Aubrey de Grey Quotes
We've spent the last few millennia aware that senescence is horrible but knowing nevertheless that it's inevitable. We've had to find some mechanism to put it out of our minds so we can get on with our miserably short lives.
Quotes to Explore
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It's only Western civilization that, God forbid, you talk about dying, when it's the only thing we know for certain, right? Everyone's going to die, so what's the big problem? 'Oh, God. Don't talk about it. Don't think about it.' I mean, I'm one of them. I'm not a big fan of talking about dying.
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I was 6, and I was in the opera 'Carmen.' My dad sang opera and got me into the children's chorus. I was super fat at the time and didn't make eye contact with anyone. I knew I loved acting ever since.
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I got a tattoo saying 'Made in England' above my foot to represent that, that I felt like a doll for so long.
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With 'Transformers,' I'm going to get to drive fast cars and have a lot of fun. That's what appeals to me about it. I want to have as much fun as possible.
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The true adventurer goes forth aimless and uncalculating to meet and greet unknown fate.
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I've been very lucky and I have a happy old age with good family and friends still around.
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I think the really good mountaineer is the man with the technical ability of the professional and with the enthusiasm and freshness of approach of the amateur.
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I don't want to write a novel per year. I know that I need a break of one or two years. So maybe I invent some new, urgent activity so I don't fall into the trap of starting a new novel.
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Morals are three-quarters manners.
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No more slave States; no slave Territories.
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We the U.S. think nothing…of attempting to inflict upon other peoples forms of government ill-tailored to their needs.
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Do nothing, say nothing, and be nothing, and you'll never be criticized.
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After silence that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music.
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O bitter is it to abide In weariness alway: At dawn to sigh for eventide, At eventide for day. Thy noon hath fled: thy sun hath shone: The brightness of thy day is gone: What need to lag and linger on Till life be cold and gray?
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Who is the loving person? The loving person is the person who loves him or herself. I say this so often, and people say, 'Oh yes, you're so right,' but they don't do it! You will never be able to love anyone else until you love yourself. Even With your Fat Thighs!
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While performing, I can't wear anything that I'm not going to be able to dance in or heels that don't have ankle support.
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Kudos to people who put themselves forward as the arbiters of taste.
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I'm very wary of trust, you see.
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A noun is not a name you give something. It is something you watch becoming itself, and you have to have the patience to find out what it is.
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I start at square one with every role. If I let myself feel pressure, it would crush me. The truth is that everyone pays attention to who's number one at the box office. And none of it matters, because the only thing that really exists is the connection the audience has with a movie. Sometimes that's a palpable thing, but other times it's not. No actor has control of that. All you can control is your own passion for doing the work in the first place.
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Yet, nearly 6 decades after the Holocaust concluded, Anti-Semitism still exists as the scourge of the world.
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The closest I get to any sort of 'designer' items would probably be my weakness for jeans - they don't have to be any particular brand, but I'm willing to do almost anything, go anywhere, spend obscene amounts of money for that elusive 'perfect pair.'
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We've spent the last few millennia aware that senescence is horrible but knowing nevertheless that it's inevitable. We've had to find some mechanism to put it out of our minds so we can get on with our miserably short lives.
