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Old age is the most unexpected of all the things that can happen t

Old age is the most unexpected of all the things that can happen to a man. – James Thurber

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Im 65 and I guess that puts me in with the geriatrics. But if there were fifteen months in every year, Id only be 48. Thats the trouble with us. We number everything. Take women, for example. I think they deserve to have more than twelve years between the ages of 28 and 40. – James Thurber

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Bashfulness is an ornament to youth, but a reproach to old age. – Aristotle

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But I think its a little different in Europe, because 40 is really the best age for a woman. Thats when we hit our peak and become this ripe fruit. – Juliette Binoche

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I love my kids, and the moments I have with them, and its kind of weird, its such an age old cliche, but the way that my sons, the way they make me feel when I look at them, the way they say things, no one else would probably react to them, but its a special thing for me. – Michael Rapaport

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