"The process of maturing is an art to be learned, an effort to be sustained. By the age of fifty you have made yourself what you are, and if it is good, it is better than your youth."

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Source : Marya Mannes (1958). “More in Anger”

Marya Mannes

#Art Quotes #Effort Quotes #Age Quotes

“I never let anyone pluck, including myself, unless my mom approves. She guards my eyebrows. She's like the eyebrow police!”
“Well, I really don't like heights. I don't get on the top deck of a double-decker because that's a bit high for me. I always feel that I'm going to hurl myself off, so heights are a problem.”
“The best thing Clinton could do â€” I think I wrote him a letter about this, but I'm not sure â€” is to shut up. He has no discipline.”
“Good times don't last long sometimes.”

Source : FaceBook post by Levon Helm from Oct 21, 2014
“And all the time he was enjoying his badness, hugging it to him as though it were a friend, and not caring a bit.”
“The difference between a fairy tale and a sea tale? A fairy tale starts with "Once upon a time". A sea tale starts with " This ain't no $hit"!”
“It's something in me, deep down, that makes me different in a race.”
“Why does Louis CK get named Comedy Person of the Year? I should be named Comedy Person of the Year just so I can parlay it into another few weeks of road work.”

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