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You don't stop laughing because you grow older. You grow older because you stop laughing.

I performed adequately at school, but in comparison to my older brother, who set the record for the highest cumulative average for our high school, my performance was decidedly mediocre.

The prospect of dating someone in her twenties becomes less appealing as you get older. At some point in your fife, your tolerance level goes down and you realize that, with someone much younger, there's nothing really to talk about.

As you get older, you can suffer from painful hips, and our joints wear a lot quicker than for people of average height.

I really fancy Harrison Ford. I've got to say I think he's really divine. He's, like, an older man, I guess, although he's not really that old, obviously. I don't want to offend him.

We neither get better or worse as we get older, but more like ourselves.

My older sister was at the cusp of new wave, and I had older brothers from my father's first marriage who were rock 'n' roll guys, so I was exposed to a lot of popular culture.

The older I get, the more individuality I find in animals and the less I find in humans.

Even as a small child I never felt that I should have to compete with anyone - even my older brother.

I remember saying goodbye to my father the night he left to join the Navy. He didn't have to. He was older than other servicemen and had a family to support but he wanted to be a part of the fight against fascism, not just make movies about it. I admired this about him.

We were brash young fellows'. I was always hanging with the older crowd anyway. The musicians were the Hip Cats, and I was hanging with them anyway. I Just started out real early.

Love is like a friendship caught on fire. In the beginning a flame, very pretty, often hot and fierce, but still only light and flickering. As love grows older, our hearts mature and our love becomes as coals, deep-burning and unquenchable.

We are already seeing older people wanting greater choice in how, when and where they receive care.

I love older men.

Only a fool does not fear actors, but you can't beat them, and if you can't beat them, join them, as they say. As I've got older I've become very interested in that part of the work.

As I grow older, I pay less attention to what men say. I just watch what they do.

My older kids are fantastic people. It can't be the result of my influence on them.

As you get older, you're always maturing, you're always learning something new about yourself.

You know, Quincy Jones was a great mentor, but he was a man in a man's world. Fortunately he's a very sensitive man and a beautiful human being, and even though he was 14 or 15 years older than me, he's a capable human being and has great communication skills.

What's that line from TS Eliot? To arrive at the place where you started, but to know it for the first time. I'm able to write about a breakup from a different place. Same brokenness. Same rock-bottom. But a little more informed, now I'm older. Thank God for growing up.

The older I get, the more I believe in what I can't explain or understand, even more than the things that are explainable and understandable.

I spent two years in the Army. And my older brother, who was also a great positive influence on me, encouraged me to think about law school, and I said - well, I didn't have any money.

As you get older what you think was 10 years ago was actually 15 years ago.

The fun thing about getting older is finding younger people to mentor.

As you get older you learn some balance and mediation in your life - that's where I am right now. I feel pretty comfortable about things.

If you're asking me to acknowledge that I've gotten older, I can do that.

Hopefully, as I get older in the business, I make my choices more accurately, and I perhaps know from either the script or the first meeting that it isn't going to work.

The older I get, the less I suffer fools gladly.

Even the people I surround myself with... are wiser, a little bit older than me, where before, all my boyfriends were younger.

Having two older brothers is a healthy reminder that you're always closer to the bottom than you are to the top.