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title: "11 Want Older Quotes by 11 authors"
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> [Need someone to talk to...I want an older sister!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/need-someone-to-talk-to-i-want-an-older-sister/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [I don't want to see older people on T.V. I want to see young, pretty people on T.V.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cilla-black/i-don-t-want-to-see-older-people-on-t-v-i-want-to-see-young-pretty/)

[Cilla Black](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cilla-black/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/49b/cilla-black-7922_older_i-don-t-want-to-see-older-people-on-t-v_2989032.jpg)

> [I always wanted an older brother. That was my thing. My mom would be like, "What do you want for your birthday?"…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emmy-rossum/i-always-wanted-an-older-brother-that-was-my-thing-my-mom-would-be/)

[Emmy Rossum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emmy-rossum/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fbf/emmy-rossum-9076_brother_i-always-wanted-an-older-brother-that-wa_773956.png)

> [Would ask me, what do you want to be when you're older? and I'd be like, a singer, and they'd be like,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leona-lewis/would-ask-me-what-do-you-want-to-be-when-you-re-older-and-i-d-be-like/)

[Leona Lewis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leona-lewis/)

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> [What I am finding now is that my audience is getting younger as I get older, which is a very good thing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/russell-banks/what-i-am-finding-now-is-that-my-audience-is-getting-younger-as-i-get/)

[Russell Banks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/russell-banks/)

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> [“When you’re young you just want to be older, and then later you wish you could go back to being a kid.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-oliver/when-you-re-young-you-just-want-to-be-older-and-then-later-you-wish/)

[Lauren Oliver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lauren-oliver/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/00f/lauren-oliver-109_youth_when-you-re-young-you-just-want-to-be-ol_1403049.png)

> [I know what I want at least, and the older I get I think I'm better at getting it out of players…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-maxwell-davies/i-know-what-i-want-at-least-and-the-older-i-get-i-think-i-m-better-at/)

[Peter Maxwell Davies](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-maxwell-davies/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d94/peter-maxwell-davies-26998_singers_i-know-what-i-want-at-least-and-the-olde_1080812.png)

> [“I mean, your whole life you want to be older. Old enough to drive, to smoke, to drink, to graduate, and to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/katie-ashley/i-mean-your-whole-life-you-want-to-be-older-old-enough-to-drive-to/)

[Katie Ashley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/katie-ashley/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f65/katie-ashley-3846_life_i-mean-your-whole-life-you-want-to-be-ol_625885.jpg)

> [I am simply not such a slave to my vanity, and I don't want to be, because as you get older you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cherie-lunghi/i-am-simply-not-such-a-slave-to-my-vanity-and-i-don-t-want-to-be/)

[Cherie Lunghi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cherie-lunghi/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/943/cherie-lunghi-13791_accepting_i-am-simply-not-such-a-slave-to-my-vanit_2580216.jpg)

> [I want to see that our older people still feel useful, and our younger people feel engaged in our wider society, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julia-neuberger-baroness-neuberger/i-want-to-see-that-our-older-people-still-feel-useful-and-our-younger/)

[Julia Neuberger, Baroness Neuberger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julia-neuberger-baroness-neuberger/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/946/julia-neuberger-baroness-neube_able_i-want-to-see-that-our-older-people-stil_1822656.png)

> [I want to be older. I actually think there's an incredible amount of self-knowledge that comes with getting older. I feel way…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jamie-lee-curtis/i-want-to-be-older-i-actually-think-there-s-an-incredible-amount-of/)

[Jamie Lee Curtis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jamie-lee-curtis/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/772/jamie-lee-curtis-3771_age_i-want-to-be-older-i-actually-think-ther_1363938.jpg)

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