S. Jay Olshansky Quotes
I'm not sure the least educated members of the population are missing out on the advances in medical technology as much as they are adopting harmful behavioral habits that shorten their life.

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I have thought a sufficient measure of civilization is the influence of good women.
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For me, the greatest good fortune I have being raised by actors is I came in knowing that a career is the ebb and flow.
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I've always been a history lover. I've spent a lot of recreational time walking around historical castles and estates, in Britain and Europe, and so I know what the real thing looks like.
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In the world of words, the imagination is one of the forces of nature.
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I do not suppose I shall be remembered for anything. But I don't think about my work in those terms. It is just as vulgar to work for the sake of posterity as to work for the sake of money.
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Some have suffered death to make it possible for us to have the scriptures today. Historically, the scriptures in the Bible were reserved for the clergy, with the reading of them by others being denounced. At times, laws even prohibited the public or private reading of them.
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It didn't scare me to be vulnerable because I think that's when you get something great.
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Here's what I have at my advantage: I've never been a personality. I've always been a character actor.
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If you're a large corporation, you can afford to pay the money to register patents, but if you're an individual like me, you can't.
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Courage, above all things, is the first quality of a warrior.
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You're going to have some ups and downs, so you have to prepare yourself to be ready. Those down moments come.
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One of the pleasures of getting older and making a living the way you want to is that your social circle becomes rarified, and the people who enter have been vetted.
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In the hands of a passive-aggressive person who wants to abdicate responsibility for things, texting is a great tool. You can really go nuts.
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If you're beautiful, you're led to believe that you can't also be smart.
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You forget that sometimes comedy is just a big night out for people. Almost every show, people come up to me and go, 'This is the first comedy show I've ever seen,' so you want to do well. If you do horribly at somebody's first time seeing live stand-up, well, you've not only tainted yourself, you've tainted a whole art form.
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Laura Bush has the face of my mother when my mother was young. The face, the body, the voice. The first time I saw on TV Laura Bush, I got frozen because it was as if my mother was not dead. 'Oh, Mama,' I said, 'Mama.'
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We want to be two-way players; that's the best thing.
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You're always going to have people that are naysayers, that don't believe in your talent, that don't believe that you have any kind of longevity.
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You can't live off of just greasy fatty foods and stayin' up till six in the mornin' just partyin'. You gotta take care of yourself.
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If you are lucky enough to have lived in Paris as a young man, then wherever you go for the rest of your life it stays with you, for Paris is a moveable feast.
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No pessimist ever discovered the secret of the stars, or sailed to an uncharted land, or opened a new doorway for the human spirit.
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(Many have said) we need a carbon price and (investment) would be so much easier with a carbon price, but life is much more complex than that, i agree it would be more simple ... but it's not quite what we will have.
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I'm not sure the least educated members of the population are missing out on the advances in medical technology as much as they are adopting harmful behavioral habits that shorten their life.