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The ultimate goal is to be more satisfied. I really don't believe you get wiser because you get older. It's a choice, perhaps not to… — Boy George
We applied a very simple principle: Recognize the facts. Abortion is old as the world. Gay marriage, please - it's older than the world. We… — Jose Mujica
I try hard to convince them it's important - but there's a history of discomfort with minorities voting in some parts of this country, so… — Eddie Bernice Johnson
Sins become more subtle as you grow older: you commit sins of despair rather than of lust. — Piers Paul Read
To some extent, this urge to break out of the ordinary is present in every generation. Part of being young is desiring something beyond everyday… — Pope Benedict XVI
The older I grow, the more I see behind the idea of the Hindus that man is the greatest of all beings. — Swami Vivekananda
Assuming, as you grow older, that you're the guardian of the world's wisdom, even if you haven't necessarily lived enough to know what's right and… — Paulo Coelho
Can the child within my heart rise above Can I sail through the changing ocean tides Can I handle the seasons of my life Well,… — Stevie Nicks
There's no limit to what you can dream. You expect the unexpected, you believe in magic, in fairy tales, and in possibilities. Then you grow… — Cecelia Ahern
We have to get tough with the Russians. They don't know how to behave. They are like bulls in a china shop. They are only… — Harry S. Truman
The older woman's love is not love of herself, nor of herself mirrored in a lover's eyes, nor is it corrupted by need. It is… — Germaine Greer
Older women can afford to agree that femininity is a charade, a matter of colored hair, ecru lace and whalebones, the kind of slap and… — Germaine Greer
Between the age limits of nine and fourteen there occur maidens who, to certain bewitched travelers, twice or many times older than they, reveal their… — Vladimir Nabokov
I want to see that our older people still feel useful, and our younger people feel engaged in our wider society, and I want to… — Julia Neuberger, Baroness Neuberger
Don't get older just to get wiser. If you get older, you will be wiser, I believe that - if you dare. But get older… — Maya Angelou
You tend to write as you get older about family love more than you write about romantic love or ooh baby. ... The stuff that… — David Crosby
It's a myth that older writers can't write for younger audiences. Shakespeare wasn't 15 when he wrote Romeo and Juliet. — Unknown Author
I noticed with older songs that I perform that I'm coming from a different place with them now...it mutates the vibe and even the meaning… — Ani DiFranco
Many people think that depression is something you just have to live with when you get older, but it's not. — Tom Bosley
Yeah, I thought I could be heavyweight champion of the world when I was working with Ali and Joe Frazier and Earnie Shavers and all… — Larry Holmes
I had been performing since I was 5, so it wasn't like I hadn't been on a stage before. I was always older than my… — Irene Cara
I remember being a 12 year old art kid and feeling like there was no exciting art movement happening, especially for somebody like me. I… — Unknown Author
The thing to know about my brother was that even though he was fifteen, he looked to be about the same age as me. Only,… — John Corey Whaley
Yes, I can play younger than my age. But I can play characters older than I am, too. I'm not an actor who can just… — Leonardo DiCaprio
I'm a serious geek. I mean I seriously want to own a unicorn when I'm older . . . or a Pegasus . . .… — Henry Cavill

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