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title: "6 Older Means Quotes by 6 authors"
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> [It's a good thing to be old. Because when you get older, that means you haven't died yet, right? And when I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/penelope-cruz/it-s-a-good-thing-to-be-old-because-when-you-get-older-that-means-you/)

[Penelope Cruz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/penelope-cruz/)

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> [“Getting older means going to more funerals than weddings. He fears the loss of his own vigor.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/t-k-lamb/getting-older-means-going-to-more-funerals-than-weddings-he-fears-the/)

[T.K. Lamb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/t-k-lamb/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/797/t-k-lamb-92517_getting-older_getting-older-means-going-to-more-funera_622895.jpg)

> [“Its a myth that getting older means getting fatter, unhealthier, stiffer, weaker, grumpier and having to live with more pain... because i…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-hetherington/its-a-myth-that-getting-older-means-getting-fatter-unhealthier/)

[Michael Hetherington](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-hetherington/)

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> [Getting older means you don't have to shave your legs anymore.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nora-ephron/getting-older-means-you-don-t-have-to-shave-your-legs-anymore/)

[Nora Ephron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nora-ephron/)

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> [“Growing up doesn't mean that you are older than someone, it means that you are no longer an amateur.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-bassey-johnson/growing-up-doesn-t-mean-that-you-are-older-than-someone-it-means-that/)

[Michael Bassey Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-bassey-johnson/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/16c/michael-bassey-johnson-311_advancement_growing-up-doesn-t-mean-that-you-are-old_1540554.jpg)

> [With Complicated Grief I can say that there was a certain simplification in the process. Getting older means less wasted effort, things…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-mullen/with-complicated-grief-i-can-say-that-there-was-a-certain/)

[Laura Mullen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laura-mullen/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/936/laura-mullen-16442_certain_with-complicated-grief-i-can-say-that-th_2810248.jpg)

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