- Care
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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.
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- Decide
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- Nov 07, 2020
I didn't decide to become a musician until the age of 15, which is quite late.
- Smile
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's important to maintain an attractive smile as you age. A lighter, less beige, more white tooth color is key, but no Chiclets.
- Doors
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- Nov 07, 2020
Diplomacy is, perhaps, one element of the U.S. government that should not be subject to the demands of 'open government'; whenever it works, it is usually because it is done behind closed doors. But this may be increasingly hard to achieve in the age of Twittering bureaucrats.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
When at a young age you learn to face your fears, that makes the difference between people being champions and people not being champions.
- Digital
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- Nov 07, 2020
'419 scams,' named for a clause from the Nigerian penal code, are such a part of the white noise of the digital age that we no longer notice them.
- Dalai
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- Nov 07, 2020
At the age of eighty, the Dalai Lama has begun to discuss a range of prospects for the future disposition of his soul. Traditionally, after he dies, a search party of senior monks would set out to locate his new incarnation, who is most often a boy toddler, who goes on to be trained as a monk and a leader.
- Mystery
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- Nov 07, 2020
The only real mystery in the stories of political plagiarism is its durability in an age of Turnitin and other scanning software that can protect an author from his own mistakes, intentional or otherwise.
- Bombarded
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- Nov 07, 2020
For my book, 'Age of Ambition,' I spent time documenting, among other things, the trials of young Chinese strivers who are bombarded by pressures unlike those that their parents faced.
- Nov 07, 2020
In this business actors who have Botox or surgery make you very aware of age. It's awful.
- Editing
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- Nov 07, 2020
My dad grew up as a computer programmer, so he always had random computer software, and I started opening up editing software at age 12 and figuring out how to build websites.
- Comedy
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- Nov 07, 2020