- 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
- Human
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- Nov 07, 2020
We are at a punctuation point in human history where the Industrial Age and institutions have finally come to their logical conclusion. They have essentially run out of gas.
- Deliberation
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- Nov 07, 2020
Industrial capitalism brought representative democracy, but with a weak public mandate and inert citizenry. The digital age offers a new democracy based on public deliberation and active citizenship.
- Courage
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- Nov 07, 2020
Remember in 1973 the same science chatter said that the coming Ice Age is going to occur, we're going to lose millions of people. And the politicians knew how to solve it, they just didn't have the courage to solve it; they were going to put coal dust on the Arctic.
- Man
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- Nov 07, 2020
Middle age is the time when a man is always thinking that in a week or two he will feel as good as ever.
- Long
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- Nov 07, 2020
Age is not a particularly interesting subject. Anyone can get old. All you have to do is live long enough.
- Person
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- Nov 07, 2020
Of middle age the best that can be said is that a middle-aged person has likely learned how to have a little fun in spite of his troubles.
- Look
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- Nov 07, 2020
Look, I like to fantasize that there's more to reality than what we have here, and that's why, from a young age, I just loved Philip K. Dick's books.
- Men
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- Nov 07, 2020
In football, you're dealing with grown men. In gymnastics, you're dealing with prepubescent teenage girls. There's a huge difference. At that age, you're not confident enough to have a voice.
- Funny
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I was a little boy, I was fascinated by the way my dad used to laugh at the telly, and from a very early age, I had an idea of what was funny and why people laughed.
- History
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- Nov 07, 2020
Me personally, I want to entertain people above all. When you look back at burlesque in history and the real golden age of burlesque, those entertainers were there to entertain, and there wasn't usually some big political message behind what they were doing.
- Hard Work
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- Nov 07, 2020
I like to speak with more experienced people - with the staff, the manager - and get a lot of advice. But from a young age, I always remember that talent is good, but hard work beats talent.
- Entertainment
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- Nov 07, 2020
Kids in the entertainment industry are at a risk of developing depression, as they see glamour at an early age.
- Looks
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- Nov 07, 2020