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.

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If Beethoven had been killed in a plane crash at the age of 22, it...

If Beethoven had been killed in a plane crash at the age of 22, it...

Life is a gamble, at terrible odds - if it was a bet you wouldn't...

Life is a gamble, at terrible odds - if it was a bet you wouldn't...

The truth is always a compound of two half-truths, and you never reach it, because...

The truth is always a compound of two half-truths, and you never reach it, because...

Maturity is a high price to pay for growing up.

Maturity is a high price to pay for growing up.

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,...

Get me inside any boardroom and I'll get any decision I want.

Get me inside any boardroom and I'll get any decision I want.

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

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

Revolution is a trivial shift in the emphasis of suffering.

Revolution is a trivial shift in the emphasis of suffering.

Life in a box is better than no life at all ... I expect.

Life in a box is better than no life at all ... I expect.

Pirates could happen to anyone.

Pirates could happen to anyone.

Responsibilities gravitate to the person who can shoulder them.

Responsibilities gravitate to the person who can shoulder them.

Maturity is a high price to pay for growing up.

Maturity is a high price to pay for growing up.

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

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

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

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

We cross our bridges when we come to them and burn them behind us, with...

We cross our bridges when we come to them and burn them behind us, with...

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

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

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...

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...

What do you call 500 lawyers lying on the bottom of the Ocean? A good...

What do you call 500 lawyers lying on the bottom of the Ocean? A good...

A good film script should be able to do completely without dialogue.

A good film script should be able to do completely without dialogue.