S. Jay Olshansky Quotes

While eliminating smallpox and curtailing cholera added decades of life to vast populations, cures for the chronic diseases of old age cannot have the same effect on life expectancy. A cure for cancer would be miraculous and welcome, but it would lead to only a three-year increase in life expectancy at birth.

S. Jay Olshansky

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I'm not obsessed with angels but I do adore angels.

Maurice Sendak

AngelsAdoreObsessed

I never played politics, I was never a party girl, and I never slept with any of the producers.

Ann Miller

GirlPoliticsPartyNeverPlayed

I'd be lying if I didn't say there were days when I went back and said, 'I wish I'd done this. I should have done that. I handled this the wrong way.' But it's always in the motivation of getting better. I've never once looked in the mirror and said, 'Oh boy, can't do this one.'

Jeffrey R. Immelt

MirrorBetterMotivationWishBack

Fresh juice is my favorite, but I do love a tasty protein shake.

Stella Maxwell

LoveJuiceFreshProteinShake

A man is attractive when he is slightly disturbing like a woman, a woman when she's a little disturbing like a man.

Sonia Rykiel

WomanManSheLittleAttractiveHe

When I'm not working, I wear minimal make-up. I try to keep my skin clean and easy.

Sofia Richie

EasySkinTryCleanWearWorking

I learned early in sports that to be effective - for a player to play the best he can play - is a matter of concentration and being unaware of distractions, positive or negative.

Tom Landry

PositiveSportsBestNegativeEarly

Wall Street trading floors have long been seen as bastions of testosterone that rewarded, literally, those with sharp elbows who could throw a punch.

Mary Pilon

LongWallStreetPunchSeenSharp

I had seventeen No. 1 songs and I didn't see anything like that kind of money.

Mickey Gilley

MoneyKindSeeAnythingSeventeen

I have lived difficult moments, but it's in times like those that you learn the most.

Michy Batshuayi

LearnMomentsYouDifficultLived

Beethoven can write music, thank God, but he can do nothing else on earth.

Ludwig van Beethoven

MusicGodThank GodEarthNothing

I'm a lot of work.

Lisa Marie Presley

WorkLot

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