Quote by Martha Gellhorn
Why do people talk of the horrors of old age? Its great. I feel li

Why do people talk of the horrors of old age? Its great. I feel like a fine old car with the parts gradually wearing out, but Im not complaining,… Those who find growing old terrible are people who havent done what they wanted with their lives. – Martha Gellhorn

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After the desperate years of their own war, after six years of repression inside Spain and six years of horror in exile, these people remain intact in spirit. They are armed with a transcendent faith they have never won, and yet they have never accepted defeat. – Martha Gellhorn

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And though various organizations in America and England collected money and sent food parcels to these refugees, nothing was ever received by the Spanish. – Martha Gellhorn

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Every time I see something terrible, its like I see it at age 19. I keep a freshness that way. – Ralph Nader

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When the problem is not so much resisting temptation as finding it, you may just be getting older. – Author unknown

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Middle age is when your old classmates are so grey and wrinkled and bald they dont recognize you. – Bennett Cerf

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Wrinkled was not one of the things I wanted to be when I grew up. – Author Unknown

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