If you associate enough with older people who do enjoy their lives, who are not stored away in any golden ghettos, you will gain a sense of continuity and of the possibility for a full life.

Quote by Tom Stoppard

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A movie camera is like having someone you have a crush on watching you from...

A movie camera is like having someone you have a crush on watching you from...

The days of the digital watch are numbered.

The days of the digital watch are numbered.

Dying is not romantic, and death is not a game which will soon be over......

Dying is not romantic, and death is not a game which will soon be over......

I think age is a very high price to pay for maturity.

I think age is a very high price to pay for maturity.

Age is a very high price to pay for maturity.

Age is a very high price to pay for maturity.

The bad end unhappily, the good unluckily. That is what tragedy means.

The bad end unhappily, the good unluckily. That is what tragedy means.

It's better to be quotable than to be honest.

It's better to be quotable than to be honest.

My work always tried to unite the true with the beautiful; but when I had...

My work always tried to unite the true with the beautiful; but when I had...

Beauty is desired in order that it may be befouled; not for its own sake,...

Beauty is desired in order that it may be befouled; not for its own sake,...

If you carry your childhood with you, you never become older.

If you carry your childhood with you, you never become older.

We're actors. We're the opposite of people.

We're actors. We're the opposite of people.

Maturity is a high price to pay for growing up.

Maturity is a high price to pay for growing up.

It is better of course to know useless things than to know nothing.

It is better of course to know useless things than to know nothing.

Back in the East you can't do much without the right papers, but with the...

Back in the East you can't do much without the right papers, but with the...

I still believe that if your aim is to change the world, journalism is a...

I still believe that if your aim is to change the world, journalism is a...

Age is a very high price to pay for maturity.

Age is a very high price to pay for maturity.

A healthy attitude is contagious but don't wait to catch it from others. Be a...

A healthy attitude is contagious but don't wait to catch it from others. Be a...

Eternity's a terrible thought. I mean, where's it all going to end?

Eternity's a terrible thought. I mean, where's it all going to end?

My work always tried to unite the true with the beautiful; but when I had...

My work always tried to unite the true with the beautiful; but when I had...

Responsibilities gravitate to the person who can shoulder them.

Responsibilities gravitate to the person who can shoulder them.