Quote by Thomas Hardy
The value of old age depends upon the person who reaches it. To so

The value of old age depends upon the person who reaches it. To some men of early performance it is useless. To others, who are late to develop, it just enables them to finish the job. – Thomas Hardy

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Persons with weight of character carry, like planets, their atmospheres along with them in their orbits. – Thomas Hardy

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Let me enjoy the earth no less
Because the all-enacting Might
That fashioned forth its loveliness
Had other aims than my delight. – Thomas Hardy

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A person is always startled when he hears himself seriously called an old man for the first time. – Oliver W. Holmes, Sr.

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Im 36 and if I met a woman of my own age and married her, Id also be marrying her former life, her past. It might be OK for some people – I dont want to judge it or anything – but its not for me. It would destroy my creativity. – Henry Rollins

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My acting career began at age three and my parents got me into it. I was in a McDonalds commercial. – Corey Feldman

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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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It is a blessed thing that in every age some one has had the individuality enough and courage enough to stand by his own convictions. – Robert Green Ingersoll

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I have to admit that when I watch a movie in which there is no moral context for the violence – I find that offensive. I think thats potentially damaging to society. – Dean Koontz

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It was never about winning medals or being famous. – Nancy Kerrigan

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I remember, when I was a kid, watching my mother jam herself into her girdle – a piece of equipment so rigid it could stand up on its own – and I remember her coming home from fancy parties and racing upstairs to extricate herself from its cruel iron grip. – Susan Orlean

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