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" I think being able to age gracefully is a very important talent. It is too late for me. "
Clint Eastwood
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" 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. "
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" It is utterly false and cruelly arbitrary to put all the play and learning into childhood, all the work into middle age, and all the regrets into old age. "
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" From a young age I was obsessed with the mysterious, the esoteric, the paranormal. "
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" Though the Jazz Age continued it became less and less an affair of youth. The sequel was like a children's party taken over by the elders. "
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" I kind of make a film for myself to sort of express myself. "
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" From a young age, I was rubbing elbows with a very different kind of person and social class, and I felt a lot of tension and conflict in my identity because of that. "
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" The most inspiring piece of advice I've gotten is simply to persevere. My mom taught me to always keep going no matter what from an early age. When it feels too difficult to push forward, I always remind myself, 'This too shall pass,' and then I redouble my efforts. "
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" Lord save us all from old age and broken health and a hope tree that has lost the faculty of putting out blossoms. "
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" Old age is the most unexpected of all the things that can happen to a man. "
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" 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. "
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" Books were my pass to personal freedom. I learned to read at age three, and soon discovered there was a whole world to conquer that went beyond our farm in Mississippi. "
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" Every child's taste is different. Don't worry if they're not reading 'War and Peace' at age 12. First, build a good foundation and a positive attitude about reading by letting them pick the stories they enjoy. Make friends with a bookseller or librarian. They are a wealth of information on finding books that kids enjoy. "
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" The arrogance of age must submit to be taught by youth. "
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" Industrialization based on machinery, already referred to as a characteristic of our age, is but one aspect of the revolution that is being wrought by technology. "
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