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The reason for the slow progress of the world seems to lie in a si

The reason for the slow progress of the world seems to lie in a single fact. Every man is born under the yoke, and grows up beneath the oppressions of his age. – John Jay Chapman

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We are living in the machine age. For the first time in history the comedian has been compelled to supply himself with jokes and comedy material to compete with the machine. Whether he knows it or not, the comedian is on a treadmill to oblivion. – Fred Allen

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It takes a long time to become young. – Pablo Picasso

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In old age we are like a batch of letters that someone has sent. We are no longer in the past, we have arrived. – Knut Hamsun

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There are a lot of downsides to being male. We age faster and die younger. But give us this: were lifetime baby-making machines. Womens reproductive abilities start to wane when theyre as young as 35. Men? Were good to go pretty much till were dead. – Jeffrey Kluger

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