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"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."

"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."

Adrian Lyne, English Director

28

"If you don't learn to laugh at troubles, you won't have anything to laugh at when you grow old."

"If you don't learn to laugh at troubles, you won't have anything to laugh at when you grow old."

Edward W. Howe, American Novelist

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"I'm just a tough old woman."

"I'm just a tough old woman."

Marjory Stoneman Douglas, American Journalist

28

"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

28

"I would have liked the old days."

"I would have liked the old days."

David Wells, American Athlete

28

"I started skating when I was six years old."

"I started skating when I was six years old."

Nancy Kerrigan, American Athlete

28

"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

28

"When I'm old I shall give up writing the big stuff and shall wander round the park thinking of songs."

"When I'm old I shall give up writing the big stuff and shall wander round the park thinking of songs."

George Lloyd, English Composer

Old, Songs, Thinking, Writing

27

"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

27

"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

27

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

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

Hayden Fry, American Coach

27

"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

27

"I don't want to be 35 years old and still popping out songs in miniskirts and la-la-la."

"I don't want to be 35 years old and still popping out songs in miniskirts and la-la-la."

Holly Valance, Australian Musician

Old, Songs, Want, Years

27

"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

27

"It is sad to grow old but nice to ripen."

"It is sad to grow old but nice to ripen."

Brigitte Bardot, French Actress

27

"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

27

"Very interesting for an old duffer like me to try his hand at something new. If I don't do that once in a while, I might just turn into a fossil, you know!"

"Very interesting for an old duffer like me to try his hand at something new. If I don't do that once in a while, I might just turn into a fossil, you know!"

Norman Rockwell, American Artist

27

"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

27

"It is a rare and difficult attainment to grow old gracefully and happily."

"It is a rare and difficult attainment to grow old gracefully and happily."

Arnold Palmer, American Athlete

27

"We should not be afraid to go into a new era, to leave the old beyond."

"We should not be afraid to go into a new era, to leave the old beyond."

Zack Wamp, American Politician

27

"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

27

"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

27

"She would sit by herself in the middle of the old stoe amphitheatre, with the sky's starry vault overhead, and simply listen to the great silence around her."

"She would sit by herself in the middle of the old stoe amphitheatre, with the sky's starry vault overhead, and simply listen to the great silence around her."

Michael Ende, German Writer

Old, Silence, Sky

27

"I'd like to grow very old as slowly as possible."

"I'd like to grow very old as slowly as possible."

Charles Lamb, English Critic

27

"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

27

"No one knows if Saddam is still alive. They keep showing old footage of him on TV saying that it's live. You know, it's like the same thing we do with Dick Cheney."

"No one knows if Saddam is still alive. They keep showing old footage of him on TV saying that it's live. You know, it's like the same thing we do with Dick Cheney."

David Letterman, American Comedian

27

"Call me old-fashioned, but I like my conditioners to be conditioners and my shampoos to be shampoos."

"Call me old-fashioned, but I like my conditioners to be conditioners and my shampoos to be shampoos."

Kyan Douglas, American Celebrity

27

"Old maids sweeten their tea with scandal."

"Old maids sweeten their tea with scandal."

Josh Billings, American Comedian

Old, Scandal, Tea

27

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

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

Glenda Jackson, British Actress

26

"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

26

"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

26

"Whatever happened to the good old days: you know, dirty attics, tuberculosis and general all-round suffering?"

"Whatever happened to the good old days: you know, dirty attics, tuberculosis and general all-round suffering?"

Arnold Wesker, British Dramatist

26

"He's only 4 years old, so I don't think he realized, you know, that I played so many years. Of course, we watch tapes here from the Stanley Cup years, but I don't think he realized how many years I played."

"He's only 4 years old, so I don't think he realized, you know, that I played so many years. Of course, we watch tapes here from the Stanley Cup years, but I don't think he realized how many years I played."

Mario Lemieux, Canadian Athlete

26

"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

26

"This aircraft tops everything. All the others look old as compared to this one."

"This aircraft tops everything. All the others look old as compared to this one."

Niki Lauda, Austrian Athlete

26

"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

26

"You must not pity me because my sixtieth year finds me still astonished. To be astonished is one of the surest ways of not growing old too quickly."

"You must not pity me because my sixtieth year finds me still astonished. To be astonished is one of the surest ways of not growing old too quickly."

Sidonie Gabrielle Colette, French Novelist

26

"That's an old saying I just made up."

"That's an old saying I just made up."

Kenny Loggins, American Musician

26

"I became involved in photography when I was about thirteen years old."

"I became involved in photography when I was about thirteen years old."

Leonard Nimoy, American Actor

Old, Photography, Years

26

"Next to the young, I suppose the very old are the most selfish."

"Next to the young, I suppose the very old are the most selfish."

William Makepeace Thackeray, English Novelist

26

"It was very unusual, because normally the producer requests the test to determine whether they want to hire someone or not. Olivia was concerned about playing a seventeen year old."

"It was very unusual, because normally the producer requests the test to determine whether they want to hire someone or not. Olivia was concerned about playing a seventeen year old."

Randal Kleiser, American Director

26

"If you listen to a lot of old funk records, the drums are really small. But you don't perceive it like that because the groove is so heavy."

"If you listen to a lot of old funk records, the drums are really small. But you don't perceive it like that because the groove is so heavy."

Lenny Kravitz, American Musician

26

"Any stigma, as the old saying is, will serve to beat a dogma."

"Any stigma, as the old saying is, will serve to beat a dogma."

Philip Guedalla, English Historian

Old, Saying, Will

26

"I have some of the old videos of my performances on it."

"I have some of the old videos of my performances on it."

Wanda Jackson, American Musician

26

"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."

"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."

Meryl Streep, American Actress

26

"I decided I wanted to be a physician when I was seven years old."

"I decided I wanted to be a physician when I was seven years old."

Samuel Wilson, American Public Servant

26

"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

26

"A puppy plays with every pup he meets, but an old dog has few associates."

"A puppy plays with every pup he meets, but an old dog has few associates."

Josh Billings, American Comedian

26

"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

26

"Well, a younger woman is a type, but not necessarily a type for me. And what is a younger woman? I mean, I'm pretty old. Almost everyone is younger."

"Well, a younger woman is a type, but not necessarily a type for me. And what is a younger woman? I mean, I'm pretty old. Almost everyone is younger."

Jack Nicholson, American Actor

Old, Pretty, Woman

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