Quotes with century-old

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  • John Cage I can't understand why people are frightened of new ideas. I'm frightened of the old ones.
    John Cage
    American composer and music (1912 - 1992)
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  • Ann Beattie I could name a few songs and say exactly what summer they came out and what boy I thought I was in love with when I was fourteen years old, but I think that music used to be really more a part of the culture when people went out dancing in a different way than they do now.
    Ann Beattie
    American novelist (1947 - )
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  • Anthony Holden I don't accept at all the quite popular argument that the press is responsible for the monarchy's recent troubles. The monarchy's responsible for the monarchy's recent troubles. To blame the press is the old thing of blaming the messenger for the message.
    Anthony Holden
    English writer, broadcaster and critic
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  • Bob Hope I don't feel old. I don't feel anything till noon. That's when it's time for my nap.
    Bob Hope
    American comedian, actor (1903 - 2003)
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  • A. E. van Vogt I first read science fiction in the old British Chum annual when I was about 12 years old.
    A. E. van Vogt
    Canadian-born science fiction author (1912 - 2000)
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  • Alejo Carpentier I gladly accepted the commission but was uncertain about what the end result would be. On the one hand, Cuban music was conquering the world; being heard everywhere, and our small island was already producing one of the popular musical genres of the 20th century.
    Alejo Carpentier
    Cuban novelist, essayist, and musicologist (1904 - 1980)
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  • Buck Owens I got to realizing that I wanted to record, I wanted to experiment. And doing those same old songs the same old way - I said, 'I think it's time for me to have some fun.
    Buck Owens
    American musician, singer, songwriter (1929 - 2006)
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  • Buck Owens I got to realizing that I wanted to record, I wanted to experiment. And doing those same old songs the same old way - I said, 'I think it's time for me to have some fun.'
    Buck Owens
    American musician, singer, songwriter (1929 - 2006)
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  • Solon I grow old learning something new every day.
    Solon
    Greek statesman (638 - 558)
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  • Peter Gabriel I guess I don't so much mind being old, as I mind being fat and old.
    Peter Gabriel
    British musician, composer and songwriter (born 1950) (1950 - )
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  • Alanis Morissette I happen to be lucky in that I knew what I wanted to do as far as a career since I was nine years old.
    Alanis Morissette
    Canadian-American singer, songwriter and actress (1974 - )
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  • Noel Coward I have always paid income tax. I object only when it reaches a stage when I am threatened with having nothing left for my old age - which is due to start next Tuesday or Wednesday.
    Noel Coward
    British writer (1899 - 1973)
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  • William Shakespeare I have lived long enough. My way of life is to fall into the sere, the yellow leaf, and that which should accompany old age, as honor, love, obedience, troops of friends I must not look to have.
    William Shakespeare
    English playwright and poet (1564 - 1616)
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  • Henry Miller I have never been able to look upon America as young and vital but rather as prematurely old, as a fruit which rotted before it had a chance to ripen.
    Henry Miller
    American writer (1891 - 1980)
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  • William Blake I have no name: I am but two days old. What shall I call thee? I happy am, Joy is my name. Sweet joy befall thee!
    William Blake
    English poet (1757 - 1827)
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  • Abraham Joshua Heschel I have one talent, and that is the capacity to be tremendously surprised, surprised at life, at ideas. This is to me the supreme Hasidic imperative: Don't be old. Don't be stale.
    The Zookeepers Wife (2008)
    Abraham Joshua Heschel
    Polish-American rabbi (1907 - 1972)
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  • Henry Wadsworth Longfellow I heard the bells on Christmas Day. Their old familiar carols play. And wild and sweet the words repeat. Of peace on earth goodwill to men.
    Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
    American poet (1807 - 1882)
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  • Ingmar Bergman I hope I never get so old I get religious.
    Ingmar Bergman
    Swedish stage and film director (1918 - 2007)
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  • Benjamin Jowett I hope our young men will not grow into such dodgers as these old men are. I believe everything that a young man says to me (p. 250).
    Letters
    Benjamin Jowett
    British theologian (1817 - 1893)
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  • Voltaire I know of nothing more laughable than a doctor who does not die of old age.
    Voltaire
    French writer and philosopher (ps. of Fran ois Marie Arouet) (1694 - 1778)
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