Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. Quotes
To be seventy years young is sometimes far more cheerful and hopeful than to be forty years old.
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In some Old Testament books, it's very evident that an editor has been at work. That's quite all right. It's part of the process.
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I have been surfing since I was six years old.
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We lived on isolated farms and ranches, far from anybody, and when I was young I knew very few other kids, so I lived to a great extent in my imagination.
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Getting old is a fascination thing. The older you get, the older you want to get.
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When you're young, you're stupid. You do silly things.
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The blush is beautiful, but it is sometimes convenient.
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If I can't drive my old pickup to wherever I'm going, well, chances are good that I just won't go.
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Nepotism sometimes can be a lose-lose situation.
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My go-to jeans are old Levi's I've gotten from boyfriends; they're worn-in and really yummy and perfect.
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I feel very strongly that young women have regressed a little bit. But I do get all preachy about it.
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One of the virtues of being very young is that you don't let the facts get in the way of your imagination.
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Sometimes when it comes to the iconic kind of moments, when I read the script for the first time, you get little goose bumps or something because it really is kind of exciting.
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Sometimes people write novels and they just be so wordy and so self-absorbed.
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I met in the street a very poor young man who was in love. His hat was old, his coat worn, his cloak was out at the elbows, the water passed through his shoes, - and the stars through his soul.
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I can say I love working with women. Film is a man's world, and I really appreciate the opportunity to collaborate with women, especially young women.
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I came to Hollywood determined to follow in Jean Harlow's footsteps, but I was determined not to die young. My hope was to endure. And endure I have.
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I was pretty young, but because of that first record, 'Cole Espanol,' we took our first trip - well, my first trip - to Mexico.
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I was very young during 'Chachi 420' and don't remember much now.
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Sometimes I'll be flipping through the channels and I'll see a movie I'm in. And I'll probably stop and think, 'Sure, I'll watch this.'
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Free love sounds great.
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Going back to Hemingway's work after several years is like going back to a brook where you had often fished and finding the woods as deep and cool as they used to be.
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I don't put a ton of time into my on-stage style, largely because I'm dumb about clothes. But I have friends who are very smart about clothes, and they teach me things. For the show, I'm mainly concerned with feeling comfortable, being able to jump around and get wild.
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To be seventy years young is sometimes far more cheerful and hopeful than to be forty years old.
