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"When you're doing the traditional musicals, singing songs that are 40 and 50 years old, you realize there's a reason why those musicals are hits. These are amazing songs!"

"When you're doing the traditional musicals, singing songs that are 40 and 50 years old, you realize there's a reason why those musicals are hits. These are amazing songs!"

Tom Wopat, American Actor

Old, Reason, Singing, Songs

39

"The BBC produces wonderful programmes; it also produces a load of old rubbish."

"The BBC produces wonderful programmes; it also produces a load of old rubbish."

Jonathan Dimbleby, British Writer

39

"We thrust our fingers into our ears to stop its moan; but it was no good; the cry cut like a drill into our heads, dragging minutes into hours, hours into years. We withered and grew old between those cries."

"We thrust our fingers into our ears to stop its moan; but it was no good; the cry cut like a drill into our heads, dragging minutes into hours, hours into years. We withered and grew old between those cries."

Ernst Toller, German Playwright

39

"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

39

"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

39

"I'm a product of good nutrition, cutting edge supplementation and hard training, and I'm an old guy."

"I'm a product of good nutrition, cutting edge supplementation and hard training, and I'm an old guy."

Warren Cuccurullo, American Musician

39

"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

38

"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

38

"If I miss anything about the sport, it's the camaraderie of old teammates."

"If I miss anything about the sport, it's the camaraderie of old teammates."

Bo Jackson, American Athlete

38

"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

38

"At 6 years old I knew there was no place for me."

"At 6 years old I knew there was no place for me."

Herve Villechaize, French Actor

38

"I don't think there will be another Ghostbusters. I think we're all too old to do it. I think we've done it a couple times and there is not that much to get out of it, to do that would be fresh in it."

"I don't think there will be another Ghostbusters. I think we're all too old to do it. I think we've done it a couple times and there is not that much to get out of it, to do that would be fresh in it."

Ivan Reitman, Canadian Actor

38

"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

38

"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

38

"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

38

"I was partly old-fashioned and partly modern."

"I was partly old-fashioned and partly modern."

Eric Allin Cornell, American Physicist

38

"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

38

"To think, when one is no longer young, when one is not yet old, that one is no longer young, that one is not yet old, that is perhaps something."

"To think, when one is no longer young, when one is not yet old, that one is no longer young, that one is not yet old, that is perhaps something."

Maxwell Maltz, American Scientist

38

"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

38

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

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

Johnny Rotten, English Musician

38

"Exceptions are not always the proof of the old rule; they can also be the harbinger of a new one."

"Exceptions are not always the proof of the old rule; they can also be the harbinger of a new one."

Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach, Austrian Novelist

38

"The old charters of Massachusetts, Virginia, and the Carolinas had given title to strips of territory extending from the Atlantic westward to the Pacific."

"The old charters of Massachusetts, Virginia, and the Carolinas had given title to strips of territory extending from the Atlantic westward to the Pacific."

Albert Bushnell Hart, American Historian

38

"I don't believe that old cliche that good things come to those who wait. I think good things come to those who want something so bad they can't sit still."

"I don't believe that old cliche that good things come to those who wait. I think good things come to those who want something so bad they can't sit still."

Ashton Kutcher, American Actor

38

"I am too old for an eyebrow piercing but too young for an eyebrow lift."

"I am too old for an eyebrow piercing but too young for an eyebrow lift."

Max Cannon, American Artist

38

"Perhaps one has to be very old before one learns to be amused rather than shocked."

"Perhaps one has to be very old before one learns to be amused rather than shocked."

Robert Browning, English Poet

37

"After 50, the rock 'n' roll road is a little absurd. It's very difficult to play these little places. You're out there on a rickety old bus with no place to shower."

"After 50, the rock 'n' roll road is a little absurd. It's very difficult to play these little places. You're out there on a rickety old bus with no place to shower."

Nancy Sinatra, American Musician

Old, Play, Road

37

"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

37

"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

37

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

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

Jonathan Frid, Canadian Actor

37

"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

37

"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

37

"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

37

"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

37

"When one gets old and they are sick, there are not many things they can count on but they should be able to count on Social Security. Our seniors' retirement should never rely on the bull of political promises or the bear of the market."

"When one gets old and they are sick, there are not many things they can count on but they should be able to count on Social Security. Our seniors' retirement should never rely on the bull of political promises or the bear of the market."

Barbara Mikulski, American Politician

Old, Promises, Retirement, Security

37

"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

37

"It couldn't have happened anywhere but in little old New York."

"It couldn't have happened anywhere but in little old New York."

O. Henry, American Writer

37

"I feel like I'm always having to justify why I haven't kept in touch with anyone from the old days in Stoke-on-Trent, but I'm like that with anybody. I don't let anybody in. I just rely on myself."

"I feel like I'm always having to justify why I haven't kept in touch with anyone from the old days in Stoke-on-Trent, but I'm like that with anybody. I don't let anybody in. I just rely on myself."

Robbie Williams, British Musician

37

"When I was nearly twelve years old, my kind mistress sickened and died."

"When I was nearly twelve years old, my kind mistress sickened and died."

Harriet Ann Jacobs, American Writer

37

"Once you are over 30, 35 years old, I think everyone should get down to the gym and start moving again."

"Once you are over 30, 35 years old, I think everyone should get down to the gym and start moving again."

Warren Cuccurullo, American Musician

37

"I'm just a tough old woman."

"I'm just a tough old woman."

Marjory Stoneman Douglas, American Journalist

37

"I started when I was 8 years old, which is obviously nowadays pretty late, but I guess in my generation it was all right. I had plenty of other interests and I didn't do only tennis."

"I started when I was 8 years old, which is obviously nowadays pretty late, but I guess in my generation it was all right. I had plenty of other interests and I didn't do only tennis."

Jana Novotna, Czechoslovakian Athlete

Old, Pretty, Right, Tennis

37

"One thing is certain. The old Piper Laurie is no more."

"One thing is certain. The old Piper Laurie is no more."

Piper Laurie, American Actress

36

"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

36

"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

36

"Old soldiers never die; they just fade away."

"Old soldiers never die; they just fade away."

Douglas MacArthur, American Soldier

36

"I think when I was two years old in the sandbox. I think I formulated my basic philosophy there, and I haven't really had to alter it very much ever since."

"I think when I was two years old in the sandbox. I think I formulated my basic philosophy there, and I haven't really had to alter it very much ever since."

Boyd Rice, American Artist

Old, Philosophy, Years

36

"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

36

"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

36

"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

36

"Why in the world would anyone want to photograph an old woman like me?"

"Why in the world would anyone want to photograph an old woman like me?"

Lillie Langtry, British Actress

Old, Want, Woman, World

36

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