- Men
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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
- Possible
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- Nov 07, 2020
It has been possible to trace historically back to a very early age the taxes which were imposed on medicines, spices and similar substances in German towns. Thus, for instance, one finds that in the year 1500, thirteen, in 1540, thirty-eight, and in 1708, already one hundred and twenty vegetable oils are mentioned.
- Things
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- Nov 07, 2020
Twenty is a wonderful age for things to be sparked.
- Mystery
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- Nov 07, 2020
It was really in the Golden Age, between the two world wars, when the pure detective story - of which the locked room mystery is really the ultimate form - became popular.
- Dancing
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- Nov 07, 2020
I had been dancing in competitions in South Africa since the age of four, before going on to compete internationally.
- Liberty
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- Nov 07, 2020
Jesus Christ was a patriot! His country was the world. His laws were the eternal principles of liberty, and his followers, in every age, have been the chosen champions of freedom!
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
'Sleepy Hollow' was really the first thing I'd done that gave me the opportunity in the modern age to build an authentic relationship with an audience that was a lot more like what happens in theater.
- More
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- Nov 07, 2020
From a very young age, I suspected there was more to my world than I could see: somewhere in the streets of Istanbul, in a house resembling ours, there lived another Orhan so much like me he could pass for my twin, even my double.
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
At the age of 60, I am less experimental and more mature. I want most of all to convey my understanding of life.
- End
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- Nov 07, 2020
We are an age without leaders. We stopped having leaders at the end of the 20th century.
- Society
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- Nov 07, 2020
Stories about the ongoing dramas in our lives as we age are not being told because women find it difficult to be honest about what's going on - about, for example, our heightened sexuality as we age or about living in a society that only values youth.
- Fortuitous
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- Nov 07, 2020
Looking back, Google's success came from the fortuitous timing of being born at the cusp of the broadband age. But it also came about because of the new reality of the Internet: a lot of services were going to be algorithmic, and owning your own infrastructure would be a key advantage.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I had played the Virgin Mary in 'Jesus of Nazareth,' and I had done 'Juliet' at the age of 15. People said, 'Where do you go from playing Juliet and the Virgin Mary?' And I said, 'Mother Teresa of Calcutta.'
- Diversity
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- Nov 07, 2020
From a very early age, I made my decisions based on careers that I admire. The one thing that all the actresses I love have in common is that they have diversity in their careers.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020