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It is old age, rather than death, that is to be contrasted with li

It is old age, rather than death, that is to be contrasted with life. Old age is lifes parody, whereas death transforms life into a destiny: in a way it preserves it by giving it the absolute dimension. Death does away with time. – Simone de Beauvoir

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I wanted to be a teacher. I love children, so I wanted to deal with children. Then I wanted to be a veterinarian. But by the age of ten or eleven, when I opened my mouth and said, Oh, God, whats this? I kind of knew teaching and being a veterinarian were gonna have to wait. – Whitney Houston

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Science cannot tell theology how to construct a doctrine of creation, but you cant construct a doctrine of creation without taking account of the age of the universe and the evolutionary character of cosmic history. – John Polkinghorne

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When you get to my age life seems little more than one long march to and from the lavatory. – A. C. Benson

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