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" I think when the full horror of being fifty hits you, you should stay home and have a good cry. "

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" The three touchstones that woke Buddha up - sickness, old age, and death - are a pretty good place to start when crafting a tragic tale. And if we need to get more specific: heartbreak, destruction, miscomprehension, natural disasters, betrayal, and the waste of human potential. "

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" I think the only time I show my emotions and anger is on the cricket field; otherwise, I've mellowed down. And with age, I think, with age you always end up mellowing down. "

" This idea that being youthful is the only thing that's beautiful or attractive simply isn't true. I don't want to be an 'ageless beauty.' I want to be a woman who is the best I can be at my age. "

" Our modern world, though infinitely more complex than that of ancient Greece, is also far more superficial. Where the Greeks offered simple psychological training, we live in an age of style and spin in which perceptions of good and evil slither and shift with the political view of the moment. "

" Here's my Golden Rule for a tarnished age: Be fair with others, but keep after them until they're fair with you. "

" I've never been particularly aware of my age. It's like being on a bicycle - I just put my foot down and keep going. "

Angela Lansbury

" 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. "

" I think it's nice to age gracefully. OK, you lose the youth, a certain stamina and dewy glow, but what you gain on the inside as a human being is wonderful: the wisdom, the acceptance and the peace of mind. It's a fair exchange. "

" Being healthy is something I learned from a very young age. Looking after yourself on the inside helps with your energy, makes your skin glow, and changes your whole outlook on life. "

" Confusion of goals and perfection of means seems, in my opinion, to characterize our age. "

Albert Einstein

" Just remember, once you're over the hill you begin to pick up speed. "

Arthur Schopenhauer

" Knowing how to age and not being afraid of aging is very healthy. "

" After you're older, two things are possibly more important than any others: health and money. "

Helen Gurley Brown

" I think computer science, by and large, is still stuck in the Modern age. "

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" Ryan is an amazing person. When I was his age, I wasn't thinking about giving someone a kidney. How do you ever repay someone for something like that? You can't. It's not like borrowing $20 from someone and telling them you're going to give it back. It's something that you can never repay someone for. "

" I haven't got as much money as some folks, but I've got as much impudence as any of them, and that's the next thing to money. "

" Age is whatever you think it is. You are as old as you think you are. "

" My justification is that most people my age spend a lot of time thinking about what they're going to do for the next five or ten years. The time they spend thinking about their life, I just spend drinking. "

" Most people repent their sins by thanking God they ain't so wicked as their neighbors. "

" Most fears are basic: fear of the dark, fear of going down in the basement, fear of weird sounds, fear that somebody is waiting for you in your closet. Those kinds of things stay with you no matter what age. "

" There is no greater evidence of superior intelligence than to be surprised at nothing. "

" Every age can be enchanting, provided you live within it. "

Brigitte Bardot

" Being young isn't about age, it's about being a free spirit. You can meet someone of 20 who's boring and old, or you can meet someone of 70 who's youthful and exciting. I met Fred Astaire when he was 72 and I was 21, and I fell in love with him. He certainly was a free spirit. "

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

" As the age of television progresses the Reagans will be the rule, not the exception. To be perfect for television is all a President has to be these days. "

" The answer to old age is to keep one's mind busy and to go on with one's life as if it were interminable. I always admired Chekhov for building a new house when he was dying of tuberculosis. "

" Old age treats freelance writers pretty gently. "

" I have a fear of poverty in old age. I have this vision of myself living in a skip and eating cat food. It's because I'm freelance, and I've never had a proper job. I don't have a pension, and my savings are dwindling. I always thought someone would just come along and look after me. "