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If you're blessed enough to grow older, which is how I look at aging, there's so much wisdom to be gained from people who are… — Oprah Winfrey
A society that does not value its older people denies its roots and endangers its future. Let us strive to enhance their capacity to support… — Nelson Mandela
The older, thinner, and less productive grass lands, however, frequently can be made to produce much larger yields of feed in corn than if left,… — David F. Houston
Have you ever wondered why young people take to music like fish to water? Maybe it's because music is fun. Plan and simple. It opens… — Isaac Hayes
In the planning and designing of new communities, housing projects, and urban renewal, the planners both private and public, need to give explicit consideration to… — Urie Bronfenbrenner
I want to savor the aging process. As you get older, you trade your innocence for wisdom and the wisdom is your reward. — Kathy Mattea
I'm looking forward to becoming older and quieter. — Gwyneth Paltrow
The older I get the more secrets I have, never to be revealed and this, I know, is a common condition of people my age.… — Doris Lessing
I find that as you get older, you start to simplify things in general. — George Clooney
I have come to regard November as the older, harder man's October. I appreciate the early darkness and cooler temperatures. It puts my mind in… — Henry Rollins
I think one of the reasons younger people don't like older films, films made say before the '60s, is that they've never seen them on… — Peter Bogdanovich
Each day, as you get older, there is a new perspective on life. It's a progression of some sort. — John Hurt
Once I started to get older, my father would say, 'You look more like George Harrison than I do' — Dhani Harrison
As I get older... I start to realize that life ain't half bad. Each year, I'm amazed that I'm still alive. I don't take any… — Dave Grohl
Somehow, we have to get older people back close to growing children if we are to restore a sense of community, acquire knowledge of the… — Margaret Mead
If I had had to write only about imaginary people, I would have had to close up my typewriter. I wrote about my life in… — William Maxwell
I'm still an angry dude. I'm just older. I still push the band to be heavy and dark-that's always been my role. — Kim Thayil
Getting older is the best thing that ever happened to me. I wake up every morning rejoicing that I'm still here with an opportunity to… — Oprah Winfrey
I'm not dead. I mean, I may be getting older, but I'm not dead! — Sheryl Crow
As you get older, don't slow down. Speed up. There's less time left! — Malcolm Forbes
Life doesn't have to be about finding Osama bin Laden or becoming the president of the United States. Life is about the little things, which… — Jack Nicholson
I am so happy to be communicating with people on this newest of new wavelengths which to some older people must seem like a kind… — Doris Lessing
When you're older, you'll appreciate the advantages of sleeping alone. — Elizabeth Taylor
When you're younger, you tend to be reckless about trying to find out who you are and what you can do and should do. But… — Elliot Perlman
I don't love it. I write better than I used to write, I think better than I used to think, and I've got enough experience… — Ray Martin

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