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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When I'm writing something, I try not to get analytical about it as I'm doing it, as I'm writing it.
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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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I wrote Murder at the Windmill. And it was accepted and we made it and it was the first film I made with Danny Angel, well the only film I actually made... I made a lot of it at the Windmill itself.
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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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Someone who is determinedly trying to show God how good he or she is is likely to become an insufferable prig.
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It's still in my heart. I can do it.
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We often think about happiness as trying to increase our joy, but it's also about decreasing our worry. So what you get for paying those high taxes is, if you're a parent thinking about putting your child through school, you don't have to worry about it, because all education through college is free.
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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.
