Old Quotes
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The young man taught all he knew and more; The middle-aged man taught all he knew; The old man taught all that his students could understand.
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There's an old Wayne Gretzky quote that I love. 'I skate to where the puck is going to be, not where it has been.' And we've always tried to do that at Apple. Since the very, very beginning. And we always will.
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The old Lie:Dulce et decorum est Pro patria mori.
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I'm a hundred-and-one years old and at my age, honey, I can say what I want!
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Modern art must strike out from the old. The new is not revealed to those whose eyes are fastened in worship upon the old…Have you ever seen an inch worm crawl up a leaf or twig, and then clinging to the very end, revolve in the air, feeling for something to reach? That's like me. I am trying to find something out there beyond the place on which I have a footing.
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I don’t like telling people telling how old I am.
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Growing up isn't simply getting old... Growing up is when you don't believe anymore.
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I was a bouncer when I was in DePaul in Chicago at the theater school. I threw drunks out of bars - unless I had a play running that weekend. But I only had two actual fights. Some were like out of old Westerns.
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We’ve always been a really good Rock band live and we still have that. I don’t know how much longer we’re going to have it because we’re all getting a little bit old.
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Sometimes, the best argument in favour of the old... is the new!
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Most people put their childhood away as if it was an old hat. They forget it as if it was a phone number that does not apply anymore. They think about their life as if it was a salami which they are eating slice by slice and then they become grown-ups, but what are they now? Only those who grow up and still remain children are real human beings.
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When I was old enough, I was 21 years of age, I decided to come to America. I did it illegally, so I jumped the border. I didn't speak any English.
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By all means, then, let us have psalms and days of dedication anew to the old causes
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I wasn't really an old-time breakdown fiddler.
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Old women even forget how to love their sons. The heart gets worn out, Monsieur.
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You a Catholic, Harry?” O’Neill asked. “I was. Can’t see it any more.” “You know something?” O’Neill offered after a pause. “Religion is for punks and old folks. When you’re a punk you need it because you don’t know any better and it straightens you up. And when you’re old you need it for comfort before you check out. But in between it’s no good.
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No old Men (excepting Dr. Wallis) love Mathematicks.
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Our ideals, like the gods of old, are constantly demanding human sacrifices.
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I would dearly love to take up the brush again, but I realize that I am an C man and that I cannot set the world afire.
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I don't want to redo what I've just done. I don't want to retread old ground.
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When you finally learn how to do it, you're too old for the good parts.
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I was too young for Korea and too old for Vietnam.
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My favourite piece of architecture is the Royal Conservatory of Music on Bloor (273 Bloor Street West). When they cleaned up the old building a few years back, the stonework just knocked me out. It is a great melding of the Old Toronto and the new.
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When I was young my teachers were the old. I gave up fire for form till I was cold.
