#old

Comedy was the key to everything. I grew up fast and controlled my future by bringing it on faster than it naturally unfolded. I cheated myself out of a childhood but then got a running headstart into adulthood that no one else could keep up with. ↗

— Margaret Cho

#bringing #cheated #childhood #comedy #controlled

I've been doing theatre since I was 5 years old. ↗

— Claudia Christian

#doing #i #old #since #theatre

You know, I left the country when Reagan got in; I went to France. And when George Bush Jr. got in, my instincts told me it was time to go - I'd felt that we had grown above that, you know? ↗

— Tommy Chong

#bush #country #felt #france #george

The symbolic language of the crucifixion is the death of the old paradigm; resurrection is a leap into a whole new way of thinking. ↗

— Deepak Chopra

#death #into #language #leap #new

A long time ago, in a country not so far away, I was eight years old, doing my best Darth Vader imitation. ↗

— Hayden Christensen

#away #best #country #darth #darth vader

I married an archaeologist because the older I grow, the more he appreciates me. ↗

— Agatha Christie

#because #grow #i #married #me

One of the pleasantest things about book writing is that sometimes it brings one in touch with old friends. ↗

— Rachel Field

#book #book writing #brings #friends #old

And the greatest lesson that mom ever taught me though was this one. She told me there would be times in your life when you have to choose between being loved and being respected. Now she said to always pick being respected. ↗

— Chris Christie

#being #between #choose #ever #greatest

A good teacher, like a good entertainer first must hold his audience's attention, then he can teach his lesson. ↗

— John Henrik Clarke

#attention #audience #entertainer #first #good

Let's see if we can't get this war behind us now. Certainly, the man in the street, the common person there, wants to have this war behind him. I think a lot of the soldiers are very war-weary too. ↗

— Warren Christopher

#certainly #common #get #him #i