“adult life is full of hardship, childhood should be free of it.” — Geraldine Brooks Copy Share Image
All my adult life, there was the Troubles. That was the backdrop of my life. — James Nesbitt Copy Share Image
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I've been a spy for almost all of my adult life - I don't like being in the spotlight. — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
[Hillary Clinton] telling the enemy everything you want to do. No wonder you've been fighting - no wonder you've been fighting ISIS… — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
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For 24 years of my adult life, by choice I weighed well over 200 lbs. I say by choice because you see… — Zig Ziglar Copy Share Image
“thin man with short gray hair, he’d worn a bow tie and a long-sleeved shirt every day of his adult life. He… — Timothy M. Burke Copy Share Image
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Such a bad mistake it would be, to embark on marriage and adult life without a nice supply of duct tape. — Nancy Werlin Copy Share Image
I've been in journalism my entire adult life and have often defended it against fellow conservatives who claim the news business is… — Tucker Carlson Copy Share Image
Sometimes, in my adult life, I have memories of when I was young and really scared of being too close to people. — Christine and the Queens Copy Share Image
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I don't know much about Britain. I've been working overseas for most of my adult life. So I'd like to see what… — Rory Stewart Copy Share Image
My maternal grandmother was the longest-lived of my grandparents. She migrated to Australia in her 80s and lived into her 90s. It… — Nick Earls Copy Share Image
What had been the focus of my entire adult life was gone, and it was devastating. I didn't really know what to… — Steve Jobs Copy Share Image
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I have always thought it would be a blessing if each person could be blind and deaf for a few days during… — Helen Keller Copy Share Image
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“Have you noticed,” he said conversationally, “that your right breast is a bit larger than the left?” Susanna was sure her cheeks… — Tessa Dare Copy Share Image
“He changed and worked out with weights. Throughout his adult life, Adam had cycled through a potpourri of workout programs—yoga (not flexible),… — Harlan Coben Copy Share Image
“i've lived most of my entire adult life outside the law, and never have i compromised with authority. but neither have i… — Tom Robbins Copy Share Image
“I can never forget the indescribably crafty shadow that passed over Flatfish's face as he laughed at me, his neck drawn in.… — Osamu Dazai Copy Share Image
“that always leads to disappointment. False gods never give us what they promise. We have already looked at David Foster Wallace’s powerful… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
“I have come gradually to understand that the liberal arts cliché about teaching you how to think is actually shorthand for a… — David Foster Wallace Copy Share Image
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“To be happily married, as I've been fortunate enough to be, is to be a partner in a conversation that can last… — Mark Edmundson Copy Share Image
“It is true that many creative people fail to make mature personal relationships, and some are extremely isolated. It is also true… — Anthony Storr Copy Share Image
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“Love is a devoted madness while marriage is a responsibility. But then it is possible to be devotedly mad and responsible at… — C. JoyBell C Copy Share Image
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“Sports contained the truth, I decided, the unspoken truth (how quickly we damn ourselves when we start to talk, how small and… — Curtis Sittenfeld Copy Share Image