Birthday Quotes - Page 20

• There are few things that we so unwillingly give up, even in advanced age, as the supposition that we still have the power of ingratiating ourselves with the fair sex.

  Samuel Johnson

  Sex, Giving Up, Flirty

  Samuel Johnson (2002). “A Johnson Sampler”, Non Pareil Books

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• There's a vintage which comes with age and experience.

  Jon Bon Jovi

  Vintage, Sentimental, Age And Experience

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• Better pass boldly into that other world, in the full glory of some passion, than fade and wither dismally with age.

  James Joyce

  Passion, Other Worlds, Age

  James Joyce, Laurence Davies (1993). “Dubliners”, p.160, Wordsworth Editions

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• The funniest racism is the racism between minorities. It's something you don't see dramatized, but almost every minority I know who's my age, they have these funny stories about their parents stereotyping other minorities.

  Mindy Kaling

  Funny, Racism, Parent

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• There's no way to approach anything in an objective way. We're completely subjective; our view of the world is completely controlled by who we are as human beings, as men or women, by our age, our history, our profession, by the state of the world.

  Charlie Kaufman

  Men, Views, Age

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• High expectations weren't nurtured in my neck of nowhere back then - children weren't fawned over from an early age as 'gifted' and groomed for a prizewinning future; self-esteem was considered something you had to pick from the garden yourself.

  James Wolcott

  Children, Self Esteem, Garden

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• I'm not as far along as Jack Nicklaus was at this age, but I'm trying.

  Tiger Woods

  Sports, Age, Trying

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• It seems as if an age of genius must be succeeded by an age of endeavour; riot and extravagance by cleanliness and hard work.

  Virginia Woolf

  Hard Work, Age, Extravagance

  Virginia Woolf, David Bradshaw (2009). “Selected Essays”, p.26, Oxford University Press

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• The mind that is wise mourns less for what age takes away; than what it leaves behind.

  William Wordsworth

  Wise, Time, Mind

  William Wordsworth, “Fountain, The: A Conversation”

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• But an old age serene and bright, and lovely as a Lapland night, shall lead thee to thy grave.

  William Wordsworth

  Love, Time, Night

  'To a Young Lady' (1802)

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• The trouble with our age is that it is all signpost and no destination.

  Louis Kronenberger

  Age, Aging, Trouble

  1954 Company Manners,'The Spirit of The Age'.

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• A man does not die of love or his liver or even of old age; he dies of being a man.

  Miguel de Unamuno

  Love, Death, Men

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• I trained to be a priest - started to. I went to seminary school when I was 11. I wanted to be a priest, but when they told me I could never have sex, not even on my birthday, I changed my mind.

  Johnny Vegas

  Sex, School, Mind

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• It is the spirit of the age to believe that any fact, no matter how suspect, is superior to any imaginative exercise, no matter how true.

  Gore Vidal

  Believe, Exercise, Age

  Encounter Dec. 1967, "French Letters: Theories of the New Novel"

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• As the age of television progresses the Reagans will be the rule, not the exception. To be perfect for television is all a President has to be these days.

  Gore Vidal

  Perfect, Progress, Age

  The Observer, February 7, 1982.

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• There probably aren't a lot of actors my age who tap dance.

  Christopher Walken

  Age, Actors, Tap Dance

  "Christopher Walken Interview - HAIRSPRAY" by Steve 'Frosty' Weintraub, collider.com. July 8, 2007.

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• No, but way before that, I've been doing little dances in movies for years. Yeah, that was an amazing chance. You know, at my age to be able to do a music dance video, very unusual.

  Christopher Walken

  Years, Age, Video

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• It seems that when you get to a certain age you almost give yourself permission to misbehave and say what you think. People allow it, with very old people.

  Julie Walters

  Thinking, People, Giving

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• To separate children from others of similar age and qualifications solely because of their race generates a feeling of inferiority as to their status in the community that may affect their hearts and minds in a way unlikely ever to be undone.

  Earl Warren

  Children, Heart, Race

  Brown v. Board of Education (1954) See John M. Harlan (1833 - 1911) 1; Kerner 1

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• I started running around my 30th birthday. I wanted to lose weight; I didn't anticipate the serenity. Being in motion, suddenly my body was busy and so my head could work out some issues I had swept under a carpet of wine and cheese. Good therapy, that's a good run.

  Michael Weatherly

  Running, Women, Wine

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• The age in which we live, this non-stop distraction, is making it more impossible for the young generation to ever have the curiosity or discipline... because you need to be alone to find out anything.

  Vivienne Westwood

  Young Generation, Discipline, Curiosity

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• I think it's your mental attitude. So many of us start dreading age in high school and that's a waste of a lovely life. 'Oh... I'm 30, oh, I'm 40, oh, 50.' Make the most of it.

  Betty White

  Attitude, School, Thinking

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Old age is a special problem for me because I've never been able to shed the mental image I have of myself - a lad of about 19.

  E. B. White

  Special, Age, Able

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• Even in this day and age, if you're not married, there are people who are like, 'Don't worry, it'll happen for you someday.'

  Kristen Wiig

  People, Worry, Age

  "Would you like to be my bridesmaid?" by Elizabeth Day, www.theguardian.com. June 11, 2011.

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• I feel like women are asked their age more than men.

  Kristen Wiig

  Men, Age, Feels

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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