Old Quotes
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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 don't want to redo what I've just done. I don't want to retread old ground.
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I was too young for Korea and too old for Vietnam.
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How old would you be if you didn't know how old you are?
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I wasn't really an old-time breakdown fiddler.
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Sometimes, the best argument in favour of the old... is the new!
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I have been young and am now old, and have not yet known an untruthful man to come to a good end.
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The old joke was Mitch Leigh, land baron, barren land.
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I'm not willing to say I want to return to private life because I'm too old to begin telling lies now.
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Old things have strange hungers.
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TV tends to look for the living equivalents of squeaky-clean Kens and Barbies, but with my dial I'm more like Ken's dirty old uncle.
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We old folks have to find our cushions and pillows in our tankards. Strong beer is the milk of the old.
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The new is not revealed to those whose eyes are fastened in worship upon the old.
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I need contrast-the old and the new, the rough and the soft. The clash of it all is very sexy.
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When Laurence was old enough to do what he liked, he would be old enough to understand he couldn’t do what he liked.
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But an old age serene and bright, and lovely as a Lapland night, shall lead thee to thy grave.
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When I was young my teachers were the old. I gave up fire for form till I was cold.
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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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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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But I figure you're never too old to learn. That's when you become old, when you stop being fascinated by things, when you stop wanting to learn and explore.
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Our ideals, like the gods of old, are constantly demanding human sacrifices.
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You are never too old to reinvent yourself.
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A lot of people are frightened by old age - by being around people who are, basically, on their way out - but I'm fascinated by it. It's an amazing thing to be around someone who has had a life well lived.
