- 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
- Dancing
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've been dancing since I was 6 years old. That kind of relentless dedication and intensity is where I'm comfortable.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
How are we supposed to get old? What am I supposed to do? Am I supposed to get old? My kids tell me, 'We want you to look like a grandmother.' I agree with them. I want to look like a grandmother.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
But, I would say when I was four years old and I was at the Alan King Tennis Tournament and I was hitting with all the pros that would come to town. They would get me on the court or take notice and that stayed with me.
- Day
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- Nov 07, 2020
My athleticism will go away some day. I'm gonna be old one of these days, so I'm going to be able to use those post moves.
- Understand
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- Nov 07, 2020
In Romania, during the communist regime, we were very culturally suppressed. At 18 years old, I wasn't allowed to wear bell-bottom jeans and eyeliner. I couldn't understand why!
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have had the same shinpads since I was eight or nine years old. Everyone laughs in the dressing room because of them but I am superstitious with that.
- Name
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- Nov 07, 2020
Every time I hear my name chanted it has been amazing, at Old Trafford and also away because we have amazing away fans.
- Opportunity
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- Nov 07, 2020
In tennis, a lot of parents are accused of driving their kids into tennis. I would say I'm the opposite: I drove my parents into it. They didn't take it that seriously until I was about 11 or 12 years old, when they realised I had an opportunity to go pro.
- French Open
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- Nov 07, 2020
I used to always want to play the perfect match, and this meant not losing a point. The realisation came around the time I was 19 years old, in the French Open final in 2007. This was a key period in my career. I was told I was going for too many winners, which was affecting my game.
- Country
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have been a Republican since I came to this country, fleeing communism when I was eight years old and Ronald Reagan was president.
- Moment
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- Nov 07, 2020
I will not concede for a moment that old privileges should not dwindle. They cannot dwindle fast enough.
- Economy
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- Nov 07, 2020
In an economy increasingly dominated by network effects, peer-to-peer transactions, self-regulation, and contract labor, the old frameworks are woefully irrelevant.
- Done
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- Nov 07, 2020
In India, we are forced to choose our specialisation very early, whereas in some other countries, this can be done much later in life. While the British have abandoned this approach, we in India seem to be struggling with the old British system of education.
- Changed
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- Nov 07, 2020
Old definitions of segments are going to get blurred. Once you defined cars by horsepower, engines. That has changed.
- My Life
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- Nov 07, 2020