• There was no respect for youth when I was young, and now that I am old, there is no respect for age I missed it coming and going.

  J. B. Priestley
  English novelist, playwright and scriptwriter 1894-1984
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Subjects in these quotes:

1. respect
2. missed
3. coming
4. going

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There was no respect for youth when I was young, and now that I am old, there is no respect for age I missed it coming and going. by : J. B. Priestley

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