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Old Quotes
"It was said of old Sarah, Duchess of Marlborough, that she never puts dots over her I s, to save ink."
Old,
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"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."
11
"Me and Jerry left because we felt we weren't getting anywhere playing our old songs in tiny clubs. The group was getting stale and staying behind the times."
11
"There's still is a status-quo group at City Hall who likes things done the old way, behind closed doors."
Old,
11
"All the old great companies were run by guys who knew what an animator meant, and guys who knew how to draw. All the companies today are run by executives."
11
"Obviously, I did a couple of things right on the old casting couch."
11
"To be seventy years young is sometimes far more cheerful and hopeful than to be forty years old."
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"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."
11
"Most of the locks and dams on the upper Mississippi River system are over 60 years old and many are in serious need of repair and rehabilitation."
11
"Redd Foxx was the same gruff old codger you saw on television."
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"We are who we're going to be when we're very old, and when we're very old we are who we were when we were 8."
Old,
11
"When I was nearly twelve years old, my kind mistress sickened and died."
11
"I was watching Monster's Ball, which is a fabulous movie. It's just a little gem: beautifully shot, and shot in a way I never would have done. It made me feel very old, really, because it wasn't eccentric for its own sake, it was just very original."
Old,
11
"But the citizens of Cincinnati loved their Reds because they won, no matter what their addresses had been the year before. They rooted for the Old-English 'C' on the players' shirts."
Old,
11
"To be seventy years young is sometimes for more cheerful and hopeful than to be forty years old."
11
"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."
11
"I am always looking for a cool tee shirt; maybe one with a rock band or an old advertisement."
Old,
11
"There's that old adage about how there's only seven plots in the world and Shakespeare's done them all before."
10
"Well, in the sense that we do not tour or record together anymore - then I suppose not. But if our old recordings get heard more we shall be delighted."
10
"Pamphlets on Sabbath writing are in request here I have been applied to for them by several of the old Methodists knowing that I had them to sell before."
10
"You know you're getting old when you get that one candle on the cake. It's like, 'See if you can blow this out.'"
Old,
10
"Whatever happened to the good old days: you know, dirty attics, tuberculosis and general all-round suffering?"
10
"I look back at old photographs and videotapes, and I go, Who was I trying to be? Who was I doing this for?"
10
"I don't want to be 35 years old and still popping out songs in miniskirts and la-la-la."
10
"Already old, the question Who shall die? Becomes unspoken Who is innocent?"
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