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The old age of lower mammals presents characters similar to those found in man.

~Elie Metchnikoff

Topics: Age Characters Found Lower Mammals Man Old Old Age Presents Similar Those

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My parents were early adopters, and I've been online since a rather young age. You should regard anything from 2001 or earlier as having been written by a different person who also happens to be named 'Eliezer Yudkowsky.' I do not share his opinions.

~Eliezer Yudkowsky

Topics: Age Also Anything Been Different Different Person Earlier Early Happens Having His Named Online Opinions Parents Person Rather Regard Share Should Since Were Who Written You Young Young Age

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My parents were educated in the Turkish system and went straight from high school to medical school; my mom, who had skipped a grade, was dissecting corpses at age seventeen. Growing up in America, I think I envied my parents' education. By comparison, everything I did in school seemed so sort of low-stakes and infantilizing.

~Elif Batuman

Topics: Age America Comparison Corpses Did Educated Education Envied Everything Grade Growing Growing Up Had High High School Medical Medical School Mom Parents School Seemed Seventeen Sort Straight System Think Turkish Up Were Who I Think

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From an early age, my favorite thing to read was novels. For years, when I was writing only nonfiction, still I was reading almost exclusively novels. It's weird to be producing something that you don't consume. It feels really alienating.

~Elif Batuman

Topics: Age Almost Consume Early Early Age Favorite Favorite Thing Feels Nonfiction Novels Only Producing Read Reading Really Something Still Thing Weird Writing Years You

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English, for me, is an acquired language. I started with English at the age of 10. At the time, it was my third language.

~Elif Safak

Topics: Acquired Age English Language Me Started Third Time

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I used to watch people like Raven-Symone and, you know, the Olsens at a young age, and Will Smith and people like that, and just looking at them at a young age on TV. And just thinking to myself, 'I can do that,' and questioning why I wasn't there.

~Elijah Kelley

Topics: Age Just Just Looking Know Like Looking Myself People Questioning Smith Them Thinking Tv Used Watch Why Will Will Smith You Young Young Age I Can

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I definitely don't look my age. So I actively look for roles that will help people change their perception of me.

~Elijah Wood

Topics: Actively Age Change Definitely Help Help People Look Me People People Change Perception Roles Will

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I was lucky in the sense that I started work very young but had a solid family base provided by my mother. She instilled a strong sense of perspective and humility in me from a very early age.

~Elijah Wood

Topics: Age Base Early Early Age Family Had Humility Instilled Lucky Me Mother Perspective Provided Sense She Solid Started Strong Strong Sense Very Very Early Age Work Young

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With few exceptions, the publishing industry has come to a consensus: if a book has a young protagonist, and if its worldview is primarily interested in the questions that crop up when coming of age, then it's a young adult novel.

~Eliot Schrefer

Topics: Adult Age Book Come Coming Coming Of Age Consensus Crop Exceptions Few Industry Interested Novel Primarily Protagonist Publishing Questions Then Up Worldview Young Young Adult

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I was very excited about the idea that I could be an idealist, that I could be my age, the eager beaver who had hope in the justice system and the one who gets disappointed just like the audience.

~Elisabeth Rohm

Topics: About Age Audience Beaver Could Disappointed Eager Excited Gets Had Hope Idea Idealist Just Justice Like System Very Who

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