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"When you're in a movie, they treat you like you're four years old and give you whatever you want."

"When you're in a movie, they treat you like you're four years old and give you whatever you want."

Eric Stoltz, American Actor

Old, Want, Years

30

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

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

Austin Phelps, American Clergyman

29

"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

29

"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

29

"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."

"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."

Johnny Thunders, American Musician

29

"My major league debut came at old Busch Stadium on Grand Avenue in St. Louis against the Pittsburgh Pirates."

"My major league debut came at old Busch Stadium on Grand Avenue in St. Louis against the Pittsburgh Pirates."

Steve Carlton, American Athlete

29

"That the poor are invisible is one of the most important things about them. They are not simply neglected and forgotten as in the old rhetoric of reform; what is much worse, they are not seen."

"That the poor are invisible is one of the most important things about them. They are not simply neglected and forgotten as in the old rhetoric of reform; what is much worse, they are not seen."

Michael Harrington, American Writer

Old, Poor, Reform, Rhetoric

29

"That other saying, I'm a part of all that I have met, I think that would have to begin with my wonderful parents back in Atlanta when I was a youngster five years old I was tongue tied."

"That other saying, I'm a part of all that I have met, I think that would have to begin with my wonderful parents back in Atlanta when I was a youngster five years old I was tongue tied."

Ernie Harwell, American Celebrity

Old, Parents, Saying, Tongue

29

"Everybody is doing the same old thing."

"Everybody is doing the same old thing."

Missy Elliot, American Musician

29

"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

29

"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

28

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

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

Frank Kelly Freas, American Writer

28

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

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

Ernest Dowson, English Poet

28

"I've been playing since I was eight years old."

"I've been playing since I was eight years old."

Brian McBride, American Athlete

28

"I started in 1946 in radio. I was ten years old. I was discovered singing in a school play. Someone was in the audience and it's six degrees of separation."

"I started in 1946 in radio. I was ten years old. I was discovered singing in a school play. Someone was in the audience and it's six degrees of separation."

Hector Elizondo, American Actor

Old, Play, School, Separation

28

"When a new book is published, read an old one."

"When a new book is published, read an old one."

Samuel Rogers, English Poet

28

"Redd Foxx was the same gruff old codger you saw on television."

"Redd Foxx was the same gruff old codger you saw on television."

Charley Pride, American Athlete

Old, Television

28

"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

28

"There are more old drunkards than old physicians."

"There are more old drunkards than old physicians."

Francois Rabelais, French Clergyman

Old, Physicians

28

"I'm into all that sappy stuff - a surprise picnic, nice dinner, or traveling. I'm kind of an old romantic."

"I'm into all that sappy stuff - a surprise picnic, nice dinner, or traveling. I'm kind of an old romantic."

Will Estes, American Actor

Old, Romantic, Traveling

28

"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

27

"I reckon I tried everything on the old apple, but salt and pepper and chocolate sauce topping."

"I reckon I tried everything on the old apple, but salt and pepper and chocolate sauce topping."

Gaylord Perry, American Athlete

27

"The young are so old, they are born with their fingers crossed."

"The young are so old, they are born with their fingers crossed."

Edna St. Vincent Millay, American Author

27

"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

27

"Then, like an old-time orator impressively he rose; I make the most of all that comes and the least of all that goes."

"Then, like an old-time orator impressively he rose; I make the most of all that comes and the least of all that goes."

Sara Teasdale, American Author

27

"I used to get on a stove wood pile at 5-6 years old and I would have a piece of stove wood and kindling bark as a pick, and I was a star."

"I used to get on a stove wood pile at 5-6 years old and I would have a piece of stove wood and kindling bark as a pick, and I was a star."

Jerry Reed, American Musician

Old, Wood, Years

27

"Who's the new Ramones, who's the new Guns 'N Roses, who's the new Motley Crue, who's the new Black Sabbath? They're coming, they're on the street, they're 16, 17 years old."

"Who's the new Ramones, who's the new Guns 'N Roses, who's the new Motley Crue, who's the new Black Sabbath? They're coming, they're on the street, they're 16, 17 years old."

Nikki Sixx, American Musician

Old, Roses, Sabbath, Years

27

"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

27

"I'd pick a young white guy over an old white guy for president anytime because the younger guy is more likely to have been influenced by the great social changes of the '60s and '70s."

"I'd pick a young white guy over an old white guy for president anytime because the younger guy is more likely to have been influenced by the great social changes of the '60s and '70s."

D. L. Hughley, American Actor

26

"We make the oldest stories new when we succeed, and we are trapped by the old stories when we fail."

"We make the oldest stories new when we succeed, and we are trapped by the old stories when we fail."

Greil Marcus, American Author

26

"Loving an old bachelor is always a no-win situation, and you come to terms with that early on, or you go away."

"Loving an old bachelor is always a no-win situation, and you come to terms with that early on, or you go away."

Jean Harris, American Criminal

26

"I've been performing on stage since I was six years old."

"I've been performing on stage since I was six years old."

Jewel Kilcher, American Musician

26

"You know you're old when you've lost all your marvels."

"You know you're old when you've lost all your marvels."

Merry Browne, American Actress

26

"Everyone should live to be 92 years old, have an orgasm and drop dead."

"Everyone should live to be 92 years old, have an orgasm and drop dead."

Jon Carroll, American Journalist

25

"Vanity is as old as the mammoth."

"Vanity is as old as the mammoth."

W. L. George, English Writer

25

"I am not old but mellow like good wine."

"I am not old but mellow like good wine."

Stephen Phillips, English Poet

24

"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

24

"An old thing becomes new if you detach it from what usually surrounds it."

"An old thing becomes new if you detach it from what usually surrounds it."

Robert Bresson, French Director

24

"I think they look upon me as an old child, because I'm so little."

"I think they look upon me as an old child, because I'm so little."

Estelle Getty, American Actress

24

"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

24

"Of an old tale which every schoolboy knows."

"Of an old tale which every schoolboy knows."

William Whitehead, English Poet

24

"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

23

"Of all ghosts the ghosts of our old loves are the worst."

"Of all ghosts the ghosts of our old loves are the worst."

Arthur Conan Doyle, British Writer

23

"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

23

"That said, there are certainly still cooks out there who make fantastic historical cornbreads, though the old recipes have often been changed to include modern techniques and ingredients."

"That said, there are certainly still cooks out there who make fantastic historical cornbreads, though the old recipes have often been changed to include modern techniques and ingredients."

Jeremy Jackson, American Actor

22

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

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

Oliver Wendell Holmes, American Writer

21

"I often meet adults in their 30s, 40s, or 50s who, as soon as they recognize me, suddenly become six years old again."

"I often meet adults in their 30s, 40s, or 50s who, as soon as they recognize me, suddenly become six years old again."

Clayton Moore, American Actor

21

"As any old Taoist walking out of the woods can tell you, simple-minded does not necessarily mean stupid."

"As any old Taoist walking out of the woods can tell you, simple-minded does not necessarily mean stupid."

Benjamin Hoff, American Author

21

"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

21

"The Helicon of too many poets is not a hill crowned with sunshine and visited by the Muses and the Graces, but an old, mouldering house, full of gloom and haunted by ghosts."

"The Helicon of too many poets is not a hill crowned with sunshine and visited by the Muses and the Graces, but an old, mouldering house, full of gloom and haunted by ghosts."

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, American Poet

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