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Each age tries to form its own conception of the past. Each age wr

Each age tries to form its own conception of the past. Each age writes the history of the past anew with reference to the conditions uppermost in its own time. – Frederick Jackson Turner

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Ive gotten crankier in my old age. – Shirley MacLaine

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The enemy of society is middle class and the enemy of life is middle age. – Orson Welles

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In this age of media and Internet access, we are much more talkative than ever before. – David Duchovny

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Old age is when the liver spots show through your gloves. – Phyllis Diller

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Music was invented to confirm human loneliness. – Lawrence Durrell

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I hope this doesnt sound pompous but I dont think of myself as famous, whatever fame Ive got has come through what Ive done and associations of things Ive done. – Peter Cushing

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