S. Jay Olshansky Quotes

Someone will eventually succeed in this hunt for a longevity pill, and when they do, one of the greatest advances in the history of medicine will have been achieved.

S. Jay Olshansky

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If things are not so good, you may be one to imagine something better. For me, I was able to imagine myself as in a role of greater importance than I would seem to be ordinarily.

John Forbes Nash, Jr.

GoodMyselfMeBetterYouSeem

In her previous novels, Maggie O'Farrell has often measured the distance between intimates and the unexpected intimacy of distance - geographic, temporal, cultural. In 'The Hand That First Held Mine' and 'The Distance Between Us,' characters separated by many miles or many years turn out to be joined in ways they never anticipated.

Stacey D'Erasmo

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Excellent firms don't believe in excellence - only in constant improvement and constant change.

Tom Peters

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There is this thing in America where actresses reach 40 and go mad. The film industry wants all these young people.

Monica Bellucci

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Sometimes if you got a problem deep rooted in your life, it takes a little bit of time to overcome it in that area.

Joyce Meyer

LifeTimeDeepProblemYouOvercome

I'm all over the place with what I listen to.

Joshua Ostrander

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I don't wear much make-up in my non-working life, though I love to dress up and put on a face for a special occasion. As I get older, I see less of the fantasy 'Indian' self I inherited from my father, and I see my mother looking back at me.

Diana Quick

LifeLoveFatherMotherDressMe

I think it's great when writers get recognition; it doesn't happen very often. I just don't want that writer to be me. Let it be Aaron Sorkin or, you know, somebody good.

Diablo Cody

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We all feel wistfulness or regret about roads not taken.

Deborah Tannen

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To those whose talents are above mediocrity, the highest subjects may be announced. To those who are below mediocrity, the highest subjects may not be announced.

Confucius

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Just try not to ingest a lot of fats, and just try to eat carefully.

Clint Eastwood

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Regardless of the cultural system, social pressure to appear straight seems to be fairly intense cross-culturally. Indeed, one is inclined to wonder, if being straight is just natural, why does it require quite so much policing?

Alice Dreger

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