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" Every man desires to live long, but no man wishes to be old. "

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" Like the seasons of the year, like history, truth also repeats itself. But we seldom recognize it when great poets or true artists - the prophets and the priests of our day - present it to us in garments spick and span, following the fashion of the age, the slant of its fancy, the turn and temper of its mind. "

" Probably the happiest period in life most frequently is in middle age, when the eager passions of youth are cooled, and the infirmities of age not yet begun; as we see that the shadows, which are at morning and evening so large, almost entirely disappear at midday. "

Eleanor Roosevelt

" For me, love is endless, and love has no age limit. "

" Do not go gentle into that good night but rage, rage against the dying of the light. "

" Invention is the talent of youth, as judgment is of age. "

" Regardless of age, regardless of position, regardless of the business we happen to be in, all of us need to understand the importance of branding. We are CEOs of our own companies: Me, Inc. To be in business today, our most important job is to be head marketer for the brand called You. "

" At the age of 21, I had never even stepped on a treadmill. "

" If I could have gone on describing to you the beauties of this region, who knows but I might have made a fine addition to the literature of our age? "

Robert Gould Shaw

" Vision is the art of seeing what is invisible to others. "

" I'm 36 and if I met a woman of my own age and married her, I'd also be marrying her former life, her past. It might be OK for some people - I don't want to judge it or anything - but it's not for me. It would destroy my creativity. "

" Exposure from a young age to the realities of the world is a super-big thing. "

" I don't like it when people who are young act like they're 40. That's taking too much on. Putting up a shield and trying to act like you're so mature or whatever - I don't try to act mature. Some people might say I'm mature for my age, but it's not something I'm trying to do, you know? I'm just me. "

" The purpose of the mission must be thoroughly understood beforehand, and the men must be inspired with a sense of personal dedication that knows no limitations... In an age of high technology and Jedi Knights, we often overlook the need for personal involvement, but we do so at our own risk. "

William H. McRaven

" There is a Fountain of Youth: It is your mind, your talents, the creativity you bring to your life and the lives of the people you love. When you learn to tap this source, you will truly have defeated age. "

" Each age tries to form its own conception of the past. Each age writes the history of the past anew with reference to the conditions uppermost in its own time. "

Frederick Jackson Turner

" The mind that is wise mourns less for what age takes away; than what it leaves behind. "

William Wordsworth

" Let us never know what old age is. Let us know the happiness time brings, not count the years. "

" Next year, I hope there will be even more parties, lots of holidays and just having a good time, really. Plus wing-walking, air shows and learning to fly, as they are all things I want to do. I won't be restricted by age. "

Carol Vorderman

" He was a fiddler, and consequently a rogue. "

" Poor nations are hungry, and rich nations are proud; and pride and hunger will ever be at variance. "

" Old age treats freelance writers pretty gently. "

" From birth to age 18 a girl needs good parents. From 18 to 35 she needs good looks. From 35 to 55 she needs a good personality. From 55 on, she needs good cash. "

" The Enlightenment, the Age of Reason, is seen as the beginning of modern depravity. "

" Blessed is he who expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed. "

" Whether you like it or not, the digital age has produced a new format for modern romance, and natural selection may be favoring the quick-thumbed quip peddler over the confident, ice-breaking alpha male. "

" You start at a young age, going on auditions, and you think you did a good job and expect to get that role, and you don't, and it's a letdown, a disappointment. So you tell yourself to just do the work and disconnect, because you have no control over the outcome. "

Michael B. Jordan

" In an age when so many groups are rolling out restaurants faster than your local baker makes donuts, my goal is that each restaurant feels hand-crafted. That they have their own soul. "

" A lot of people who start work at a very young age never grow up because they never got that opportunity to be a child, so they hold on to that and still do a lot of childish, silly things. "

" I have a philosophy that white people would be interested in Native Americans because, first of all, it's probably the only group as a country we all study and know the history and then never study again past the age of 10. So I think we have these things we believe are true, that are just not true about what an audience wants. "

Soledad O'Brien