"I think it surprises a lot of people that I'm still around, you know, still - that I'm not pushing up daisies, as they say."
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"I think it surprises a lot of people that I'm still around, you know, still - that I'm not pushing up daisies, as they say."
"I am admonished in many ways that time is pushing me inexorably along. I am approaching the threshold of age; in 1977 I shall be 142."
"No one knows my ability the way I do. I am pushing against it all the time."
"I'm not even born yet. I'm still trying. I'm still pushing. I don't ever want to get to a place where I feel satisfied."