"Old-fogyism is comfortably closing in."

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Edmund Wilson

#Age Quotes #Aging Quotes #Closing Quotes

“I'm fighting so I can die a martyr and go to heaven to meet God. Our fight now is against the Americans.”
“You think you can go into all those auditions not knowing who you are? The work came after I found my sense of self - when I wasn't so manic and desperate.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“I turn to history not for lessons but to confront my experience with the experience of others and to win for myself a sense of responsibility for the state of the human conscience.”

Source : "The Truth of Poetry". Book by Michael Hamburger, 1969.
“Peace hath her victories, no less renowned than War.”
“I was interested in aerospace and flying, and the U.S. is really the best place in the world for flying.”
“Bodily fluids and solids are universally the most disgusting things we as human beings can come upon, but as long as they are inside us, it's part of you.”

Source : "Why “Asshole” Is High Praise - and Other Anatomy Lessons With Mary Roach". Interview with Sarah Zhang, www.motherjones.com. April 2, 2013.
“Preferences are bad solutions to performance problems.”
“All Birds find shelter during a rain. But Eagle avoids rain by flying above the Clouds. Problems are common, but attitude makes the difference!!!”

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