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"The Polo Lounge is like a fine old mink coat: opulent, dignified and warm."

"The Polo Lounge is like a fine old mink coat: opulent, dignified and warm."

Bryan Miller, American Comedian

14

"I don't think I would ever have been able to be an actress had I not started at nine years old. I would have been the last person to stand up and say, 'I'd like to star in the play.'"

"I don't think I would ever have been able to be an actress had I not started at nine years old. I would have been the last person to stand up and say, 'I'd like to star in the play.'"

Kristen Stewart, American Actress

Old, Play, Years

14

"I was 20 years old and felt I had a lot to offer, even to myself."

"I was 20 years old and felt I had a lot to offer, even to myself."

Tina Yothers, American Actress

14

"I would like to go to University and be like a normal 20 year old."

"I would like to go to University and be like a normal 20 year old."

Louise Woodward, British Celebrity

Old, University

14

"You can't be too old to be a writer, but you can definitely be too young!"

"You can't be too old to be a writer, but you can definitely be too young!"

Joanna Trollope, English Novelist

14

"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

14

"The old Inquisition had its rack and its thumbscrews and its instruments of torture with iron teeth."

"The old Inquisition had its rack and its thumbscrews and its instruments of torture with iron teeth."

Rose Schneiderman, Polish Activist

14

"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

14

"Well, you know, I left Cuba as a kid when I was 6 years old back in 1971."

"Well, you know, I left Cuba as a kid when I was 6 years old back in 1971."

Rafael Palmeiro, Cuban Athlete

14

"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

14

"Don't accept the old order. Get rid of it."

"Don't accept the old order. Get rid of it."

Johnny Rotten, English Musician

14

"I am a firm believer in if you can't get it the old fashioned way, you don't need it."

"I am a firm believer in if you can't get it the old fashioned way, you don't need it."

Bo Jackson, American Athlete

14

"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

14

"I wrote the book in my head when I was 6 years old."

"I wrote the book in my head when I was 6 years old."

Steven Cojocaru, Canadian Critic

14

"In that, Blade 2 is very much like a rock concert... if it's too loud, you're too old."

"In that, Blade 2 is very much like a rock concert... if it's too loud, you're too old."

Guillermo del Toro, Mexican Director

14

"I do remember, though, when I discovered the third! I was about five years old - it was a very pleasing sound. I remembered that if I hit one note, then skipped one and played the next, I could get this really good sound."

"I do remember, though, when I discovered the third! I was about five years old - it was a very pleasing sound. I remembered that if I hit one note, then skipped one and played the next, I could get this really good sound."

Robert Morris, American Financier

Old, Sound, Years

13

"I look forward to growing old and wise and audacious."

"I look forward to growing old and wise and audacious."

Glenda Jackson, British Actress

13

"Suddenly Star Wars came out while we were on hiatus, and we looked like the old Buck Rogers series, where they had cigarette smoke blowing out the back of the rocket ship."

"Suddenly Star Wars came out while we were on hiatus, and we looked like the old Buck Rogers series, where they had cigarette smoke blowing out the back of the rocket ship."

Gregory Harrison, American Actor

13

"To passively get up and play a bunch of old songs wouldn't have really motivated us. So we are bringing the new material into the set and it goes down really well."

"To passively get up and play a bunch of old songs wouldn't have really motivated us. So we are bringing the new material into the set and it goes down really well."

Andy Taylor, British Musician

Old, Play, Songs

13

"For all my criticisms of the current system, it doesn't mean that I would like to return to the old one."

"For all my criticisms of the current system, it doesn't mean that I would like to return to the old one."

Helen Suzman, South African Politician

Old, Southafrican

13

"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

13

"I have very old-fashioned tastes."

"I have very old-fashioned tastes."

Jerry Hall, American Model

13

"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

13

"You don't find me too bald, do you? Old, and bald, and with a belly?"

"You don't find me too bald, do you? Old, and bald, and with a belly?"

Julio Iglesias, American Musician

13

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

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

Jackie Jackson, American Musician

13

"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

13

"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

13

"It's sad - it's sad for us old enough to remember when directors ruled, and films were substantially better than they are today. But it's hard to argue with those kinds of grosses."

"It's sad - it's sad for us old enough to remember when directors ruled, and films were substantially better than they are today. But it's hard to argue with those kinds of grosses."

Mark Rydell, American Director

13

"When I was 14 years old, I decided I could cook. It was either that or puberty."

"When I was 14 years old, I decided I could cook. It was either that or puberty."

Dom DeLuise, American Actor

13

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

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

Garth Brooks, American Musician

13

"These guys are so old they're eligible for meals on wheels."

"These guys are so old they're eligible for meals on wheels."

Mickey Rivers, American Athlete

13

"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

13

"The clock never stops, never stops, never waits. We're growing old. It's getting late."

"The clock never stops, never stops, never waits. We're growing old. It's getting late."

Ben Folds, American Musician

13

"I suppose the old natural stuff would be ok, the old mushroom, but I wouldn't advise anyone to do it."

"I suppose the old natural stuff would be ok, the old mushroom, but I wouldn't advise anyone to do it."

Noel Redding, English Musician

13

"Back in the old Corp, we weren't training those privates to infiltrate into the peacetime Marine Corp. We were training those privates to go to Vietnam."

"Back in the old Corp, we weren't training those privates to infiltrate into the peacetime Marine Corp. We were training those privates to go to Vietnam."

R. Lee Ermey, American Soldier

Old, Training, Vietnam

13

"We grow neither better or worse as we get old, but more like ourselves."

"We grow neither better or worse as we get old, but more like ourselves."

Bernard Baruch, American Businessman

13

"In the tenth century the old Batavian and later Roman forms have faded away."

"In the tenth century the old Batavian and later Roman forms have faded away."

John Lothrop Motley, American Historian

13

"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

13

"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

13

"It occurred to me, when I was old enough to make rules of my own, that they should be fair and simple."

"It occurred to me, when I was old enough to make rules of my own, that they should be fair and simple."

Moon Unit Zappa, American Musician

13

"Mostly it was Mad magazine. And I did read a lot of - I had a subscription when I was little, but I also had access to some old collections, the little paperbacks of the really good stuff."

"Mostly it was Mad magazine. And I did read a lot of - I had a subscription when I was little, but I also had access to some old collections, the little paperbacks of the really good stuff."

Alison Bechdel, American Cartoonist

13

"We have tried to make it clear that the United States is not just an old cow that gives more milk the more it is kicked in the flanks."

"We have tried to make it clear that the United States is not just an old cow that gives more milk the more it is kicked in the flanks."

Dean Rusk, American Diplomat

Old, States, United

13

"I feel like I could be likened to an old hound circling on a rug for the last five years."

"I feel like I could be likened to an old hound circling on a rug for the last five years."

Neil Young, Canadian Musician

13

"Grow old with me! The best is yet to be."

"Grow old with me! The best is yet to be."

Robert Browning, English Poet

13

"If we're not on them, they go back to their old ways."

"If we're not on them, they go back to their old ways."

Dick Butkus, American Athlete

13

"I always traveled. I left Cameroon when I was 11 years old. I lived in the USA, in Switzerland."

"I always traveled. I left Cameroon when I was 11 years old. I lived in the USA, in Switzerland."

Yannick Noah, French Athlete

13

"I was 30 years old and this girl I knew found out I had never gotten high. Nobody had ever told me about marijuana."

"I was 30 years old and this girl I knew found out I had never gotten high. Nobody had ever told me about marijuana."

Jack Herer, American Activist

13

"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

13

"I was just 20 years old when I wrote Broken Arrow."

"I was just 20 years old when I wrote Broken Arrow."

Neil Young, Canadian Musician

13

"The 'good old times' - all times when old are good."

"The 'good old times' - all times when old are good."

Lord Byron, British Poet

13

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