Over 50 Quotes

• Age is no barrier. It's a limitation you put on your mind.

  Jackie Joyner-Kersee

  Inspirational, Sports, Athlete

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  There is a fountain of youth: it is your mind, your talents, the creativity you bring to your life and the lives of the people you love. When you learn to tap this source, you will truly have defeated age.

  Sophia Loren

  Life, Birthday, Death

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

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• Just remember, once you're over the hill you begin to pick up speed.

  Arthur Schopenhauer

  Birthday, Congratulations, Age

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• When I grow up I want to be an old woman.

  Michelle Shocked

  Growing Up, Want, Grows

  Song: When I Grow Up, Album: Short Sharp Shocked

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• I've been a woman for a little over 50 years and have gotten over my initial astonishment. As for conducting an orchestra, that's a job where I don't think sex plays much part.

  Nadia Boulanger

  Music, Jobs, Sex

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

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• Try this thought experiment. Pretend you're a tyrant. Among your many liberty-destroying objectives are extermination of blacks, Jews and Catholics. Which would you prefer, a United States with political power centralized in Washington, powerful government agencies with detailed information on Americans and compliant states or power widely dispersed over 50 states, thousands of local jurisdictions and a limited federal government?

  Walter E. Williams

  Powerful, Agency, Government

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• I've watched 'Being There' over 50 times, and every time I watch it, I love every frame. I just wish I had directed it myself.

  Brett Ratner

  Wish, Watches, Being There

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• As a result of the current universal benefit, the poverty rate for seniors in America is about 10%. Without the universal benefit, it would be over 50%.

  Steve Israel

  Senior, America, Would Be

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• I've been married over 50 years of my life.

  T. Boone Pickens

  Years, Married

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• I have been reading the press more regularly than others over 50 years and it seems to me that there are things that have changed in the press that have changed its character.

  John Major

  Reading, Character, Years

  "I shouldn't have read the papers so much when I was PM" by Julia Langdon, www.theguardian.com. March 4, 2007.

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• I'm mellower now, I'm over 50. But I don't think I'm too mellow. I'm still angry at a lot of things.

  Henry Rollins

  Thinking, Mellow, Stills

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• I think that the divorce rate's over 50% for a reason. I don't think people are taking enough time now to really see if they can make it work and live together.

  Channing Tatum

  Divorce, Thinking, People

  "Channing Tatum Interview DEAR JOHN, Plus Info on Dito Montiel’s SON OF NO ONE and THE EAGLE OF THE NINTH". Interview with Sheila Roberts, collider.com. January 31, 2010.

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• Keep in mind that in 1985, I had a potential readership of over 50 million Americans. At that time, a good portion of those were under 30.

  Berkeley Breathed

  Mind, Portions, Readership

  Interview with Michael Cavna, voices.washingtonpost.com. October 22, 2008.

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• In 56 A.D. [the apostle] Paul wrote that over 500 people had seen the risen Jesus and that most of them were still alive (1 Corinthians 15:6ff.). It passes the bounds of credibility that the early Christians could have manufactured such a tale and then preached it among those who might easily have refuted it simply by producing the body of Jesus.

  John Warwick Montgomery

  Christian, Jesus, People

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• It's like doctors can't save all their patients, but, on balance, Bain under Gov. Romney created well over 100,000 jobs, which is certainly more than has been created in the Obama administration because we're down over 500,000 over the last three-and-a-half years.

  Jim Talent

  Jobs, Doctors, Years

  "The Bain Debate: How Much Will Voters Care About Romney's Role?". "PBS NewsHour" with Judy Woodruff, www.pbs.org. May 21, 2012.

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• Every morning I wake up in a home where Mike Tyson previously laid in the bed and he earned over $500 million his career. It makes me conscious.

  Curtis Jackson

  Morning, Home, Careers

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• Over half of people who are working now and over 50 have nothing for retirement savings. They will only have Social Security to rely on.

  Teresa Ghilarducci

  Retirement, People, Rely

  Source: www.pbs.org

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• Iran is barely over 50% Persian, and Arabs, Baluchis, Azeris, Kurds and many other groups feel left out of the society. That regime has a lot more weaknesses than people see.

  John Bolton

  Iran, People, Weakness

  Source: humanevents.com

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• I loved smart and fearless comedians like Joan Rivers and Don Rickles. When they started out, what they did wasn't always socially accepted, but they both had careers that lasted over 50 years.

  Roy Haylock

  Smart, Years, Careers

  Source: www.hollywoodchicago.com

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• I've argued in front of the Supreme Court of the United States. I've argued in almost every circuit. And I tried, as a personal lawyer and U.S. attorney, over 50 cases.

  Rudy Giuliani

  United States, Lawyer, Cases

  Source: www.washingtonpost.com

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• I have over 5000 costumes, and the furniture and memorabilia that goes with them.

  Debbie Reynolds

  Costumes, Furniture, Memorabilia

  Source: www.hollywoodchicago.com

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• I've always loved the fact that Bob's [Dylan] been able to sustain his mystery over 50 or 60 years.

  Bruce Springsteen

  Years, Bob, Able

  Source: www.npr.org

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• The future of Cuba is one earned by a country that has resisted for over 50 years against the most powerful empire on Earth. The resilience of its people made this triumph materialize.

  Alejandro Castro Espin

  Country, Powerful, Years

  "The Future of Cuba". Interview with Lasonas Pipinis Velasco, www.counterpunch.org. February 27, 2015.

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• Russia and other countries have been hacking and attempting to attack American institutions for years, that Russia's attack on American elections has been going back for over 50 years. So this is nothing new. And the fact that this particular hack was perpetrated by Russian entities is something that no one is disputing.

  Reince Priebus

  Country, Election

  Source: www.realclearpolitics.com

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• Health care is very complicated, and the government's had its tentacles woven deeply into this whole charade for over 50 years. But I don't understand why it's this hard that you can't do anything? It's the same thing as, "Well, Rush, you know, once an entitlement's been put into law, Rush, you can't take it away." Yes, you can! It's just you can't have elected people do it thinking they'll get reelected if they do it. But you can do it.

  Rush Limbaugh

  Thinking, People, Care

  Source: www.rushlimbaugh.com

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