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  • My grandfather had been on the New York City force with his 11 brothers around the turn of the century. He was killed in the line of duty. My father, who was 16, was the oldest son, so he had to quit school and go to work to support his mother.
  • The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness.
  • The youth of America is their oldest tradition. It has been going on now for three hundred years.
  • The whole theme of Interview with the Vampire was Louis's quest for meaning in a godless world. He searched to find the oldest existing immortal simply to ask, What is the meaning of what we are?
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  • Ana Castillo For things to have value in man's world, they are given the role of commodities. Among man's oldest and most constant commodity is woman.
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  • Edward Bulwer-Lytton In science read the newest works, in literature read the oldest.
    Edward Bulwer-Lytton
    English writer and poet (1803 - 1873)
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  • Amy Lowell In science, read by preference the newest works. In literature, read the oldest. The classics are always modern.
    Amy Lowell
    American poet, criticus (1874 - 1925)
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  • Ronald Reagan It has been said that politics is the second oldest profession. I have learned that it bears a striking resemblance to the first.
    Ronald Reagan
    American politician and actor (1911 - 2004)
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  • Hannah Arendt It is my contention that civil disobediences are nothing but the latest form of voluntary association, and that they are thus quite in tune with the oldest traditions of the country.
    Hannah Arendt
    German-born American political theorist (1906 - 1975)
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  • Bonnie Bedelia My grandfather had been on the New York City force with his 11 brothers around the turn of the century. He was killed in the line of duty. My father, who was 16, was the oldest son, so he had to quit school and go to work to support his mother.
    Bonnie Bedelia
    American actress (1948 - )
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  • William Shakespeare Now, neighbor confines, purge you of your scum! Have you a ruffian that will swear, drink, dance, revel the night, rob, murder, and commit the oldest sins the newest kind of ways?
    William Shakespeare
    English playwright and poet (1564 - 1616)
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  • Margaret Mead One of the oldest human needs is having someone wonder where you are when you don't come home at night.
    Margaret Mead
    American cultural anthropologist (1901 - 1978)
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  • Plautus Ones oldest friend is the best.
    Plautus
    Roman comic poet (250 - 184)
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  • Ronald Reagan Politics I supposed to be the second-oldest profession. I have come to realize that it bears a very close resemblance to the first.
    Ronald Reagan
    American politician and actor (1911 - 2004)
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  • Ronald Reagan Politics is supposed to be the second oldest profession. I have come to realize that it bears a very close resemblance to the first.
    Ronald Reagan
    American politician and actor (1911 - 2004)
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  • Susan Sontag Religion is probably, after sex, the second oldest resource which human beings have available to them for blowing their minds.
    Susan Sontag
    American writer, filmmaker, teacher, and political activist (1933 - 2004)
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  • Susan Sontag Science fiction films are not about science. They are about disaster, which is one of the oldest subjects of art.
    Susan Sontag
    American writer, filmmaker, teacher, and political activist (1933 - 2004)
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  • Beau Bridges Some of my oldest friends are actors. But that's not the only place my friends come from.
    Beau Bridges
    American actor and director (1941 - )
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  • Brendan I. Koerner Tarot cards likely originated in northern Italy during the late 14th or early 15th century. The oldest surviving set, known as the Visconti-Sforza deck, was created for the Duke of Milan's family around 1440. The cards were used to play a bridge-like game known as tarocchi, popular at the time among nobles and other leisure lovers.
    Brendan I. Koerner
    American author (1974 - )
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  • Ralph Waldo Emerson The age of a woman doesn't mean a thing. The best tunes are played on the oldest fiddles.
    Ralph Waldo Emerson
    American poet and philosopher (1803 - 1882)
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  • John Kenneth Galbraith The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness.
    John Kenneth Galbraith
    American economist (1908 - 2006)
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  • H. P. Lovecraft The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear, and the oldest and strongest kind of fear is fear of the unknown.
    H. P. Lovecraft
    American writer (1890 - 1937)
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  • Samuel Butler The oldest books are still only just out to those who have not read them.
    Samuel Butler
    English poet (1835 - 1902)
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  • Burleigh Grimes The oldest pitcher acquires confidence in his ballclub - he doesn't try to do it all himself.
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