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“Since the age of six I have had the habit of sketching forms of objects. Although from about fifty I have often published my pictorial works, before the seventieth year none is worthy.”

Years Age Form Objects Habit Six Worthy Fifty Dissatisfaction Sketching Pictorial

Book:Day and Night in the Four Seasons: Sketches by Hokusai, 1760-1849

Source: Day and Night in the Four Seasons: Sketches by Hokusai, 1760-1849

“Everything was leveled, there were no extremes of joy or sorrow any more but only habit, routine, ancient family names and rites and customs, slow careful old people moving cautiously around furniture that had sat in the same positions for fifty years.”

People Years Moving Joy Names Position Habit Sorrow Ancient Careful Extremes Sat Fifty Customs Routine Old People Furniture Rite Family Name

Book:Anne Tyler: a new collection : three complete novels

Source: Anne Tyler: a new collection : three complete novels

“Upon becoming fifty the one thing you can't afford is habit.”

Age One Thing Becoming Habit Fifty

Author:Carolyn Heilbrun

“"It's an old habit of mine, Wal'r," said the Captain, "any time these fifty year. When you see Ned Cuttle bite his nails, Wal'r, then you may know that Ned Cuttle's aground."”

Knows Years May Said Funny Mines Habit Humorous Fifty Bites Nails Captains Old Habits

Book:The Complete Works of Charles Dickens (in 30 Volumes, Illustrated): Dombey and Son, Vol. I

Source: The Complete Works of Charles Dickens (in 30 Volumes, Illustrated): Dombey and Son, Vol. I

“Towards the end of it [working as an escort girl] I could feel myself drifting towards a liquor habit and I had a few minor mental breakdowns due to a what I felt like was a constant chipping away at my personhood (guys thinking I would have unprotected sex with them if they just paid me fifty more dollars, for instance) and a few abusive clients.”

Ifs Thinking Feels Ends Guy Girl Sex Felt Habit Paid Constant Dollars Dues Instance Fifty Minors Clients Liquor Breakdown Drifting Abusive Personhood Chipping Away Mental Breakdown

Author:Marie Calloway

“The ordinary American - as far as I can tell - knows so much less than he did fifty years ago and has such poor work habits compared with fifty years ago that the average multiplicand of knowledge/capabilities is a much smaller number than it was in 1961.”

Knows Years I Can Poor Numbers Habit Ordinary Years Ago Average Fifty Capability Work Habits

Author:Ben Stein