- Lion
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- Nov 07, 2020
Old Quotes
Old age, old habits, and old traditions worth keeping.
This set uses 'old' loosely, from feeling worn down by constant criticism in a creative career to impatience with distractions that don't matter anymore. For quotes centered on the number itself, see Age quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- New
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- Nov 07, 2020
There's nothing like Opening Day. There's nothing like the start of a new season. I started playing baseball when I was seven years old and quit playing when I was 40, so it's kind of in my blood.
- First
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- Nov 07, 2020
Old third basemen become first basemen, and old first basemen become designated hitters.
- Meaning
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- Nov 07, 2020
I grew up on the old EC comic books before the Comics Code in North American and with all sort of good-natured fun. I never had nightmares I think because all of the old horror stuff that I was exposed to was well meaning in a certain sense.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
The two great things about computer CG stuff are I can now do gags I would never have dreamed of in the old day.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
But when I was twelve years old I caught my first strong glimpse of one of the fundamental forces of existence, whose votary I was destined to be for life - namely, Beauty.
- Nothing
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- Nov 07, 2020
Nothing makes one old so quickly as the ever-present thought that one is growing older.
- Remember
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- Nov 07, 2020
I remember seeing Sugar Ray Leonard, Mike Tyson, and the old films of Sugar Ray Robinson.
- Fight
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- Nov 07, 2020
The first am fight I had, I was 10 yrs. old. I didn't count, but as far as I remember, it was approximately 350 fights. It was a lot of fights.
- Loved
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- Nov 07, 2020
I really loved that old UPA stuff, like 'Gerald McBoing-Boing' and 'Mr. Magoo.' They were simple yet effective 'toons that talked to everyone, not just kids.
- Country
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't read 'genre' fiction if that means novels with lots of killing and shooting. Even Cormac McCarthy's 'No Country for Old Men' seemed pretty childish in that regard.
- Problem
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- Nov 07, 2020
In my classroom, I would start my lessons with a quick review of an old topic. Then, I would introduce a new topic. Finally, I would give my students a problem to solve on their own, one that would reinforce what I'd just taught.
- Character
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- Nov 07, 2020