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"I never learned anything at all in school and didn't read a book for pleasure until I was 19 years old."

"I never learned anything at all in school and didn't read a book for pleasure until I was 19 years old."

Stanley Kubrick, American Director

Old, Pleasure, School, Years

2

"Is "tired old cliche" one?"

"Is "tired old cliche" one?"

Rod Schmidt, American Hockey Player

2

"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

2

"Old and young, we are all on our last cruise."

"Old and young, we are all on our last cruise."

Robert Louis Stevenson, Scottish Writer

2

"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

2

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

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

Irene Mayer Selznick, American Producer

2

"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

2

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

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

Lord Byron, British Poet

2

"That was one of the best, exciting things for me to play with them. They were very young and eager to go. I'd been playing with a band that was mostly old folks that had been together so long we couldn't do anything to excite each other."

"That was one of the best, exciting things for me to play with them. They were very young and eager to go. I'd been playing with a band that was mostly old folks that had been together so long we couldn't do anything to excite each other."

Earl Scruggs, American Musician

2

"No one is so old as to think he cannot live one more year."

"No one is so old as to think he cannot live one more year."

David Viscott, American Psychologist

2

"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

2

"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

2

"I probably belong to a type of composer of songs who keeps thinking about melody... I am old fashioned."

"I probably belong to a type of composer of songs who keeps thinking about melody... I am old fashioned."

Toru Takemitsu, Japanese Composer

Old, Songs, Thinking

2

"The book has many different characteristics: some are extremely old-fashioned storytelling traits, but there are also a fair number of postmodern traits, and the self-consciousness is one."

"The book has many different characteristics: some are extremely old-fashioned storytelling traits, but there are also a fair number of postmodern traits, and the self-consciousness is one."

Jeffrey Eugenides, American Novelist

2

"We are similar to a museum. My function is to present old masterpieces in modern frames."

"We are similar to a museum. My function is to present old masterpieces in modern frames."

Rudolf Bing, Austrian Musician

2

"It brings up happy old days when I was only a farmer and not an agriculturist."

"It brings up happy old days when I was only a farmer and not an agriculturist."

O. Henry, American Writer

2

"They often ask me to shoot for them. But I say no. I think an old guy like me ought not take pages away from young photographers who need the exposure."

"They often ask me to shoot for them. But I say no. I think an old guy like me ought not take pages away from young photographers who need the exposure."

Helmut Newton, German Photographer

2

"To be seventy years young is sometimes for more cheerful and hopeful than to be forty years old."

"To be seventy years young is sometimes for more cheerful and hopeful than to be forty years old."

Oliver Holmes, Jr., American Judge

Old, Years, Oliver Holmes, Jr.

2

"We'll have to wait the old-fashioned way."

"We'll have to wait the old-fashioned way."

Wolf Blitzer, American Journalist

2

"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."

"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."

Peter Asher, English Musician

1

"Every old poem is sacred."

"Every old poem is sacred."

Horace, Roman Poet

1

"The Ancient Mariner would not have taken so well if it had been called The Old Sailor."

"The Ancient Mariner would not have taken so well if it had been called The Old Sailor."

Samuel Butler, British Poet

1

"I think over there in Montreal they're a bit hardcore with the old homos. They're not that keen on them."

"I think over there in Montreal they're a bit hardcore with the old homos. They're not that keen on them."

Allan Carr, British Director

1

"We get too soon old and too late smart."

"We get too soon old and too late smart."

Frank Kelly Freas, American Writer

1

"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

1

"I am not close to retirement. I still have a lot more that I can achieve. There are younger guys coming into F1, but I am not old and I'm not finished."

"I am not close to retirement. I still have a lot more that I can achieve. There are younger guys coming into F1, but I am not old and I'm not finished."

Jean Alesi, French Celebrity

Old, Retirement

1

"And I was desolate and sick of an old passion."

"And I was desolate and sick of an old passion."

Ernest Dowson, English Poet

1

"I prefer the new me a million times more over than the old one."

"I prefer the new me a million times more over than the old one."

Benjamin Cohen, English Journalist

1

"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

1

"A woman is as old as she looks before breakfast."

"A woman is as old as she looks before breakfast."

Edgar Watson Howe, American Editor

1

"Old things are always in good repute, present things in disfavor."

"Old things are always in good repute, present things in disfavor."

Tacitus, Roman Historian

1

"Well, I do have some maiden aunts that are not quite like the aunts in the book, but I definitely do have a couple of them, and a couple of old aunties."

"Well, I do have some maiden aunts that are not quite like the aunts in the book, but I definitely do have a couple of them, and a couple of old aunties."

Donna Tartt, American Novelist

1

"In our heads we're all about 33 years old."

"In our heads we're all about 33 years old."

Doug Coupland, Canadian Author

1

"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."

"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."

Ralph Bakshi, American Director

1

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

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

Eric Allin Cornell, American Physicist

1

"Leaving the old, both worlds at once they view, That stand upon the threshold of the new."

"Leaving the old, both worlds at once they view, That stand upon the threshold of the new."

Edmund Waller, English Poet

1

"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

1

"I've tried word processors, but I think I'm too old a dog to use one."

"I've tried word processors, but I think I'm too old a dog to use one."

Dee Brown, American Novelist

1

"I can do the old hand vibrato just fine, but I like attacking the strings."

"I can do the old hand vibrato just fine, but I like attacking the strings."

Ritchie Blackmore, English Musician

1

"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

1

"I was dyslexic, I had no understanding of schoolwork whatsoever. I certainly would have failed IQ tests. And it was one of the reasons I left school when I was 15 years old. And if I - if I'm not interested in something, I don't grasp it."

"I was dyslexic, I had no understanding of schoolwork whatsoever. I certainly would have failed IQ tests. And it was one of the reasons I left school when I was 15 years old. And if I - if I'm not interested in something, I don't grasp it."

Richard Branson, British Businessman

Old, School, Tests, Understanding

1

"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."

"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."

Ron Kind, American Politician

1

"Week by week my orders grew, and the flat of the old mill soon assumed a very busy aspect."

"Week by week my orders grew, and the flat of the old mill soon assumed a very busy aspect."

James Nasmyth, Scottish Inventor

1

"The Old City of Jerusalem is in our hands."

"The Old City of Jerusalem is in our hands."

Moshe Dayan, Israeli Soldier

1

"There are more old drunkards than old physicians."

"There are more old drunkards than old physicians."

Francois Rabelais, French Clergyman

Old, Physicians

1

"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

1

"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

1

"All of us, whether guilty or not, whether old or young, must accept the past. It is not a case of coming to terms with the past. That is not possible. It cannot be subsequently modified or undone."

"All of us, whether guilty or not, whether old or young, must accept the past. It is not a case of coming to terms with the past. That is not possible. It cannot be subsequently modified or undone."

Richard von Weizsaecker, German Politician

1

"I'm just a tough old woman."

"I'm just a tough old woman."

Marjory Stoneman Douglas, American Journalist

1

"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

1

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