- Oh
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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
- Cubism
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- Nov 07, 2020
The cubism of Braque or Picasso, the dissonant compositions of Schoenberg or Stravinsky, the free-flowing and often erotic choreography of Isadora Duncan and Nijinsky - these were acts of rebellion against the certainties and traditions of the old world.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was so invested in ballet, and it was my entire life. And then it was realizing that I didn't want it to be my entire life forever. And then it was this very specific life, and I wanted to learn about other things. So I modeled to fill the time because dancing was very much a job, even when I was 14 years old.
- More
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- Nov 07, 2020
The vast literature concerning whistleblowers shows that, far from weird extremists, they are really quite ordinary people: male and female, young and old, junior and senior, no more nerdy or obsessive than most hard workers.
- Garden
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- Nov 07, 2020
The Greatest Generation got to save old tires, dig a Victory Garden and forgo sugar. The Richest Generation is being asked to shop.
- Old Days
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- Nov 07, 2020
We cannot think of the old days when we were dealing with SARS. It's a totally different ballgame now.
- Bread
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'll give you an example. Henry, the old black guy who cooks the corn bread, he worked on the railroads for about 20 years so he knows how to lay and build track.
- Change
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm not sure I want to preserve the old ways just for the sake of saying, 'I don't believe in change.'
- Attended
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- Nov 07, 2020
The first professional training I received of any kind was when I was 14 years old and we were in Kansas City, Missouri. I attended the Kansas City Art Institute for one summer.
- Old Days
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- Nov 07, 2020
My only fantasy about writing was that in my old days, after directing many masterpieces, I would write my memoirs.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020