At my age flowers scare me.
When I started go-karting at the age of six, I always dreamt of becoming a Formula One driver.
Age is how we determine how valuable you are.
Age merely shows what children we remain.
Invention is the talent of youth, as judgment is of age.
Stories always seem to get better with age.
The hands really show signs of age.
You never play age, you play character.
At my age it is unseemly to be pessimistic.
At my age, the radiation will probably do me good.
Publishing is in a kind of Jurassic age.
age is a terrible theif
I don't think I've aged gracefully.
I'm partly obsessed by aging gracefully.
I said 'No, I've aged, but grown up? No'.
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Sorting gets harder as time goes on--it requires a sort of ruthless decisiveness, while indecision results in endless dithering. Five moves, they say, equal a fire. But those who haven't moved may begin to need a fire. [p. 38]
The critical question about regret is whether experience led to growth and new learning. Some people seem to keep on making the same mistakes, while others at least make new ones. Regret and remorse can be either paralyzing or inspiring. [p. 199]
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