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S. Jay Olshansky Quotes

Lifespan extension has never really been a goal of aging science, nor should it.

S. Jay Olshansky

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: scientist
Nationality: american
Birth: February 22, 1954

Topics

Science Aging Goal Never Been Nor

I admit to occasionally sharing the financial hysteria of the rest of the country, the urgency to save more for the family in case you can't write any more.

Family Rest Financial You Country

Storytelling enables us to play out decisions before we make them, to plan routes before we take them, to work out the campaign before we start the war, to rehearse the phrases we're going to use to please or placate our wives and husbands.

Work War Start Decisions Plan Play

I'm a big Prada fan. I always think that they seem to fit me well.

Me Think Always Seem Big Well

When I was growing up, I was watching fairly standard American cinema.

Growing Up American Cinema Growing

I'm really big on day dates. If you go for a stroll, have a picnic or lunch with a glass of wine - it doesn't get better than that.

Day Lunch Wine Better Picnic You

What I immediately recognized about Wall Street in 1983 was that it was a continuation of my career in theater. Wall Street is a big theater, and it's all illusions.

Career Wall Street Big Illusions

I've lost a bunch of friends - some of them in jail, some of them made bad choices, some of them aren't where they should be.

Trombone Shorty

Choices Friends Bad Lost Jail Where

I remember at The Quilted Giraffe, when I was when working there to try out for the sous-chef position. I really wanted it, and the woman working the line next to me kept messing up and making me look bad. The last day of my kitchen trail, I just said to her very quietly, 'Do me a favor and get out of my way, because I want this job.'

Day Job Woman Me Kitchen Look

I'd like to do a romantic comedy like 'Notting Hill,' which is one of my favorite movies.

Romantic Comedy Movies Hill Like

I think that when NASA works on a moon shot, they know too well that all of the people working on it must do their job at 110 percent. Sometimes they probably put in 18 hour days, but they're aiming for the moon, and that's what counts.

Marvin Hamlisch

Job People Moon Think Sometimes

Teddy Kennedy rose to become a liberal lion by collaborating with Republicans.

Lion Rose Become Liberal Teddy

I don't come from a musical family at all, but I realized early on I was a musician. I started begging for a piano when I was 6 years old.

Jason Robert Brown

Family Early Old Years Piano Come

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