Edward St Aubyn Quotes
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People in love don't see gender, colour or religion. Or age. It's about the other person, the one that you love and who loves you. You don't think of them in terms of a label. You just go with your heart.
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My own writing has perhaps more of an American flavor than a British one, but that's because the stories I've so far written have needed it. 'Empire State,' 'Seven Wonders' and 'The Age Atomic' are all very place-centric, where the setting itself is almost a character. But there is a universality to story that isn't just limited to science fiction.
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I always tell young actors to have a back-up. You don't want to find yourself at the age of 30 still struggling to make a living out of acting.
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I have never planned to have babies by a certain age.
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I majored in political science and English, but starting from the age of 17, I've paid for everything that I've had in my life. It was a personal choice. My parents would have helped me in any way whatsoever, but for me, you know what? I can make my own way.
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Age is relative. Experience is relative. And I think often intensity is confused with maturity.
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I rode my bike to school every day from age five to age fourteen. It was a small town - you could go anywhere.
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Once in a while, the thumb that fits over the neck of the guitar kinda bothers me a little bit, but not that much yet. I figure in time I won't do much because of my age.
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Politics is the one field you don't age out of.
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I am 90. I can work day or night. I'm the same guy, but the polls show the effect of age. That's the issue.
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Daniel Day-Lewis is one of the greatest actors of our age; he's like Olivier. He's one of those people who can take you into a place where no one else can take you.
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Old age adds to the respect due to virtue, but it takes nothing from the contempt inspired by vice; it whitens only the hair.
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When I turned 60, it didn't bother me at all.
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My first seven novels were contemporary spiritual novels, my next nine had strong elements of fantasy, and now I'm writing thrillers, more as a choice to spread my wings than anything. Writers, like good wine, should mature with age.
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I was always in trouble from an early age. I had a fraught relationship with my parents, who were very traditional. Doing plays at school was a joyous release.
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My dad had premature gray. I was always the one with the most energy, the one who continued to practice longer. I ran up and down the stairs of different stadiums. I didn't feel the need to cover up the fact that I was losing my hair or it was graying. When you're on a team, age is only a factor when you're talking in the locker room.
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In Miss Catherine Middleton we have the faintest, intoxicating glimmer of a New Age Cinderella story.
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Love has no age.
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If it went on the ballot in Colorado, I would vote to lower the drinking age.
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Everybody is dealt a hand of cards. It was my choice to play them the way I played them.
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Let's not be too rough on our own ignorance; it's what makes America great!
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Lady Gaga is my name. If you know me, and you call me Stefani, you don't really know me at all.
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I never went to a university, and I am proud to say so because I don't think I have done too badly.
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The tragedy of old age, when a man’s too weak to hit his own child.
