S. Jay Olshansky Quotes
In centenarians and supercentenarians - people over 110 - you see a higher level of fecundity much later in life.
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The highest education is that which does not merely give us information but makes our life in harmony with all existence.
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Being famous has changed a lot, because now there's so many outlets, between magazines, TV shows, and the Internet, for people to stalk and follow you. We created the monster.
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When you lose your mother at 20 and then your father soon after, melancholia is part of your life.
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I still call Texas home. It is where I spent most of my life growing up.
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I think the tennis is only a game. You can lose. You can win. After that? In life, there are much more important things than tennis.
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Our parents were really, really grounded people but also really ambitious people, meaning they saw our ambition and were willing to help us chase it.
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During a game, it comes down to your mind - the pressure. There are loads of other aspects, too. Many people say taking penalties is easy, but when you're stood over one, that's not the case. It's in no way easy. The goal really does become a lot smaller.
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I was very pleased, obviously, to have outsold great writers. But I'm not insane - I do realise that I am a popular writer who people buy to take on vacation.
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Create a compelling vision, one that takes people to a new place, and then translate that vision into a reality.
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Red Dust was about the late 1980s; it was a time of burgeoning hopes and opening up and people searching for new ways.
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In some sense, when you take a child soldier out of an armed group, you've taken away the identity he or she has had for years, and you can't assume life is just going to return to normal.
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I pick up on other people's discomfort.
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I think that's why often people in creative fields can feel so alone is because there's a constant third eye, that constant watcher.
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One of the things about my ministry is that I have never branded myself as being above the people or superior to people.
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Young players need to know how to take care of themselves for life after baseball.
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You really think that on my films people tell me what to do? I don't think so. On my films I decide.
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Being a mom makes you far more compassionate. You have more empathy for people, more love. I was always taught to say thank you, and I'm very grateful. And my kids have that quality, too.
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I find it odd that people will go to a nice restaurant or to the theater in jeans and T-shirts.
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I'm proud of the fact that besides being known as a successful former football player, I've also worked hard to establish myself as a successful businessman, network broadcaster, sports & entertainment executive and philanthropist.
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It's much nicer to be praised than to be damned. But you have to have a certain sense of your own priorities and ideas about what works and what doesn't because otherwise, if you're just looking for eternal validation all the time, you can be motivated by the wrong things and I don't think it's as personally satisfying in your own work.
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Still others want a traditional guitar sound if they call you for guitar.
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I deserve all the love you can spare me. And I want a lot more than I deserve.
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In centenarians and supercentenarians - people over 110 - you see a higher level of fecundity much later in life.
