- Feel
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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
- Nephew
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm a pretty agile guy, especially being taller and having done martial arts from about the age of 13, but parkour is one of those sports that I wish I'd discovered sooner. When my nephew first showed me, I thought, 'Damn - I'm too old for this.'
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
Most people my age, their musical life ended in the '80s. They stick with what they know. But my tastes are much broader. And I don't want to stop learning.
- Music
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- Nov 07, 2020
In my old age, my mind gets more open, and I listen to so many different types of music and I guess that all reflects in my work.
- Frustrate
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think, with age, you learn that it comes in bursts and you've got no control over it. I'm not one of those people who says, 'I've got to write a song every day.' I just store up ideas, and really I have to wait until it finds me; I know when I'm ready to write. It used to frustrate me, but it doesn't any more. It's just how it is.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I wear jeans and a T-shirt sometimes. I just like clothes - since the first time I can remember, like age ten or eleven; I was just obsessed with music and clothes. Just like a lot of people in England from my generation.
- Enough
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I got into the Beatles, I must have only been about six or seven but old enough to take notice. We used to have an old radiogram which, for readers of a certain age, was like a big cabinet thing with a record player inside it.
- First Thing
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- Nov 07, 2020
The first thing I bought that was really stylish was in 1969 when I was eleven. I saved up for a black, grey and white tie-dye grandad vest. It was too big - they weren't catering for kids my age - and hung off me, but I loved it.
- Deepening
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- Nov 07, 2020
Chaga mycelium is relatively easy to grow by using methods already practiced elsewhere in the mushroom industry. Its mycelium is initially an off-whitish color, deepening with age.
- Myself
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- Nov 07, 2020
In this age of specialization, I sometimes think of myself as the last 'generalist' in economics, with interests that range from mathematical economics down to current financial journalism. My real interests are research and teaching.
- Nation
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- Nov 07, 2020
The nation that is supreme above all others during one age, will be eclipsed by another in the next age.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
I really loved football from a young age. And my only thought, my only objective in life, was to be a professional footballer.
- Grammar School
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- Nov 07, 2020
At age 11 in 1960, I moved to an academic state secondary school, Harrow County Grammar School for Boys.
- I Wish
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- Nov 07, 2020
I wish I could say that Carla Bruni's Guess campaign at age 16 led to her current role as First Lady of France, but that might be a stretch.
- Nature
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- Nov 07, 2020