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As long as any adult thinks that he, like the parents and teachers

As long as any adult thinks that he, like the parents and teachers of old, can become introspective, invoking his own youth to understand the youth before him, he is lost. – Margaret Mead

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Instead of being presented with stereotypes by age, sex, color, class, or religion, children must have the opportunity to learn that within each range, some people are loathsome and some are delightful. – Margaret Mead

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It is utterly false and cruelly arbitrary to put all the play and learning into childhood, all the work into middle age, and all the regrets into old age. – Margaret Mead

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Old age begins at forty-six years, according to the common opinion. – Cicero/Holmes

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You need some insecurity if youre an actor. It keeps the pot boiling. I havent yet started to think about retiring. I was shocked when I heard about Paul Newman retiring at age 82. Most actors just fade away like old soldiers. – Al Pacino

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Its hard for women at my age in Hollywood, but Im not discouraged. – Jane Fonda

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You never choose the way that youre raised, its just the way that you were raised, but you do get to a certain age where youre in a position to question the expectations of you and the way that youve been formed by your surroundings. – Mia Wasikowska

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