brooks, American Musician

4

"I was raised Catholic until I was old enough to say no."

"I was raised Catholic until I was old enough to say no."

John Cusack, American Actor

4

"I consider you as old as you look and feel. And in that case I feel - I feel I'm about 39, like Jack Benny."

"I consider you as old as you look and feel. And in that case I feel - I feel I'm about 39, like Jack Benny."

Joan Collins, American Actress

4

"If we all knew we were going to live to be 150 years old, we'd all approach our lives very differently."

"If we all knew we were going to live to be 150 years old, we'd all approach our lives very differently."

Eric Bogosian, American Actor

4

"I sang and wrote songs when I was 12 years old."

"I sang and wrote songs when I was 12 years old."

Mose Allison, American Musician

Old, Songs, Years

4

"You know you're old if your walker has an airbag."

"You know you're old if your walker has an airbag."

Phyllis Diller, American Comedian

4

"One of my rules is: Never listen to your old stuff."

"One of my rules is: Never listen to your old stuff."

Lou Reed, American Musician

4

"So it's really nice after about a year and a half to get back on stage and flex those old muscles."

"So it's really nice after about a year and a half to get back on stage and flex those old muscles."

Michael C. Hall, American Actor

4

"The old know what they want; the young are sad and bewildered."

"The old know what they want; the young are sad and bewildered."

Logan P. Smith, American Writer

4

"I like doing things the old way."

"I like doing things the old way."

Kenny W. Shepherd, American Musician

4

"I speak of the old Japan, because out of the ashes of the old Japan there has risen a new Japan."

"I speak of the old Japan, because out of the ashes of the old Japan there has risen a new Japan."

Shigeru Yoshida, Japanese Politician

4

"It is not how old you are, but how you are old."

"It is not how old you are, but how you are old."

Jules Renard, French Dramatist

4

"When I was 19 years old, I came down with anorexia. I had it for about a year before it became public. And it had a lot to do with my self-esteem."

"When I was 19 years old, I came down with anorexia. I had it for about a year before it became public. And it had a lot to do with my self-esteem."

Tracey Gold, American Actress

Old, Public, Self, Years

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"If you want to grow old as a pilot, you've got to know when to push it, and when to back off."

"If you want to grow old as a pilot, you've got to know when to push it, and when to back off."

Chuck Yeager, American Aviator

4

"It's also ironic that in the old days of tape and tape hiss and vinyl records and surface noise, we were always trying to get records louder and louder to overcome that."

"It's also ironic that in the old days of tape and tape hiss and vinyl records and surface noise, we were always trying to get records louder and louder to overcome that."

T-Bone Burnett, American Musician

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