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" A diplomat is a man who always remembers a woman's birthday but never remembers her age. "

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" You don't stop laughing because you grow older. You grow older because you stop laughing. "

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" Looking back, I realise I had to grow up and be responsible at a very tender age. "

Andie MacDowell

" There ought to be more grants that go to people in their late twenties and early thirties. That's a crucial age, although it's very hard to judge who is worth supporting and who is not. Looking back on my own life, I see that was the period when I was closest to giving up as a novelist and when I most needed some encouragement. "

" At age eleven, I became a member of the circulating library of my home town. From there on I was rarely seen outside but was reading two to four books per week, the subjects ranging from archaeology over ethnology and geography to zoology. Needless to say that I did not do much homework. "

" Inflation is when you pay fifteen dollars for the ten-dollar haircut you used to get for five dollars when you had hair. "

" The voice is like a man, like ourselves: we all feel melancholic about what we have lost, the things we could do when we were young. But having the possibility to still perform is wonderful. The voice loses elasticity as you age, but on the other hand, maybe you are more mature as an interpreter, maybe your approach to singing deepens. "

" I have been fighting from a very young age. There is no fear there. It helped me cultivate the mindset of a fighter. "

" The first thing I bought that was really stylish was in 1969 when I was eleven. I saved up for a black, grey and white tie-dye grandad vest. It was too big - they weren't catering for kids my age - and hung off me, but I loved it. "

" There's no such thing as old age, there is only sorrow. "

" Youth does not require reasons for living, it only needs pretexts. "

Jose Ortega y Gasset

" I had become obsessed with the control-freak aspect of photography and with the rising importance of the image in our social media age it ended up working. "

" People say women shouldn't have long hair over a certain age, but I've never done what everyone says. "

" Wisdom doesn't necessarily come with age. Sometimes age just shows up all by itself. "

" Nobody was ever meant, To remember or invent, What he did with every cent. "

" The harvest of old age is the recollection and abundance of blessing previously secured. "

Marcus Tullius Cicero

" If you're 90 and look good in a mini-skirt, go for it. What is 'age appropriate'? Such nonsense. My mother lived to 106, so what's middle-age? Seventy is the new 50. "

" Millennials regularly draw ire for their cell phone usage. They're mobile natives, having come of age when landlines were well on their way out and payphones had gone the way of dinosaurs. Because of their native fluency, Millennials recognize mobile phones can do a whole lot more than make calls, enable texting between friends or tweeting. "

Chelsea Clinton

" Preparation for old age should begin not later than one's teens. A life which is empty of purpose until 65 will not suddenly become filled on retirement. "

Dwight L. Moody

" Children who reach the age of eighteen with their entire skills set composed on Nintendo and eating Doritos have been neglected. Their parents neglected to give them the character traits necessary to live successfully. "

" As human beings we value the experience that comes with age. We are reminded over and over again with statements like 'older and wiser' and 'respect your elders,' promoting age as something to be cherished and respected. "

" In every age 'the good old days' were a myth. No one ever thought they were good at the time. For every age has consisted of crises that seemed intolerable to the people who lived through them. "

Brooks Atkinson

" Age is not a particularly interesting subject. Anyone can get old. All you have to do is live long enough. "

" There is one thing on which most athletes and experts seem to agree. If you want to be an elite athlete, good nutrition at a young age is an important place to start. "

" He who has not the spirit of this age, has all the misery of it. "

" We can't avoid age. However, we can avoid some aging. Continue to do things. Be active. Life is fantastic in the way it adjusts to demands; if you use your muscles and mind, they stay there much longer. "

Charles H. Townes

" Forgive me my nonsense, as I also forgive the nonsense of those that think they talk sense. "

" Kids are naturally gifted at art from a very young age. The problem is when they get older and become self-conscious. The process should always be fun, though. "

" People gossip. People are insecure, so they talk about other people so that they won't be talked about. They point out flaws in other people to make them feel good about themselves. I think at any age or any social class, that's present. "

" You get to a certain age, and you are forbidden access. You're not going to get the kind of coverage that you would like in music magazines; you're not going to get played on radio, and you're not going to get played on television. I have to survive on word of mouth. "

" My father was a Jewish immigrant who settled in Argentina and was left to his own devices at the age of 15. My mother was a teacher, herself the daughter of a poor immigrant family. "