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I was a mixture of being incredibly old for my age and incredibly

I was a mixture of being incredibly old for my age and incredibly backwards. I was born quite old, but then I stopped growing. I lived with my mum and dad till I was 30. – Helena Bonham Carter

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I was cursed or blessed with a prolonged adolescence; I arrived at some seeming maturity when I was past thirty. It was only in my forties that I really began to feel young. By then I was ready for it. – Henry Valentine Miller (1891–1980), “On Turning Eighty”

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It is unthinkable for a Frenchman to arrive at middle age without having syphilis and the Cross of the Legion of Honor. – Andre Gide

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Perfection of means and confusion of ends seem to characterize our age. – Albert Einstein

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Work is transformative. It gives you a greater chance of a greater income. You can affect your life while youre of working age, so you have scope and opportunity. Pensioners do not. – Iain Duncan Smith

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