Quotes with century-old

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  • Carl Bernstein Public policy in the twentieth century was about protecting and expanding the social compact, based on recognition that effective government at the federal level provides rules and services and safety measures that contribute to a better society.
    Carl Bernstein
    American investigative journalist and author (1944 - )
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  • Charles A. Stoddard Rapidity does not always mean progress, and hurry is akin to waste. The old fable of the hare and the tortoise is just as good now, and just as true, as when it was first written.
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  • Marcus Tullius Cicero Rashness belongs to youth; prudence to old age.
    Marcus Tullius Cicero
    Roman statesman and writer (106 - 43)
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  • Graham Greene Reality in our century is not something to be faced.
    Graham Greene
    English writer (1904 - 1991)
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  • H. Jackson Brown Jr Remember that the most valuable antiques are dear old friends.
    H. Jackson Brown Jr
    American author (1940 - 2021)
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  • J. C. Macaulay Repentance may be old-fashioned, but it is not outdated so long as there is sin.
    J. C. Macaulay
    American clergyman and author (1900 - )
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  • Buzz Aldrin Retain the vision for space exploration. If we turn our backs on the vision again, we're going to have to live in a secondary position in human space flight for the rest of the century.
    Buzz Aldrin
    American former astronaut, engineer and fighter (1930 - )
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  • Billy Corgan Rock and Roll is still asking people like me to live up to the old guard's concept of what success is but it doesn't mean anything.
    Billy Corgan
    American musician, singer and songwriter (1967 - )
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  • Bob Filner Rosa Parks' courage, determination, and tenacity continue to be an inspiration to all those committed to non-violent protest and change nearly half a century later.
    Bob Filner
    American politician (1942 - )
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  • Billy Joel Say goodbye to the oldies, but goodies, because the good old days weren't always good and tomorrow ain't as bad as it seems.
    Billy Joel
    American singer-songwriter and pianist (1949 - )
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  • Albert Einstein Science is the century-old endeavor to bring together by means of systematic thought the perceptible phenomena of this world into as thorough-going an association as possible.
    Albert Einstein
    German - American physicist (1879 - 1955)
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  • Billy Graham Scripture is filled with examples of men and women whom God used late in life, often with great impact - men and women who refused to use old age as an excuse to ignore what God wanted them to do.
    Billy Graham
    American Evangelist (1918 - 2018)
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  • Blake Anderson See, I'm a Pisces, so I get down with love songs. I'm totally into slow jams and old-school R&B, all that.
    Blake Anderson
    American actor, comedian and producer (1984 - )
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  • John Irving Sell my old clothes - I'm off to heaven.
    John Irving
    American-Canadian novelist and screenwriter (1942 - )
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  • Bob Dylan She opened up a book of poems and handed it to me written by an Italian poet from the 13th century and every one of them words rang true and glowed like burning coal pouring off of every page like it was written in my soul from me to you.
    Bob Dylan
    American musician (1941 - )
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  • Winston Churchill Short words are the best and old words when short are best of all.
    Winston Churchill
    English statesman (1874 - 1965)
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  • Aaron Klug Shortly after I was born he emigrated to Durban, where members of my mother's family had settled at the turn of the century, and the rest of the family followed soon thereafter
    Aaron Klug
    British biophysicist (1926 - 2018)
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  • Austin O'Malley Show me a genuine case of platonic friendship, and I shall show you two old or homely faces.
    Austin O'Malley
    American writer, ophthalmologist and a professor of English literatur (1858 - 1932)
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  • Phyllis Mcginley Sin has always been an ugly word, but it has been made so in a new sense over the last half-century. It has been made not only ugly but passé. People are no longer sinful, they are only immature or underprivileged or frightened or, more particularly, sick.
    Phyllis Mcginley
    American poet and author (1905 - 1978)
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  • Bar Refaeli Since I was 8 months old, till I was 12, I did commercials and ads and cute little stuff for kids. Then I had braces on my teeth. They took them off when I was 16, and then I started modeling more seriously and doing more fashion.
    Bar Refaeli
    Israeli model, actress, and entrepreneur (1985 - )
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