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"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

"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

4

"When I was 7 years old, I put on shows for everyone at my grandpa's funeral. I was always the little entertainer."

"When I was 7 years old, I put on shows for everyone at my grandpa's funeral. I was always the little entertainer."

Natalie Portman, American Actress

4

"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

4

"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

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"Of an old tale which every schoolboy knows."

"Of an old tale which every schoolboy knows."

William Whitehead, English Poet

4

"Buy old masters. They fetch a better price than old mistresses."

"Buy old masters. They fetch a better price than old mistresses."

William Maxwell Aitken, Canadian Businessman

4

"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

4

"Everybody hates a prodigy, detests an old head on young shoulders."

"Everybody hates a prodigy, detests an old head on young shoulders."

Desiderius Erasmus, Dutch Philosopher

4

"Flea and Anthony are into funk, like old school Meters and stuff like that."

"Flea and Anthony are into funk, like old school Meters and stuff like that."

Chad Smith, American Musician

4

"The greatest and noblest pleasure which we have in this world is to discover new truths, and the next is to shake off old prejudices."

"The greatest and noblest pleasure which we have in this world is to discover new truths, and the next is to shake off old prejudices."

Frederick II, German Royalty

Old, Pleasure, World

4

"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

3

"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

3

"Writers tell stories better, because they've had more practice, but everyone has a book in them. Yes, that old cliche."

"Writers tell stories better, because they've had more practice, but everyone has a book in them. Yes, that old cliche."

Tanith Lee, British Writer

Old, Practice, Writers

3

"I knew there was an old axe down cellar; that is all I knew."

"I knew there was an old axe down cellar; that is all I knew."

Lizzie Andrew Borden, American Celebrity

3

"I'm sure we don't read old paintings the way they were intended."

"I'm sure we don't read old paintings the way they were intended."

Robert Rauschenberg, American Artist

3

"It's nice to see the young ones 7, 8, 9 years old. It seems like they know you through their parents."

"It's nice to see the young ones 7, 8, 9 years old. It seems like they know you through their parents."

Guy Lafleur, Canadian Athlete

Old, Parents, Years

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"Twenty-three is old. It's almost 25, which is like almost mid-20s."

"Twenty-three is old. It's almost 25, which is like almost mid-20s."

Jessica Simpson, American Musician

3

"I cannot sing the old songs now! It is not that I deem them low, 'Tis that I can't remember how They go."

"I cannot sing the old songs now! It is not that I deem them low, 'Tis that I can't remember how They go."

Charles Stuart Calverley, English Poet

3

"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

3

"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

3

"You know you're getting old when you stoop to tie your shoelaces and wonder what else you could do while you're down there."

"You know you're getting old when you stoop to tie your shoelaces and wonder what else you could do while you're down there."

George Burns, American Comedian

3

"Wear the old coat and buy the new book."

"Wear the old coat and buy the new book."

Austin Phelps, American Clergyman

3

"Everything that rises sets, and everything that grows, grows old."

"Everything that rises sets, and everything that grows, grows old."

Sallust, Roman Historian

3

"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

3

"If you're a reporter, the easiest thing in the world is to get a story. The hardest thing is to verify. The old sins were about getting something wrong, that was a cardinal sin. The new sin is to be boring."

"If you're a reporter, the easiest thing in the world is to get a story. The hardest thing is to verify. The old sins were about getting something wrong, that was a cardinal sin. The new sin is to be boring."

David Halberstam, American Journalist

Old, Sin, World, Wrong

3

"I would like to be able to do a song with Ray Charles, before we both get too old."

"I would like to be able to do a song with Ray Charles, before we both get too old."

Joe Cocker, English Musician

3

"A museum has to renew its collection to be alive, but that does not mean we give on important old works."

"A museum has to renew its collection to be alive, but that does not mean we give on important old works."

David Rockefeller, American Businessman

3

"I look back at old photographs and videotapes, and I go, Who was I trying to be? Who was I doing this for?"

"I look back at old photographs and videotapes, and I go, Who was I trying to be? Who was I doing this for?"

Marla Maples, American Actress

3

"We had an old Victrola with the old bulldog they used to have there. The horn would come out."

"We had an old Victrola with the old bulldog they used to have there. The horn would come out."

Jay McShann, American Musician

3

"No, I'm not a French designer either. I'm from nowhere. I'm a European, old European is all I am."

"No, I'm not a French designer either. I'm from nowhere. I'm a European, old European is all I am."

Karl Lagerfeld, German Designer

3

"But we used to go to flea markets and things, and look for old 78 records that had silly song titles."

"But we used to go to flea markets and things, and look for old 78 records that had silly song titles."

Neil Innes, British Writer

Old, Silly, Song, Titles

3

"Already old, the question Who shall die? Becomes unspoken Who is innocent?"

"Already old, the question Who shall die? Becomes unspoken Who is innocent?"

Karl Shapiro, American Poet

3

"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

3

"I, Philip Kearny, an old soldier, enter my solemn protest against this order for retreat."

"I, Philip Kearny, an old soldier, enter my solemn protest against this order for retreat."

Philip Kearny, American Soldier

Old, Order, Protest

3

"Its OK to grow up, just as long as you don't grow old. Face it you are young."

"Its OK to grow up, just as long as you don't grow old. Face it you are young."

Jarvis Cocker, English Musician

3

"I was 37 years old. I wanted to support myself by writing."

"I was 37 years old. I wanted to support myself by writing."

Judith Rossner, American Novelist

Old, Support, Writing, Years

3

"High-level, big-deal publicity has a way of getting old for me, but what never fails to thrill me is when I make personal appearances."

"High-level, big-deal publicity has a way of getting old for me, but what never fails to thrill me is when I make personal appearances."

Joseph Barbera, American Cartoonist

3

"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

3

"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

3

"Besides, at 62 years old I look like I'm about 27."

"Besides, at 62 years old I look like I'm about 27."

Chubby Checker, American Musician

3

"I always say I was born too late in the world, too old."

"I always say I was born too late in the world, too old."

Olivier Martinez, French Actor

3

"She would have been a very remarkable woman, if she had not been an old maid."

"She would have been a very remarkable woman, if she had not been an old maid."

Thomas Nelson Page, American Writer

Old, Remarkable, Woman

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"When we grow old, there can only be one regret - not to have given enough of ourselves."

"When we grow old, there can only be one regret - not to have given enough of ourselves."

Eleanora Duse, Italian Actress

3

"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

3

"New York lost a classic. Carmine was an old school New Yorker."

"New York lost a classic. Carmine was an old school New Yorker."

Anthony Weiner, American Politician

3

"Pornography changes the attitudes and lifestyles of those who consume it, no matter how old a person is."

"Pornography changes the attitudes and lifestyles of those who consume it, no matter how old a person is."

Donna Rice, American Celebrity

Old, Pornography

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"Yeah I'm thirty-six, but on the show I'm thirty-two. Nobody wants to watch a thirty-six year old woman, so they decided to make me thirty-two. Much more appealing somehow."

"Yeah I'm thirty-six, but on the show I'm thirty-two. Nobody wants to watch a thirty-six year old woman, so they decided to make me thirty-two. Much more appealing somehow."

Ellen DeGeneres, American Comedian

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