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There is a real diversity of talent and background on the A list so as to better reflect our society in all walks. There are… — Adam Rickitt
In verity we are the poor. This humanity we would claim for ourselves is the legacy, not only of the Enlightenment, but of the thousands… — Mary McCarthy
The tough thing about adulthood is it starts before you even know it starts. — Robert Redford
Virginity is now a mere preamble or waiting room to be got out of as soon as possible; it is without significance. Old age is… — Ursula K. Le Guin
You grow. You don't want to stay the same. The thing that was great for you before isn't going to be great for you now.… — Sharon Stone
No man can possibly know what life means, what the world means, until he has a child and loves it. And then the whole universe… — Lafcadio Hearn
I have enjoyed greatly the second blooming... suddenly you find - at the age of 50, say - that a whole new life has opened… — Agatha Christie
Perhaps love makes us grow old before our time and makes us young again when youth has passed. — Paulo Coelho
About midnight the fog shut down again denser than before. One could almost "stand on it." It continued so for a number of days, the… — Joshua Slocum
A child can be taught not to do certain things, such as touch a hot stove, pull lamps off of tables, and wake Mommy before… — Joan Rivers
The proverb says, "Born lucky, always lucky," and I am very superstitious. As a small boy I was notoriously lucky. It was usual for one… — Mark Twain
Indeed, none but the Deity can tell what is good luck and what is bad before the returns are all in. — Mark Twain
Someone said that life is a party. You join in after it's started and leave before it's finished. — Elsa Maxwell
This age thing is all up to you. It's like happiness is up to you. You just have to understand what it is before you… — Elaine Stritch
The year 1896 ... marked the beginning of what has been aptly termed the heroic age of Physical Science. Never before in the history of… — Ernest Rutherford
The oceans deserve our respect and care, but you have to know something before you can care about it. — Sylvia Earle
Notwithstanding all that has been discovered since Newton's time, his saying that we are little children picking up pretty pebbles on the beach while the… — Charles Sanders Peirce
There are in the human mind a group of faculties and in the brain groups of convolutions, and the facts assembled by science so far… — Paul Broca
The modern child will answer you back before you've said anything. — Laurence J. Peter
It is best to read the weather forecast before praying for rain. — Mark Twain

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