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“...how it does rankle to be the 'old,' to be the one who is no longer courted. To be the one that no one tries any longer to please. [Édouard Manet]”

Book:The Lost Notebook of Édouard Manet

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“See, that's the problem with you kids and your iPods and your micropayments - nobody understands the concept of a concept album anymore. Everything's got to be in bite-size pieces. You've got to take a moment to reflect on the fact that it's impossible to say anything meaningful in such an abbreviated form.”

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Book:Monsters in a Mirror: Strange Tales from the Chapel Perilous

Source: Monsters in a Mirror: Strange Tales from the Chapel Perilous

“The age or background of a leader must never be a determining factor for success or failure in leadership. A leader’s impact is what matters the most.”

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Book:The Effective Leadership Prototype for a Modern Day Leader

Source: The Effective Leadership Prototype for a Modern Day Leader

“Between us, by the peace of God, such truth can now be told; Yea, there is strength in striking root, and good in growing old. We have found common things at last, a marriage and a creed, And I may safely write it now, and you may safely read.”

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Author:G. K. Chesterton

“(The Wee Free Men) is a children’s book because… 2 It has a nine-year-old heroine. This is good enough for the industry, which believes that books with children as the main protagonist are de facto books for children. For similar reasons, Moby Dick is very popular among whales.”

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Author:Terry Pratchett

“The younger generation should always learn from the older — even if only from their mistakes.”

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Author:George Hammond

“A quatre-vingts ans, notre avenir est derrière. Devant, il n'y a que le passé.”

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Book:Ce que le jour doit à la nuit

Source: Ce que le jour doit à la nuit

“In the house, there is still a grandmother and a grandfather. The grandmother still has her mind, and the grandfather still has his body. The grandmother still has her long-term memory, and the grandfather still has his part-time job. The grandmother still holds grudges, and the grandfather still holds his tongue. With age, their survival has become a joint effort, a group project with a major deadline. But maybe that’s all it ever was.”

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Book:Unfollow Me: Essays on Complicity

Source: Unfollow Me: Essays on Complicity

“He is such an open book I find pages scattered everywhere he goes.”

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Book:Why Cheese?

Source: Why Cheese?

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