Quotes with century-old

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  • Buzz Osborne I was a huge Bowie fan since I was 12 years old. That was the first 'punk' rock I got into in the Seventies. I didn't find out about a lot of the other stuff that was going on, like New York Dolls and Roxy Music, until a lot later.
    Buzz Osborne
    American guitarist, vocalist and songwriter (1964 - )
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  • James A. Michener I was brought up in the great tradition of the late nineteenth century: that a writer never complains, never explains and never disdains.
    James A. Michener
    American writer (1907 - 1997)
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  • Virginia Woolf I was in a queer mood, thinking myself very old: but now I am a woman again - as I always am when I write.
    Virginia Woolf
    English writer (1882 - 1941)
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  • Bubba Watson I was shooting in the low 70s and 60s by the time I was 12. That's the great thing about golf. It doesn't matter how old or young you are. If you're 90 and can shoot a good score, people will want to play with you.
    Bubba Watson
    American professional golfer (1978 - )
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  • Bill Hicks I was walking through Central Park, and I saw an old man smoking. Nothing makes a smoker happier than to see an old person smoking. This guy was ancient, bent over a walker, puffing away. I'm like, Duuude, you're my hero! Guy your age smoking, man, it's great. He goes, What? I'm 28.
    Shock and Awe
    Bill Hicks
    American stand-up comedian, social critic, satirist and musician (1961 - 1994)
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  • Adrian Lyne I was watching Monster's Ball, which is a fabulous movie. It's just a little gem: beautifully shot, and shot in a way I never would have done. It made me feel very old, really, because it wasn't eccentric for its own sake, it was just very original.
    Adrian Lyne
    English film director, writer and producer (1941 - )
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  • Mark Twain I was young and foolish then; now I am old and foolisher.
    Mark Twain
    American writer (ps. of Samuel Langhorne Clemens) (1835 - 1910)
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  • Francis Bacon I will never be an old man. To me, old age is always 15 years older than I am.
    Francis Bacon
    English philosopher and statesman (1561 - 1626)
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  • Bernard M. Baruch I will never be an old man. To me, old age is always 15 years older than I am.
    Bernard M. Baruch
    American investor, philanthropist, statesman, and political consultant (1870 - 1965)
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  • Tina Turner I will never give in to old age until I become old. And I'm not old yet!
    Tina Turner
    American singer (stage name of Anna Mae Bullock) (1939 - 2023)
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  • Madonna I wouldn't have turned out the way I was if I didn't have all those old-fashioned values to rebel against.
    Madonna
    American musician, singer and actress (1958 - )
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  • Brooke Burke I'd kind of like to have a classic old muscle car. I think that would be fun.
    Brooke Burke
    American actress, dancer, model (1971 - )
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  • Adam Faith I'd like to be a geneticist to be honest, but there are limits to what I can do now. For my dream to come true I'd have to be 20 years old again, heading off to a blue chip university.
    Adam Faith
    English teen idol, singer, actor and financial journalist (1940 - 2003)
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  • Barry Hannah I'll tell you why I like writing: it's just jumping into a pool. I get myself into a kind of trance. I engage the world, but it's also wonderful to just escape. I try to find the purities out of the confusion. It's pretty old-fashioned, but it's fun.
    Barry Hannah
    American novelist (1942 - 2010)
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  • Rose F. Kennedy I'm like old wine. They don't bring me out very often, but I'm well preserved.
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  • Alan Alda I'm most at home on the stage. I was carried onstage for the first time when I was six months old.
    Alan Alda
    American actor, director, screenwriter, and author. (1936 - )
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  • Adlai Stevenson II I'm not an old, experienced hand at politics. But I am now seasoned enough to have learned that the hardest thing about any political campaign is how to win without proving that you are unworthy of winning.
    Adlai Stevenson II
    American politician and governor (1900 - 1965)
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  • Benny Blanco I'm not deciding what the artist is going to write about because it's the artist. They're gonna have to sing that song for the rest of their life. When they're old and they're 80 and they have their show in Vegas, they're gonna have to sing that song for the rest of their life.
    Benny Blanco
    American record producer, DJ, songwriter (1988 - )
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  • Dwight D. Eisenhower I'm saving that rocker for the day when I feel as old as I really am.
    Dwight D. Eisenhower
    American president (1890 - 1969)
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  • Art Spiegelman I'm supposed to be making comics, so I had to do it the best way I knew how, which is what those guys at the beginning of the Twentieth Century were doing.
    Art Spiegelman
    American cartoonist and editor (1948 - )
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