“Men are like wine – some turn to vinegar, but the best improve with age.”
— Pope John XXIII
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Talk is by far the most accessible
“Talk is by far the most accessible of pleasures. It costs nothing in money, it is all profit, it completes our education, founds and fosters our friendships, and can be enjoyed at any age and in almost any state of health.”
— Robert Louis Stevenson
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I first learned that there were black
“I first learned that there were black people living in some place called other than the United States in the western hemisphere when I was a very little boy, and my father told me that when he was a boy about my age, he wanted to be an Episcopal priest, because he so admired his priest, a black man from someplace called Haiti.”
— Henry Louis Gates
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Genius is present in every age, but
“Genius is present in every age, but the men carrying it within them remain benumbed unless extraordinary events occur to heat up and melt the mass so that it flows forth.”
— Denis Diderot
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Anything you cannot relinquish when it has
“Anything you cannot relinquish when it has outlived its usefulness possesses you, and in this materialistic age a great many of us are possessed by our possessions.”
— Peace Pilgrim
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None are so old as those who
“None are so old as those who have outlived enthusiasm.”
— Henry David Thoreau
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Forty is the old age of youth;
“Forty is the old age of youth; fifty the youth of old age.”
— Victor Hugo
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There is an anti-aging possibility, but it
“There is an anti-aging possibility, but it has to come from within.”
— Susan Anton
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I never took guitar lessons. I took
“I never took guitar lessons. I took classical piano lessons from the age of six when we lived in Holland.”
— Eddie Van Halen
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I believe that the development of language
“I believe that the development of language – of naming, categorization, conceptualization – destroys our ability to see as we age.”
— Chris Ware
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My mother said I was a clingy
“My mother said I was a clingy kid until I was about four. I also remember that from the age of eight she and I fought almost every day.”
— Amy Tan
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