T. S. Eliot Quotes

I don't believe one grows older. I think that what happens early on in life is that at a certain age one stands still and stagnates.

T. S. Eliot

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• I wish I had come along when the studios were making those big musical pictures. It would be great to do re-makes of some of the old ones like 'Porgy and Bess' or 'Showboat.' I'd love to do 'em.

  

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• Life is like an analogy.

  

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• I went to high school in New York City. So, I grew up in New Jersey my whole life, and I was watching all the people and all the kids that I met there become so jaded.

  

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• Like Hollywood movies, MTV and blue jeans, fast food has become one of America's major cultural exports.

  

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• I don't believe one grows older. I think that what happens early on in life is that at a certain age one stands still and stagnates.

  

  T. S. Eliot
  • Life
  • Believe
  • Age