"In all ages, far back into prehistory, we find human beings have painted and adorned themselves."
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"We were born in a dark age out of due time (for us). But there is this comfort: otherwise we should not know, or so much love, what we do love. I imagine the fish out of water is the only fish to have an inkling of water."
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"Taking care of your body, no matter what your age, is an investment."
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"The word genius was whispered into my ear, the first thing I ever heard, while I was still mewling in my crib. So it never occurred to me that I wasn't until middle age."
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"Now we are living in the age of comics as air"
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"Louie Bellson represents the epitome of musical talent. His ability to cover the whole musical spectrum from an elite percussionist to a very gifted composer and arranger never ceases to amaze me. I consider him one of the musical giants of our age."
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"I get along with everyone except for men my age, who are bourgeois or retired or boring."
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"We live in the age of the overworked and the undereducated."
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"The ages live in history through their anachronisms."
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"I drank my lifetime supply of alcohol and I took my lifetime supply of drugs between the ages of 15 and 19."
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"I wanted to be an actor from a young age, but actually becoming one and seen the ugly side of the world does feel different and sometimes unwelcome. There are shallow, vapid, untalented people zombieing the streets of Hollywood, adding decadence and immorality to an already extravagant business."
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"I had a very rough childhood and not a happy one and by age 15 I was an old person in many ways. I knew that I had to take care of myself, I um and I always did."
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"A life of peace, purity and refinement leads to a calm and untroubled old age."
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"If a man isn't a certain age, he just isn't interesting."
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"The best men in all ages keep classic traditions alive"
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"This is an age in which one cannot find common sense without a search warrant."
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"It is not a sin to be seventy but it is also no joke."
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"There's one thing I always wanted to do before I quit... Retire!"
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"If work and leisure are soon to be subordinated to this one utopian principle - absolute busyness - then utopia and melancholy will come to coincide: an age without conflict will dawn, perpetually busy - and without consciousness."
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"People always ask me if I could live in any other era what would it be, and I tell them none! I feel so lucky to live in an age where technology has changed and continues to change and make life so much more exciting. It keeps everyone young and constantly learning new things."
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