- Job
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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
- Convey
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't know if foreigners will take to my novels or not. It may be that my books appeal only to a particular gender or age group rather than convey a more universal appeal.
- Parents
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was always in trouble from an early age. I had a fraught relationship with my parents, who were very traditional. Doing plays at school was a joyous release.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've been sailing from the age of 2, and apparently, when I was 4, I told my dad, 'I know how to do this; you don't have to come with me anymore.'
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
I had never heard of Cingular, but they needed people to jump on trampolines. Well, when I was 13, I was a trampoline gymnast. I had actually won nationals in my age group. So it was like one of those perfect, unbelievable miracles.
- Myself
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- Nov 07, 2020
Skating is a sport that I found a lot of interest in from a very, very young age. Ultimately, I think that being on the ice, being in the cold, and trying things and challenging myself in different ways is something that made me really interested in skating.
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
I am a fifth-generation American, but from a young age, I went to yeshiva. I spent 12 hours a day with rabbis, and I think in Yiddish. To this day, I have to go back and unravel my writing and polish it so everyone doesn't sound like an old Jewish woman.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
It is a tremendous honor to be named poet laureate, but one that I find humbling as well, because it's the kind of thing that makes me feel like - even as it's been bestowed upon me - I must continue to live up to what it means... Being the younger laureate in the age of social media is a new challenge.
- Magic
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- Nov 07, 2020
I love that in celebrating Halloween, we can get lost in the magic of make-believe and fantasy no matter what age we are!
- Looked
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've always looked old for my age.
- Friends And Family
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- Nov 07, 2020
I put my friends and family first. I'm really just a normal thirteen-year-old girl who has a different hobby than most girls my age. Acting is kind of an extracurricular activity.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have never planned to have babies by a certain age.
- Hard Time
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I started, I had a really hard time getting work. It was the mid- to late-nineties. There was the WB. My age was perfect for it, but I just never came across as a youngster. I had to grow into my age in order to start working, and by the time I did, it was when things started to get good.
- Mirror
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- Nov 07, 2020
As I age, I become more and more happy with what I see in the mirror. At some point, that's going to stop.
- Hair
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- Nov 07, 2020