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Twenty years, and everything they quietly required.

These quotes measure life in twenty-year spans, opening with the wry claim of an overnight success that actually took two decades to arrive. Related identity themes continue under Age quotes.

Last Updated on Aug 03, 2026

Poetry
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Nov 07, 2020

At twenty, I implicitly dissociated poetry from politics.

Quotes by Adrienne Rich

Nov 07, 2020

Twenty is a wonderful age for things to be sparked.

Quotes by Oveta Culp Hobby

Nov 07, 2020

Actually, I'm an overnight success, but it took twenty years.

Quotes by Monty Hall

Solitude
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Nov 07, 2020

Solitude terrifies the soul at twenty.

Quotes by Moliere

Democrat
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Nov 07, 2020

I was a Clinton Democrat for twenty years.

Quotes by John Catsimatidis

Nov 07, 2020

For twenty years, not a week went by when I wasn't on a plane.

Quotes by Gloria Steinem

Overweight
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Nov 07, 2020

I arrived in Hollywood twenty pounds overweight and as strong as an ox.

Quotes by Gene Kelly

Percent
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Nov 07, 2020

So it's probably eighty percent luck and twenty percent skill.

Quotes by Chris LeDoux

One speaker identifies as a Clinton Democrat across twenty years, while another recalls two decades where barely a week passed without a flight. See also Hollywood quotes.

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