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- Nov 07, 2020
Age Quotes
On the ages we pass through.
This collection moves from a childhood memory shaped by early pressure over appearance to a university course named for an 18th-century literary period, showing how differently 'age' can be used. For life-stage reflections, browse Life.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Matter
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- Nov 07, 2020
It is the spirit of the age to believe that any fact, no matter how suspect, is superior to any imaginative exercise, no matter how true.
- Democracy
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- Nov 07, 2020
The first and continuing argument for the curtailment of working hours and the raising of the minimum age was that education was necessary in a democracy and working children could not attend school.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've just been a very lucky person. I'm 76 years of age, you know. I've been very lucky.
- India
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- Nov 07, 2020
When the railways of France, Germany and India were breaking down through age, it was the Americans who rebuilt them.
- Free
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- Nov 07, 2020
All Nigerians of voting age are free to vote based on their convictions. It is our duty to defend and protect that basic right, and - let no one be in doubt - we will.
- Our
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- Nov 07, 2020
Age is not our fault.
- Nov 07, 2020
Old age is like a plane flying through a storm. Once you're aboard, there's nothing you can do.
- Nov 07, 2020
Being seventy is not a sin.
- Look
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- Nov 07, 2020
Age brings a freedom. When you're young, you're much more subject to the idea of what feminine is or how you should look or how you should behave.
- Football
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I left Carlisle United for the first time at the age of 16 in 2000, I hated football.
- Attempting
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- Nov 07, 2020
I used to choose friends based on similarity in age and life stage, but I've learned that those were the wrong criteria. Trying to live life exclusively alongside others our own age is like attempting to climb Mt. Everest without a Sherpa. It's a little dangerous.
- King
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- Nov 07, 2020
My mom was an amazing singer and music was a big part of my life, so I grew up listening to Nat King Cole, Johnny Mathis, Henry Mancini; I used to watch 'The Andy Williams Show' on TV. I was very musical, so I was watching stuff that most kids my age wouldn't be interested in.
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- Nov 07, 2020
The reason I'm not more political is because I have music. And from a young age, I needed it. After prison, my father came to America, joined the Army, fought in Vietnam - and was exposed to Agent Orange. He died a slow, horrible death. Music was my escape.
- Free Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
I read the Life magazine articles about free love and free dope in California. At age 20 I drove to Los Angeles.
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- Nov 07, 2020