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" This is the strange thing: Dancers don't age. "
Twyla Tharp
Age
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" The passions grafted on wounded pride are the most inveterate; they are green and vigorous in old age. "
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" When the Romans in the last age of the republic came into immediate contact with Iran as a consequence of the occupation of Syria, they found in existence the Persian empire regenerated by the Parthians. "
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" 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. "
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" I am happy being able to play roles with people my age because once you do something really mature there is no turning back. "
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" Try to keep your soul young and quivering right up to old age. "
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" Do you remember when you were 10 or 11 years old and you really thought your folks were the best? They were completely omniscient and you took their word for everything. And then you got older and you went through this hideous age when suddenly they were the devil, they were bullies, and they didn't know anything. "
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" I remember at the age of five travelling on a trolley car with my mother past a group of women on a picket line at a textile plant, seeing them being viciously beaten by security people. So that kind of thing stayed with me. "
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" Our age knows nothing but reaction, and leaps from one extreme to another. "
Reinhold Niebuhr
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" A woman has the age she deserves. "
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" Hesitation increases in relation to risk in equal proportion to age. "
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" 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. "
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" Life would be infinitely happier if we could only be born at the age of eighty and gradually approach eighteen. "
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" One of the many things nobody ever tells you about middle age is that it's such a nice change from being young. "
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" American youth attributes much more importance to arriving at driver's license age than at voting age. "
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" 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. "
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" I think being able to age gracefully is a very important talent. It is too late for me. "
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" The trick is growing up without growing old. "
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" I strive for perfection, but I'm not perfect. But what I can say is my morals are totally different than any other 24-year-old rapper my age now. I look at life totally different. A whole other aspect. I have different views and morals on life in general. And opinions. "
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" The Enlightenment, the Age of Reason, is seen as the beginning of modern depravity. "
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" There is no avoiding the realities of the information age. Its effects manifest differently in different sectors, but the drivers of speed and interdependence will impact us all. Organizations that continue to use 20th-century tools in today's complex environment do so at their own peril. "
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" No one can avoid aging, but aging productively is something else. "
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" As a traveler, I should probably count myself fortunate to be living in the jet age, and as an author, I know I am lucky to have a book tour at all. "
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" Who a dancer is physically feeds into character for me. Always has. "
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" Basically, when you get to my age, you'll really measure your success in life by how many of the people you want to have love you actually do love you. "
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