A Quote by Billy Collins
Now that I'm older, a real source of interest is the ages of the dead, the number; the day is off to an optimistic start when the departed are all older than I.
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The philanthropic tradition is older than democracy, older than Christianity, and older than higher education. It gives form and purpose to personal and social life that cannot be provided by the self-interest of economic enterprise or required by the mandate of political institutions.
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As you know, all women at all ages do not feel their ages anymore. The young girl feels older, and the older woman feels younger.
All women at all ages do not feel their ages anymore. The young girl feels older, and the older woman feels younger.
Benaras is older than history, older than tradition, older even than legend, and looks twice as old as all of them put together!
But I'm kind of comfortable with getting older because it's better than the other option, which is being dead. So I'll take getting older.
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I admire runners older than I - they are now my heroes. I want to be like them as I grow older.
Now Heaven and Earth are older than the temples, and older than the Scriptures.
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I had to watch the Republican stuff which makes me feel even older than I am. By the time I get through the Democrats, I may be dead. I don't know how much older I can get.
I'm very comfortable in my own skin now. I started just being myself more and more. For women, this happens as you get older. I loved my 40s - I thought they were fantastic. And I'm loving my 50s. I'm going to love everything because you're either older or dead!
What I am finding now is that my audience is getting younger as I get older, which is a very good thing as you know - you don't want them to get older as you get older.
I found that life for me gets a lot more serious as you get older. You start off young and happy and smiling and "Wooo! I'm having fun!" And then you get married, and that's very serious, and you have kids, and that's very, very serious. So as you get older, you start thinking about passing away, and that becomes extremely serious.
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Los Macorinos are much older than I am so when you surround yourself with older people you realize they lived what we're living now. They live in a moment of peace because they don't have to prove anything anymore.
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