- Language
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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
- Easter
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- Nov 07, 2020
I didn't feel the need to rebel as a teenager. From age nine to 16, I went to school in Montreux in Switzerland, and it was heaven. I went to England for the Easter holidays, Cyprus for Christmas and summer holidays, and I was delighted to have that independence.
- Must
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- Nov 07, 2020
In a secular age, an authentic miracle must purport to be a hoax, in order to gain credit in the world.
- American
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- Nov 07, 2020
I now have Grit Scale scores from thousands of American adults. My data provide a snapshot of grit across adulthood. And I've discovered a strikingly consistent pattern: grit and age go hand in hand. Sixty-somethings tend to be grittier, on average, than fifty-somethings, who are in turn grittier than forty-somethings, and so on.
- Mean
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was put under contract. A major studio. I got nominated for an Academy Award. Isn't that ridiculous? I mean, at the age of 18!
- Keep Going
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've never been particularly aware of my age. It's like being on a bicycle - I just put my foot down and keep going.
- Health
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- Nov 07, 2020
Half of those people who experience mental health difficulties do so before the age of 14. The problems begin early - so early interventions are essential.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
From 13/14 I was always hanging about with older boys. Boys in school used to call me names. But outside older boys would pay me attention because I looked older for my age. I was going to clubs from 14. I wanted to be loved.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm the only member of the house, who at age 16, and pregnant, was told in no uncertain terms, I'd never amount to anything.
- Education
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- Nov 07, 2020
It was strange: I never had an interest in school because from an early age I knew the only thing I wanted to do was to play music! So I didn't feel so bad not going into school when I was supposed to be there - why do I need Latin, geography, physical education, etc., and to get beaten on a daily basis?
- Nobody
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was this big, heavy kid - nobody was at my weight at that age, so I had to fight 12-year-olds, 13-year-olds when I was seven years old. And what do you know, I was beating them.
- Men
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was fighting men at age 10.
- Father
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- Nov 07, 2020
I used to just daydream all the time about being in movies, from the age of, like, four onwards. I would sit down and watch movies with my father and my grandfather, and always pretended that I was in the stories.
- Father
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- Nov 07, 2020
Bond is actually my dream role. Only because it was the film I watched with my grandfathers and father from a very young age, and it would be the only way that I could actually repay them with my art form for what they've done for me.
- Day And Age
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- Nov 07, 2020
Hate crimes are still happening. No matter how evolved we think society is going, there seems to be a winding back, especially in this day and age where these old values seem to be emerging from the darkness.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020