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" I had a very happy childhood. But I was sent off to boarding school at quite a young age, this massive Victorian house that was suffocated in ivy. I think there is a part of that school in 'Heap House.' "

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" I was interested in science or, at least, nature from an early age, learning the names of planets, cutting cartoons with facts about animals out of the newspaper and gluing them into a scrapbook, and, with a friend when I was five or six, trying to design a submarine. "

Martin Chalfie

Science

Learning

Nature

" Man has no Body distinct from his Soul; for that called Body is a portion of Soul discerned by the five Senses, the chief inlets of Soul in this age. "

" To explain all nature is too difficult a task for any one man or even for any one age. 'Tis much better to do a little with certainty & leave the rest for others that come after you. "

" We're in an age of enlightenment, and we have a choice as a society which path to take. "

" We tried not to age, but time had its rage. "

" Science cannot tell theology how to construct a doctrine of creation, but you can't construct a doctrine of creation without taking account of the age of the universe and the evolutionary character of cosmic history. "

" The tendency of old age to the body, say the physiologists, is to form bone. It is as rare as it is pleasant to meet with an old man whose opinions are not ossified. "

" In this age of specialization, I sometimes think of myself as the last 'generalist' in economics, with interests that range from mathematical economics down to current financial journalism. My real interests are research and teaching. "

" I grew up in the age of polyester. When I got to touch real silk, cotton and velvet, the feel of nonsynthetic fabrics blew me away. I know it's important how clothing looks, but it's equally important how it feels on your skin. "

" A graceful and honorable old age is the childhood of immortality. "

" My notion of a wife at 40 is that a man should be able to change her, like a bank note, for two 20s. "

" Thomas Jefferson once said, 'We should never judge a president by his age, only by his works.' And ever since he told me that, I stopped worrying. "

" Part of the joy of writing for kids is that you have to have a real adventure story. You can get really involved in the fantastic in a way that perhaps you can't so much in adult fiction. "

" What most persons consider as virtue, after the age of 40 is simply a loss of energy. "

" The biggest disease this day and age is that of people feeling unloved. "

" No man is ever old enough to know better. "

" I started culinary school at a very young age, and really I wanted to be out working, cooking, more than I wanted to be in a classroom. You could say I wasn't a very good student - I wanted to be a student of life and experience. "

" I was born into a Christian family and brought up in a Lutheran church. My faith has been the center point of my life, really, since I was a child, but at 16 years of age, I fully surrendered my life over to Christ. At that point, as a teenager, I began to grasp the concept of Christ's true love and forgiveness. "

" Lord save us all from old age and broken health and a hope tree that has lost the faculty of putting out blossoms. "

" At the age of 12 I won the school prize for Best English Essay. The prize was a copy of Somerset Maugham's 'Introduction To Modern English And American Literature.' To this day I keep it on the shelf between my collection of Forester's works and the little urn that contains my mother's ashes. "

" Age is just a number. Life and aging are the greatest gifts that we could possibly ever have. "

" The older I grow the more I distrust the familiar doctrine that age brings wisdom. "

H. L. Mencken

Distrust

Grow

" One line I'd draw would be on raising the eligibility age for Social Security and Medicare. It sounds fair, since people are living longer. But it isn't. Lower income workers are the ones who find it hardest to keep working after 65. And they'll get penalized with lower benefits. "

" My mom, she was, at a young age, caught up in the worldly ways. At that time, it was very intriguing to be out partying and having fun. As a young mother, she was caught in that. "

" I am enormously honored to be one of the spokesmen of the New Age Womens Health Campaign, so you'll be seeing me in public service announcements and public appearances supporting the campaign. "

Karen Duffy

I Am

You

" I lived the true American dream, because I was able to pursue what I set as my goals at a very young age. "

" When you start being enthusiastic about whatever it is you like, that is the golden age for you. "

" So, you know, I think the age of exploration is just beginning, not ending, on our planet. "

" I didn't have a normal background - I was completely demented from a very early age! "

" There are certain age limits on police officers. They'd have retired me out at 65. "